STUDENT TOURS & GROUP TRAVEL

Tour Details:

Welcome on our tour to Stonehenge & Bath. On this tour you will visit two amazing places, The Stonehenge World Heritage site and the World Heritage City of Bath.

Highlights:

• Stonehenge entrance with multi-language audio guide included
• Bath walking tour of 1 hour with your tour guide
• Free map and information handout
• Enjoy what Bath has to offer in your free time 
• Finish in Oxford and Bournemouth 19:00
• Finish in other locations (such as London or Brighton) 19:30 - 20:00

Student Top Attractions in Bath & Stonehenge


Stonehenge

Stonehenge is one of the oldest prehistoric sites in Europe and is also a UN World Heritage Site. The site was first started in 3100BC and was in use until 300AD, almost 3500 years. You can walk around the stones and use the free audio guide that tells you more about the history of the stones. There is also a new visitor centre exhibition to learn more about this incredible landmark. The Stonehenge site has the entrance included in your standard ticket price. 

Bath

Learn on the 1 hour walking tour with your guide about its Roman history and the founding of its Roman Bath complex and the citys rebirth in Georgian times and its triumph of architecture in the beautiful Royal Crescent. There is the Jane Austen Centre for fans of her books as she lived in Bath about 200 years ago. Many religious buildings such as Bath Abbey are available to visit and free or donations for entry. There are many street entertainers in the city centre and many shops of all types and of course many restaurants or cafes for lunch.

Places to visit in Bath

Roman Bath Complex
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest. The house is a well-preserved Roman site with baths and a temple. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from the Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century and include the Pump Rooms. Cost £16.50 

Jane Austen Centre

The Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay Street is a permanent exhibition which tells the story of her Bath experience – the effect that visiting and living in the city had on her and her writing. Austen is one of the greatest writers of the 18th and 19th century with novels such as Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Cost: £9.50

Sally Lunns Tea Rooms

Sally Lunns is much more than a world famous tea and eating house in the centre of the wonderful city of Bath. The historic building is the oldest house in Bath. The kitchen museum shows the actual kitchen used by the young Huguenot baker Sally Lunn in Georgian Bath to create the first Bath bun.

Victoria Art Gallery

Free public art gallery upstairs (though some exhibitions may charge entry on ground floor) featuring over 1500 paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

Holburne Museum

Features fine and decorative arts. Next to the museum is Sydney Gardens, a favourite place to walk for Jane Austen who set part of her novel Northanger Abbey in the surrounding area. Free entry if under 18 years old, students £5.50

Bath Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine Monastery in Bath. Founded in the 7th century, reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries, it is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. Cost - Donations accepted.

This information shows example itineraries to use as a guideline, please note that the order we visit various attractions may change depending on circumstances or time of year.

Please follow the advice of your tour manager and make sure that you are at the various pick up points and departures at the correct times.