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IN SEARCH OF WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
3 days / 2 nights - Wednesday to Friday

Here was a man whose name will live down the ages. A warrior, a politician, an orator, a painter, a Nobel Prize winner for literature. But, perhaps, more than anything, a leader. A leader whose courage and determination inspired youthful Western democracies to defy a tyranny. A leader who even today inspires new generations.

Our three-day tour is designed to celebrate the man. We visit a range of places and palaces intimately connected with his life and work. In doing so, tour participants will not only learn something of the great man but enjoy seeing British heritage sites and scenery that are worth the visit in their own right. This super tour, with accommodation based in London, will appeal to both those who lived through the tumultuous events of the 20th Century, and to those who want to learn more about them, and the larger than life figures who so dominated the landscape. This tour can be combined with our special one-day WW2-Occupied Lands tour or with our D-Day Normandy Beaches tour.

DEPARTURE DATES & PRICES FOR 2008

Tour Code	Depart London	Return London
WSC	Wednesday	Friday
WSC1	07 May	09 May
WSC2	11 Jun	13 Jun
WSC3	09 Jul	11 Jul
WSC4	13 Aug	15 Aug
WSC5	10 Sep	12 Sep
WSC6	08 Oct	10 Oct

This GUARANTEED DEPARTURE begins WEDNESDAYS as above from central London hotels below.
It is your responsibility to be there in plenty of time.

The Royal National, Bedford Way The Corus Hotel, Hyde Park The Grosvenor Thistle, Victoria Station The Holiday Inn Forum The Chiswick Hotel, Chiswick

08.00 (underground Russell Square) 08.20 (underground Lancaster Gate) 08.30 (underground Victoria Station) 08.45 (underground Gloucester Road) 09.00 (underground Turnham Green)

NOTE: Clients should wait by the concierge desk. Return drop-offs are to any central London hotel.

Cost: $769 USD per adult sharing a twin/double room; $899 USD single occupancy

What your tour price includes: Your accommodation for 2 nights while on the tour including both full breakfasts and dinners. Your price also includes all entrance fees to attractions, transportation, services of driver/guide-companion and all taxes and tips other than those you may wish to give your guide.

Airport transfers and accommodation pre and post tour is not included but can be reserved at a specially discounted price. Our London tour base is the Chiswick Hotel so you will be picked-up for your tour here at 09.00 if booking pre-tour accommodation with us.

Want to upgrade your tour package to include international airfare? Click here for info.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY	NIGHTSTOP
DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY
We begin at the beginning. Our day sees us visiting Blenheim Palace, Churchill's birth place. This incredible treasure house, set near Oxford on the edge of the Cotswolds, was given to Winston's ancestor John, Duke of Marlborough. In addition to a general tour of the palace, you'll also visit the Winston Churchill Exhibition and 'Churchill’s Destiny' Exhibition. Nearby, we find the family vault and the simple grave that marks Churchill's final resting place.   Also included on today's itinerary will be Harrow, the famed public school were Churchill received his secondary education before joining the army and, when possible, a tour of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst where the young Churchill attended for his military training. Alternatively, we will go to Bletchley Park where the 'Enigma Code' was cracked and where we can visit the Churchill Collection, an amazing display of privately owned memorabilia. We return to our accommodation. Please note, dinner is not included on this tour and you are free to dine independently.	London
DAY TWO - THURSDAY
Today we tour Kent and specifically Chartwell, the house where Churchill and his family lived from 1922 to 1965, the year of his death at the age of 90. The estate is now owned by the National Trust. We'll also take advantage of seeing several sites connected with World War Two and specifically The Battle Of Britain, a battle that inspired Churchill's great speech paraphrased  as 'never has so much been owed to so few'.	London
DAY THREE - FRIDAY
London is the focus of our Churchill exploration today. We'll see those famed buildings that formed the various stages upon which the great man performed - The Admiralty, the House of Commons, houses where he lived. We'll 'relive' the Blitz and at The Imperial War Museum we'll see exhibitions on some of the wars in which young Winston was involved - the Anglo-Boer War, Sudan and The Great War (on our Sunday day-tour of the Great War’s Ypres Salient, we visit the site where Churchill served in the Great War). We’ll go to St Paul’s Cathedral where his state funeral took place and where now we can see the eight-metre long Winston Churchill Memorial Screen. During our day, we’ll also find several statues of the great man (including one with Roosevelt). The undoubted high-spot of the day will be our visit to the Churchill Museum, the first national museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill.  It is housed in the unique setting of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground complex where Churchill and his government met as bombs rained down on London in 1940.

This tour is operated by Back-Roads Touring Co Ltd