Day 1: Today we will make our way north arriving at our hotel in time for dinner.
Day 2: This morning we visit the historic Bamburgh Castle. Perched on rocks at the edge of the sea, the castle boasts magnificent views of the Farne Islands. Discover 3000 years of incredible history and the fantastical tales of the The Last Kingdom, Vikings, knights and dragons. Following our visit to the Castle we take a drive along the scenic heritage coastline and cross the tidal causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne with free time at leisure to explore this delightful island. Please note, today is subject to tidal times.
Day 3: Our excursion today takes us the famous Living Museum of the North, the Beamish Museum. Beamish is an open-air museum set within 300 acres of beautiful County Durham countryside and tells the story of life in North East England during the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s. We experience town life as it would have been in the 1940’s during World War ll, visit a 1940’s farm, pop into the Colliery, and Pit Village in the early 1900’s and take unlimited rides on the Beamish train.
Day 4: After breakfast we make our way to The Alnwick Garden, the brainchild of The Duchess of Northumberland. The Alnwick Garden is a multi-award winning visitor attraction, with its magnificent water cascades, walled gardens, poison garden, rose garden, the world’s largest Treehouse and wonderfully inventive water sculpture; this garden is a truly beautiful place to visit whatever the season. In the afternoon we visit Alnwick Castle, one of the finest medieval castles in England and also the second largest inhabited castle in the UK. Alnwick Castle has over 950 years of history to discover, and the origins of the Castle date back to the Norman period. The Castle was made famous in recent years as a setting for the Blackadder series and even more recently featured as ‘Hogwarts’ in the Harry Potter films
Day 5: This morning after breakfast, we begin our journey home.
* Bamburgh Castle - there are 80+ steps throughout the castle itself and there is no lift. The main pathway around the grounds is a bit hilly and there are various steps to access the battlements.