An exciting tour for lovers of castles and ruins. We go to Chepstow, the first stone built castle in Wales, begun within ten years of the Norman Invasion of 1066 and dramatically set on a cliff overlooking the River Wye; Whitecastle, between Monmouth and Abergavenny, a lovely little hilltop castle and very traditional with a moat and round towers; and Raglan Castle, the last castle to be built in Wales, in 1465. All of these are now hugely impressive and beautiful ruins with plenty to see - places to let the imagination run wild in!

We also visit Monmouth, with it's odd little fortified bridge which is over 700 years old,and the beautiful ruins of Tintern Abbey.

Right: Raglan Castle
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Visit the awe-inspiring Stonehenge, a World Heritage site, Avebury, the largest stone circle in Europe, and other prehistoric sites in the ancient downland countryside of Wiltshire. Other highlights include Waylands Smithy and the Uffington White Horse. Truly a mystical landscape.

Right: World Heritage Site Stonehenge
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Castle Coombe is reckoned by some to be the most beautiful of all the Cotswold villages - judge for yourself! We also visit Malmesbury and it's Saxon Abbey on this tour of some of the less well known parts of the region. If opening times allow, a visit to Berkeley Castle, where King Edward II was imprisoned and finally murdered in 1327, is an option

Right: View of Castle Coombe
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