EUROPE & UK
 

Small group special interest tours and specialty travel in Europe and United Kingdom by Destination Management toursgallery.com, includes Greece, Spain, Portugal, France, Turkey, Holland, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany featuring art, gardens, antiques, architecture, castles, villages, vintage machinery and crafts.

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UK Tour & Great Dorset Steam Fair

An exclusive all encompassing tour designed for people who wish to visit the must see sights of Britain and appreciate the historic transport, architectural and industrial legacy that can still be seen scattered across the UK countryside. This is the 11th Vintage Machinery Collectors and Restorers Tour that we have operated and our fourth to the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

Ask us now to send you a complete itinerary for this most unusual escorted tour through England, Scotland and Wales.

Scenic wonders you will see include the Isle of Wight, Stonehenge, Brecon Beacons National Park, Wye Valley, Severn Valley, Iron Bridge Gorge, Welsh Coal Valleys, Lake District National Park, Lake Windermere, Falls of Clyde, Edinburgh & Inveraray Castles, Loch Lomond and the Yorkshire Moors, setting for Bram Stoker's Dracula.

You will visit Portsmouth's historic Dockyard to see HMS Victory, Harry Ferguson's Home and tractor collection on the Isle of Wight and explore the Welsh 'Big Pit' Coal Mine. Tour across Brunel's famous Clifton Suspension Bridge, ride on The Severn Valley Railway, visit the Bridgenorth Engine Shed and The Iron Bridge Museum to see the birthplace of The Industrial Revolution. Visit the Bridgewater Canal, Barton Aqueduct, Crofton Beam Engines, Telford, Manchester Ship Canal and the Clydebuilt Maritime Museum. At Darlington we will see George Stephenson's ' Locomotion No.1 ' built in 1825 and at Hendon we visit the RAF Museum where over 100 famous international aircraft are on display. We also plan to meet up with a few private tractor collectors and clubs along the way.


Highlights of Scandinavia Tour

This small group escorted tour takes you to all the Scandinavian countries. The main attractions of Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Reykjavik will be visited.

In addition to this, a special excursion above the Arctic Circle to the city of Tromso and the island of Skjervoy are included for you to experience The Midnight Sun and Norway's spectacular nature and coastal scenery. We also take you on a 4 wheel drive tour into the Icelandic countryside.


Spain & Portugal Gardens, Art and Culture Tour

Fully escorted tour visiting botanic gardens, private gardens, famous landscape gardens, art galleries and grand architectural wonders of Madrid, Seville, Granada, Cordoba, Segovia, Lisbon, Porto, Sintra, Obidos & Coimbra.

Visit Alhambra Palace, Generalife Gardens, the Alcazar, castles and mosques. See wildflowers, rural villages, Port wineries, cork plantation ...stay in Paradores and Pousadas and enjoy local cuisine.


Greek Islands and Villages Tour

This tour has been especially designed to take you to the most picturesque natural and wild areas of the Greek mainland as well as the islands of Santorini and Chios. September is when all the crowds of summer tourists start to vanish and the rural and mountain villages revert to their romantic, peaceful and most photogenic atmosphere. In addition to this you will visit the "must see" sights such as the Meteora monasteries, the Acropolis, Delphi, Epidavros and Olympia, home of the original Olympic Games.

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