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UK Rock Experience See London, Liverpool & Cambridge
UK rock tour designed to suit you! 6 days/5 nights
Book your own Set List! Pre-set package, you just choose your travel dates.
Take this unescorted package from any start date of your choice; you will be provided with vouchers for the included services.* Accommodation is offered at three standards; budget (hostel), standard 3-star, and 4-star.
DAY ONE
Arrive London. Transfer to accommodation with rest of the day/evening free to explore as you please. You can hop on the tube or one of the train services from the airport or you can add an optional private car transfer.
What will you do today? Perhaps you will choose to go around on the “Big Bus”, the best introduction to the iconic sites of the Capitol. Hop off when you want then hop back on - a fun way to start your holiday. Alternatively, there are heaps of choices of what to see and do in the Capitol! Your tour package includes discount vouchers for rare vinyl shops and Beatle/rock memorabilia stores so maybe some shopping to get your rock tour started? The choice is yours!
Optional additions for your arrival day include:
- Fast track visit to Madame Tussauds to see various rock and celebrity wax figures.
- Fast track visits to choice of St Paul’s Cathedral or Tower of London during your time in London.
- Early evening tour of Trident Studios (subject to availability).
- Backstage tour of the Royal Albert Hall
- Concert of your choice!
Accommodation in London: your choice of a hostel stay, 3-star hotel or 4-star hotel
DAY TWO
Today, our Full Day Monsters of Rock tour. The morning tour will focus on the Summer of Love, visiting Central and North London (Camden, Hamstead, Highgate and ‘still swingin’ Soho) followed by the Classic Rock and Beatles tour, showing you parts of the Capitol missed by most tourists. Get an insider’s view of Chelsea and the Kings Road, Kensington, Notting Hill - including some famous film sites and St John's Wood. Go where the walking tours can’t! Get your own photo taken at Abbey Road and at the Bill Wyman's (Stones) 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant.
Artists featured include: The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Sex Pistols, Clash, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, Donovan, Frank Zappa, Dylan, Bowie, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, Oasis, Boy George, Madness, U2, Blur, Elton John, Madonna and many, many more!!
Accommodation in London: as above
DAY THREE
Beatles Liverpool via Rail today! Visit the city that is the ‘Beatle homeland’ and see the Cavern Club, the boys' family homes, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, the superb 'Beatles Story' and a host of other related sites! Maybe you might like to take a Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey too?
Train to Liverpool /depart London 07.00 / arrive Liverpool 10.30; Return train / depart Liverpool 18.00 / arrive back in London approximately 20.30
Accommodation in London: as above
DAY FOUR
Today spend time in one of London’s premier Rock Museums - your choice of either the British Music Experience OR the Hard Rock Cafe’s Vault.
The British Music Experience is now open! The Who singer Roger Daltrey has loaned the tassled outfit he wore on stage at Woodstock, while Sir Mick Jagger has given an Ossie Clark-designed 1970s jumpsuit. David Bowie has handed over his Ashes To Ashes clown suit and a classic Ziggy Stardust costume. A vintage dress worn by Amy Winehouse in her Tears Dry On Her Own video and a live DVD can be seen. Noel Gallagher's iconic Union Jack guitar is on show, along with guitars played by Paul Weller, Marc Bolan and Blur. The memorabilia is accompanied by footage of the objects in action, while fans can explore the history of pop and rock in a series of hi-tech zones. Visitors can scroll through a giant timeline, search a map containing 4,000 British rock and pop landmarks, and learn about record players and radiograms in a lesson about recording formats.
The original Hard Rock Cafe Vault is home to a wide range of rock memorabilia - ever dream about playing a guitar owned by Hendrix or another rock star? Here’s your big break! The Hard Rock Vault tour is where you can not only look but hold and (best of all) have your photograph taken 'playing' a priceless guitar that they have on display there.
Tonight, your package includes a ticket for entry to a show at your choice of London’s Troubadour Club, The 100 Club or for the Queen musical ‘We Will Rock You.’
Accommodation in London: as above
DAY FIVE
Today includes the ROCK day trip of your choice! Dependent upon date/day of the week availability, your choices include:
*Pink Floyd, Cambridge & London: Mondays; A tale of two cities - During this full day tour, you get the full history of the band from your knowledgeable guide and, of course, a day listening to rare, obscure and well-known Floyd music!
*A Hard Day’s Tour! Rock Roots and Beatle Films: Fridays; To the west of London lie suburbs and small towns where British Rock was nurtured, growing out of such bands as the Yardbirds, Stones, The Who and later Queen, The Sex Pistols and more. Also here, Beatle film sites of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, ‘Help’ & ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ on this full day.
Tonight, use your meal voucher at either the Rolling Stones ‘Sticky Fingers’ restaurant or the Hard Rock Café as the grand finale to your rock and roll adventure!
Accommodation in London: as above
DAY SIX
Also, time to depart for home. Dependent upon your flight time, you may have a chance to do some last minute shopping using your rock discount vouchers at one of the city’s record shops! Optional transfers are available for a supplemental fee.
Tour inclusions
- 5 nights London accommodation, with breakfast (level choice of budget, standard or premier)
- Hard Rock Café or Sticky Fingers lunch/dinner voucher
- Full-day, 9 hour, Monsters of Rock, escorted mini-coach tour
- Full-day, 9 hour, Pink Floyd’s Cambridge or Thames Valley ‘Cradle of Rock’ escorted mini-coach tour
- Full day unescorted rail tour to Liverpool (with Magical Mystery Tour, entry to Beatles Story and Cavern Club)
- Ticket for evening rock gig at The Troubadour, 100 Club or ‘We Will Rock You’ at the Dominion Theatre (Client offered preferred choice according to programme and availability).
- 15% Discount shopping voucher for selected rare record shops and Beatle store memorabilia
- Entry to the British Music Experience at the O2.
- Entry to the memorabilia vault at the Hard Rock Café
- One year’s subscription to ‘Classic Rock Magazine’ as a monthly reminder of your rock tour of a lifetime
- Souvenir packs, including patches, rock biographies and London rock map
- Free entry into annual charity raffle with signed rock memorabilia as prizes (in aid of the Action for Brazilian Children Trust charity, patron Jimmy Page.)
Not included
- Optional airport transfers; available from Heathrow for $130 USD each way.
- Optional visits to museums - Trident Studios, Madame Tussauds, St Paul’s, Albert Hall, Big Bus tickets etc
- Meals where not specifically mentioned
* the exact order of days may change according to time of year and days of tour operation. Clients taking this package would be notified prior to departure for London which tours on what days of their specific package.
ACOMMODATION OPTIONS: Choose the level of accommodation to best suit your style!
Budget accommodation: YHA hostels, St Christophers Inns or equivalent
Standard 3 star: London, Hyde Park Towers Hotel, Baywater (Jimi Hendrix’s first UK ‘home’)
4 Star Premier: London Regency, Raddisson Edwardian or similar
It’s only rock & roll but we like it!
These tours are operated by Access All Areas (GB)!
Identifying, preserving, protecting and promoting the UK’s rock heritage
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