Four Day Lake District Discovery

Enjoy three nights stay at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel located close to Lake Windermere. This comfortable hotel, formerly owned by Beatrix Potter is set in 6 acres of mature gardens and offers superb accommodation and fine dinning in it's award winning restaurant. Views over the lake and to the fells are spectacular anytime of the year.

Ten Lakes Spectacular tour covers Ten Lakes, three mountain passes and an extended lake cruise from the mountains to moorland on Ullswater - "Queen of the English Lakes", a beautiful waterfall, Castlerigg Stone Circle and the ancient township of Keswick for lunch. Certainly the most comprehensive, popular and satisfying tour in the Lake District, visiting central, north, north-west and north-east parts of Cumbria with so many stops for photographs and short walks.

Your short break also includes the High Mountain Passes Spectacular. The route is one fashioned by Emperor Hadrian's Roman legions in the first century. Over the Wrynose and Hardknott passes, the steepest in England, pausing to view the extensive remains of Hardknott Roman Fort, before descending to lovely Eskdale. Following lunch you embark on the famous steam railway journey through Eskdale and onwards to Wasdale and Wastwater (England's deepest and most dramatic lake).

The next destination is the splendid 14th century castle of Muncaster, a treasure chest of fine period furniture, tapestries, silverware, paintings, portraits and porcelain. In its internationally acclaimed gardens you will find magnificent examples of azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons and also have opportunity to visit the World Owl Trust.

The beautiful scenery of the Coniston Fells and Coniston Water bring to an end this classic of all Lake District tours.

Schedule Details Departs:

Seasonal
January 01 to October 31
Daily

Departure Point: Package begins with pick up from Windermere Railway Station, or Windermere accommodation Departure Time: 9:25am Return details: Tour concludes at original point of departure Hotel Pickup: Hotel pickup is available from most central Windermere hotels, you MUST call the supplier to advise your hotel details for pick up and to reconfirm your tour (contact details provided on voucher). If you do not call, you must make your own way to the departure point. Itinerary:

Day One: Arrival transfer to accommodation and free time
Day Two: Ten Lakes Spectacular tour
Day Three: The High Adventure - High Mountain Passes Spectacular tour
Day Four: Free time and departure transfer from accommodation

Tour Highlights

• Troutbeck Village and Valley
• Kirkstone Pass - Lakeland's highest mountain pass
• Ullswater - lake cruise
• Castlerigg Stone Circle - 4,000 year old stone circle
• Ashness Bridge and Surprise View
• Keswick - stopover in town center for lunch
• Borrowdale
• Honister Mountain Pass
• Buttermere Valley and Crummock Water
• Newland Pass
• Moss Force Waterfall
• Thirlmere
• Grasmere

Tour Highlights

• Hardknott and Wrynose Mountain Passes - the steepest and most exhilarating in England
• Ravenglass and Eskdale Steam Railway
• 14th Century Muncaster Castle - fabulous gardens
• The internationally renowned World Owl Trust
• Central and Western Lakes including Wastwater - England's deepest lake
• Coniston Water - associated with John Ruskin, Arthur Ransome and Donald Campbell
• Hardknott Roman Fort - with magnificent views to Scafell and central mountain peaks

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