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Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford upon Avon, a beautifully preserved Tudor timber-framed house and literary landmark
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Overview

  • Duration:9 days 8 nights
  • Tour Type:Educational Tours
📍 Cities: London, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, Manchester, Lake District, Edinburgh

Itinerary

Fly to LondonDay 1

DAY 1: HOME - LONDON

Board your transatlantic flight and fly through the night.

Arrival - Westminster Abbey and Dickens Walking TourDay 2

DAY 2: LONDON

  • Welcome: Welcome to the United Kingdom! Meet your Prometour Tour Director upon arrival at the airport.
  • Hotel: Transfer to your hotel to drop off your luggage.
  • Westminster Abbey: Guided visit of Westminster Abbey, where English Royalty have been crowned since 1066.
  • Literary Walk: Meet your local guide for a fascinating journey through streets, alleyways, inn yards, and riverside paths that were well known to both Dickens and Shakespeare.
  • Dickens Museum: Explore the Charles Dickens Museum - the world's most important collection relating to this novelist and social campaigner.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in London.

British Library and Sherlock Holmes MuseumDay 3

DAY 3: LONDON

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • British Library: Visit the British Library - holding around 170 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital.
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum: Enter the Sherlock Holmes Museum - a privately-run museum dedicated to the famous fictional detective.
  • Leisure: Leisure time to explore London at your own pace.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in London.

Jane Austen's Bath and Stratford-upon-AvonDay 4

DAY 4: LONDON - STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Bath: Board your bus and travel to Bath. Visit the Jane Austen Centre - celebrating Bath's most famous resident. The Centre offers a snapshot of what it would be like to live in Regency times.
  • Austen Walking Tour: Partake in a walking tour of Jane Austen's Bath - see Pulteney Bridge, Sydney House where Austen lived with her parents for 5 years, and the Georgian splendors of the Royal Crescent and the Circus.
  • Stratford: Continue your route to Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in the Stratford area.

Shakespeare Country and ManchesterDay 5

DAY 5: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON - MANCHESTER

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Shakespeare: Discover the Shakespeare houses, Mary Arden's farm, Trinity Church, and the Royal Shakespeare Company with a local guide.
  • Birthplace: Visit Shakespeare's Birthplace - the house where he was born in 1564, and wander through the Shakespeare Exhibition.
  • Manchester: Board your bus and travel to Manchester.
  • Chetham's Library: Visit the oldest public library in the English-speaking world, Chetham's Library.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Manchester.

Bronte Parsonage and Lake DistrictDay 6

DAY 6: MANCHESTER - LAKE DISTRICT

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Bronte Parsonage: Visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum - the largest and most important in the world, continuing to inspire scholars, writers, and artists.
  • Grasmere: Travel to the Lake District. Stop at Sarah Nelson's Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. Enjoy some leisure time in the charming English village of Grasmere - William Wordsworth called it "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found".
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in the Lake District region.

Beatrix Potter Museum and Robert Burns CentreDay 7

DAY 7: LAKE DISTRICT - DUMFRIES

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Beatrix Potter: Visit the Beatrix Potter Museum and learn all about the Peter Rabbit famed author!
  • Windermere: Explore the village of Windermere at your own pace, enjoy the lake shore!
  • Robert Burns: Travel to Dumfries. Enter the Robert Burns Centre and learn about the famed poet who spent the final years of his life in Dumfries - the exhibition has many of his original manuscripts and belongings.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Dumfries.

Edinburgh's Literary TrailDay 8

DAY 8: DUMFRIES - EDINBURGH

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Travel: Board your bus and travel to Edinburgh.
  • Literary Tour: Follow a local guide on a literary tour of Edinburgh - go in the footsteps of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.K. Rowling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more!
  • Rowling Cafe: Have some leisure time to explore Edinburgh at your own pace. Stop at The Traverse Theatre Cafe where J.K. Rowling wrote most of her Harry Potter books!
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Edinburgh.

Fly Back HomeDay 9

DAY 9: EDINBURGH - HOME

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport. Say a fond Goodbye to your Prometour Tour Director. Board your transatlantic flight from Edinburgh and fly back home.

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Overview

  • Duration:9 days 8 nights
  • Tour Type:Educational Tours
📍 Cities: London, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, Manchester, Lake District, Edinburgh

Itinerary

Fly to LondonDay 1

DAY 1: HOME - LONDON

Board your transatlantic flight and fly through the night.

Arrival - Westminster Abbey and Dickens Walking TourDay 2

DAY 2: LONDON

  • Welcome: Welcome to the United Kingdom! Meet your Prometour Tour Director upon arrival at the airport.
  • Hotel: Transfer to your hotel to drop off your luggage.
  • Westminster Abbey: Guided visit of Westminster Abbey, where English Royalty have been crowned since 1066.
  • Literary Walk: Meet your local guide for a fascinating journey through streets, alleyways, inn yards, and riverside paths that were well known to both Dickens and Shakespeare.
  • Dickens Museum: Explore the Charles Dickens Museum - the world's most important collection relating to this novelist and social campaigner.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in London.

British Library and Sherlock Holmes MuseumDay 3

DAY 3: LONDON

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • British Library: Visit the British Library - holding around 170 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital.
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum: Enter the Sherlock Holmes Museum - a privately-run museum dedicated to the famous fictional detective.
  • Leisure: Leisure time to explore London at your own pace.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in London.

Jane Austen's Bath and Stratford-upon-AvonDay 4

DAY 4: LONDON - STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Bath: Board your bus and travel to Bath. Visit the Jane Austen Centre - celebrating Bath's most famous resident. The Centre offers a snapshot of what it would be like to live in Regency times.
  • Austen Walking Tour: Partake in a walking tour of Jane Austen's Bath - see Pulteney Bridge, Sydney House where Austen lived with her parents for 5 years, and the Georgian splendors of the Royal Crescent and the Circus.
  • Stratford: Continue your route to Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in the Stratford area.

