A CITY & VILLAGE TOURS SLEEPOVER PACKAGE

The Big Smoke (at a little price)

5 days

This is a super value five-day London break based at the lovely 3* Clarendon Hotel on Blackheath next to Royal Greenwich and just 8 miles from Trafalgar Square. Enjoy the best of the capital with an entertaining series of themed days.

Day One: Meet the Blue Badge guide in the shadow of Big Ben at midday for a Thames Cruise Westminster to Royal Greenwich. We’ll break for some free time in Greenwich for lunch before we check in at 4.00pm. There is time to settle in, relax and freshen up before a 3-course, 3-choice dinner is served at the hotel.

Day Two: Pomp & Ceremony

Depart hotel 9.30am with the Blue Badge guide. See the Changing of the Queen’s Life Guard, visit the Household Cavalry Museum, explore Whitehall and Downing Street and enjoy an in depth guided tour of Westminster Abbey. Dinner choice is up to you this evening; the hotel has a restaurant and elegant Blackheath Village on your doorstep has many pubs and restaurants.

Day Three: The City of Culture

Enjoy the Culture Capital of the Word with The British Museum and National Gallery, the famous Borough Farmers Market, and, if you’re game for it, take in a bit of modern art at Tate Modern. Opt to spend an evening in the West End with a hotel carvery and selected West End show for an additional fee of just £49pp.

Day Four: Law & Disorder

Today the theme is all things legal and illegal! Your Blue Badge guide will trace the history, traditions and peculiar practices of English Law with visits to Inner and Middle Temple and the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. After free time for lunch, we head East to explore the Sinister side of London with tales of Jack the Ripper, the Secrets of Scotland Yard and the thrilling story of crime and punishment through the ages.

Day Five: Royal Greenwich

Check out time is 11am. Enjoy some free time in Royal Greenwich and the Royal Park today before making tracks for home at a time to suit you.

• 4 nights B&B 3* Clarendon Hotel

• 3 Course dinner first & final night

• 10 Single rooms free of supplement

• Four days with a Blue Badge guide

• River Cruise & all entrance fees

• Free place for Group Organiser

• Free driver half board & 24 hr parking

• 100% Passenger Payment Protection

• Free GTO Liability Insurance

Optional 2-course carvery with coffee at Strand Palace Hotel & top price theatre ticket for selected shows - add £49pp.

Available throughout the year

THE HOTEL

The 3* Clarendon Hotel is comprised of a row of eighteenth century residences with commanding views across Blackheath to Royal Greenwich Park with 20th century additions to the rear of the hotel. The hotel has 175 rooms and has been independently owned by the same family for over 40 years. The housekeeping is impeccable and the staff really care about your comfort.

£349pp