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  • Cotswolds, Stonehenge & London Tour

One of this tour’s fine hotels
Our goal is always to find the most interesting and memorable lodging a region offers. Here's one of our favorites from this itinerary. For a complete list, please call or email us.

The Bay Tree Hotel
This 16th century inn was originally built as the home for Sir Lawrence Tanfield, the Baron of Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth I. The main house has been beautifully refurbished including mellow flagstone floors, old oak beams and open log fireplaces. Each of the 21 guest rooms is individually decorated with antique furnishings.
Where the tour begins and ends

Starting Point: London, England

Ending Point: Oxford, England

What the weather is like
England, and the Cotswolds in particular, has a temperate climate. In the summer during our trips, the region does not have very significant temperature extremes.

Average
Daily Highs (°F)
 May  June  July  Sept.
London  62  68  74  70
Background reading

Stonehenge Complete - Christopher Chippindale
An excellent introduction to Europe's most mysterious ancient site. This award-winning book includes everything important, interesting or odd ever written, painted, discovered, or felt about Stonehenge since its rediscovery in A.D. 1130.

The Story of England - Christopher Hibbert
This popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to
life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past.

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