Enjoy a day of beautiful Views & Vistas on the swooping South including the Devil’s Dyke with a visit to cliff top Lewes and, the crowning glory of the day - the new Brighton i360. Created by the couple who designed the London Eye this isn’t a wheel, it is the world’s first vertical cable car on the beach near the West Pier. You glide to the top at 450 feet in a futuristic glass viewing pod with 360 degree views.
Meet the Blue Badge Tour guide at 10.30am en route to Lewes - the county town of Sussex. We drive to the very top of this handsome market town for time to buy morning refreshments followed by a little flat stroll seeing the Norman castle and Virginia Wolf’s holiday home - all without taxing the legs.
Next by coach to enjoy magnificent panoramas at the legendary beauty spot of Devil’s Dyke - the longest, deepest and widest dry valley in the UK. It was either built by the Devil to drown the irksome parishioners of the Weald or it was carved out during the last ice age some 10,000 years ago. Take your pick! John Constable, who knew a bit about landscapes, described this as: the grandest view in the world. We get off the coach to stretch our legs and take in the views. And you know what, even on the foggiest day it’s quite marvellous up here!
We arrive in Brighton to break for free time on the seafront to buy lunch - there’s lots of choice and interesting shops too. If you want we can pre-book a two course with lunch at a seafront hotel for your group to eat together.
After lunch we are going to glide silently to a height of 450 feet on the Brighton i360 - the world’s tallest moving observation tower with views along the South coast and inland to the curve of the Downs. The aerodynamically designed glass pod travels up and down the tower like a vertical cable car. For any member of the group who doesn’t fancy it there’s plenty to keep them occupied along the beach where there is also a café where, after the 30 minute flight, you can buy tea and get ready to head home at 4.45pm.