Shakespeare Country and ManchesterDay 5

DAY 5: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON - MANCHESTER

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Shakespeare: Discover the Shakespeare houses, Mary Arden's farm, Trinity Church, and the Royal Shakespeare Company with a local guide.
  • Birthplace: Visit Shakespeare's Birthplace - the house where he was born in 1564, and wander through the Shakespeare Exhibition.
  • Manchester: Board your bus and travel to Manchester.
  • Chetham's Library: Visit the oldest public library in the English-speaking world, Chetham's Library.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Manchester.

Bronte Parsonage and Lake DistrictDay 6

DAY 6: MANCHESTER - LAKE DISTRICT

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Bronte Parsonage: Visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum - the largest and most important in the world, continuing to inspire scholars, writers, and artists.
  • Grasmere: Travel to the Lake District. Stop at Sarah Nelson's Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. Enjoy some leisure time in the charming English village of Grasmere - William Wordsworth called it "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found".
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in the Lake District region.

Beatrix Potter Museum and Robert Burns CentreDay 7

DAY 7: LAKE DISTRICT - DUMFRIES

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Beatrix Potter: Visit the Beatrix Potter Museum and learn all about the Peter Rabbit famed author!
  • Windermere: Explore the village of Windermere at your own pace, enjoy the lake shore!
  • Robert Burns: Travel to Dumfries. Enter the Robert Burns Centre and learn about the famed poet who spent the final years of his life in Dumfries - the exhibition has many of his original manuscripts and belongings.
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Dumfries.

Edinburgh's Literary TrailDay 8

DAY 8: DUMFRIES - EDINBURGH

  • Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Travel: Board your bus and travel to Edinburgh.
  • Literary Tour: Follow a local guide on a literary tour of Edinburgh - go in the footsteps of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.K. Rowling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more!
  • Rowling Cafe: Have some leisure time to explore Edinburgh at your own pace. Stop at The Traverse Theatre Cafe where J.K. Rowling wrote most of her Harry Potter books!
  • Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Overnight: Overnight accommodation in Edinburgh.

Fly Back HomeDay 9

DAY 9: EDINBURGH - HOME

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport. Say a fond Goodbye to your Prometour Tour Director. Board your transatlantic flight from Edinburgh and fly back home.

Learning Objectives

Analyze the social and cultural context of Charles Dickens’ work through the Charles Dickens Museum in London and guided walks through the streets that inspired his novels.

Investigate the influence of place on literary imagination by exploring Jane Austen’s Bath, William Wordsworth’s Lake District, and Robert Burns’ Dumfries.

Evaluate the global legacy of William Shakespeare through visits to his birthplace, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Globe Theatre in London and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Compare the literary traditions of England and Scotland, examining how national identity and landscape shaped writers from Shakespeare and Austen to Burns and J.K. Rowling.

Examine the role of literary heritage tourism in preserving cultural memory through museums, preserved homes, and living performance spaces across Britain.

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Landmark Highlights

  • London: Westminster Abbey, guided Dickens and Shakespeare walking tour, Charles Dickens Museum, British Library, and Sherlock Holmes Museum.
  • Bath: Jane Austen Centre, walking tour of Austen's Bath including Pulteney Bridge and Royal Crescent.
  • Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare's Birthplace, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Mary Arden's Farm.
  • Manchester: Chetham's Library - the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.
  • Lake District: Bronte Parsonage Museum, Grasmere village and Wordsworth connection, and Beatrix Potter Museum.
  • Edinburgh: Literary walking tour in the footsteps of Conan Doyle, J.K. Rowling, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Why Choose Prométour?

100% Risk Free Registration (no costs)
30+ years of Experience
Customizable Itineraries
Guaranteed travel dates
No Hidden Fees, No Surprises
24 x 7 Dedicated support
Learn More

Frequently asked questions

Will my group be combined with another school group?

No. Every Prométour educational tour is personalized to ensure a meaningful experience. We guarantee private tours for all groups.

Your group will have its own dedicated Tour Director and itinerary, and will not be combined with any other school or student group.

How does Prométour support teachers with planning?

We take care of everything to make trip planning easy. From organizing travel logistics and accommodations to managing registrations, payments, and documentation, our team handles all the details so you can focus on the experience.

Support starts from day one. To help launch your trip, we host a parent meeting where your dedicated Tour Consultant introduces themselves, represents Prométour, and answers any parent questions directly.

Throughout the planning process, our expert Customer Service Team is available to assist families with registration, payments, and general inquiries, ensuring a smooth and stress-free experience for everyone involved.

When will our travel dates be confirmed?

Prométour trips are fully customizable, including your travel dates. You can choose the dates that best align with your school calendar, giving your group flexibility to coordinate extracurricular activities around the trip.

How does Prométour support our group during the trip?

With our own teams in locations such as Montréal, Paris, and Málaga, you get real people who are with your students and know the destination inside and out, not a call center just reading from a script.
If any issues arise while on tour, our 24/7 Emergency Line ensures that help is always just a phone call away. Your group will have access to real-time support whenever it's needed.

What are Prométour's cancellation fees?

When you register for a Prométour trip, you can do so with confidence. If you cancel before the tour is officially confirmed, you'll receive a full refund with no questions asked.

Once the tour is confirmed, standard cancellation fees apply based on your departure date. Travelers may still be eligible for insurance coverage depending on their policy.

In some regions, and for travelers with an upgraded plan, Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) insurance may be available. We recommend contacting the insurance provider directly for full details on coverage options.
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