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Health, Fitness and Mobility
A reasonable level of health, fitness and mobility is required for this tour. If you have any health, fitness or mobility restrictions, you must contact CATO at the time of booking for advice on the requirements for this tour as certain activities may be inaccessible to you if your mobility is limited in any way. |
Meal Codes: English breakfast Group dinner Official Ashes function
Clayton Hotel Birmingham (6 nights)
The tour will commence at the Clayton Hotel Birmingham, your hotel for the next six nights. For those arriving early in the day, there’s time to explore Birmingham before a short welcome briefing with our CATO Tour Director. This evening we attend the Official Ashes Function to get a superb insight into our cricket celebrities’ thoughts on the Series ahead and Day One at Edgbaston.
The start of another exciting Series! Each day you will be transferred well in advance of the start of play for the First Ashes Test at Edgbaston, with a return transfer to your hotel at the end of each day’s play.
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh (3 nights)
Our Scotland adventure starts this morning. After breakfast we transfer to Birmingham airport for the short flight to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Our stay in Edinburgh will be at the spectacular Virgin Hotels Edinburgh where old meets new in an inspired fusion of 19th Century architecture and contemporary design. Located in the heart of the old town, the hotel provides unrivalled access to all the city has to offer. The remainder of the day is at your leisure to explore historic Edinburgh.
Hide infoAfter breakfast, enjoy a private Open Top Bus guided tour of the city stopping at some of Edinburgh’s finest attractions including the Palace of Holyroodhouse - the King’s official residence in Edinburgh, and the Royal Yacht Britannia, Queen Elizabeth II’s former floating palace, where you will enjoy informative audio tours. The remainder of the day at your leisure.
Hide infoAfter breakfast enjoy a guided walk around the old town concluding with a tour of Edinburgh Castle. While today a world-famous visitor attraction, and in part in military use, the Castle has a long rich history - once a royal residence, military garrison, prison and fortress. This afternoon and evening at leisure to continue exploring Edinburgh.
The Isles of Glencoe (2 nights)
Today we start our tour North with a trip across the Firth of Forth with views of the old Forth Road and Rail Bridges from the new Queensferry crossing. We travel through the picturesque scenery of Perth and Pitlochry before visiting one of the many distilleries at the gateway to the Scottish Highlands. Enjoy a tour and tasting prior to your afternoon arrival at The Isles of Glencoe, our hotel for the next two nights. The hotel is situated at the foot of Glencoe by the shores of Loch Linnhe where we will enjoy a welcome dinner at the hotel in the evening.
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Our journey today starts with a poignant stop at the Commando Memorial, a memorial dedicated to the commanders who died in WWII, and providing photo opportunities of the Lochaber region, previously their training ground. The shores of Loch Ness await. Learn about the fabled Loch Ness Monster and enjoy a cruise on the famous Loch from Fort Augustus. Continuing our day, we travel to the Ben Nevis Range Mountain Gondola, the only one of its kind in the UK, where we climb aboard this scenic ride and take in the stunning views of Aonach Mor Mountain. It is then a short journey back to our hotel where we enjoy drinks by the side of the Loch prior to dinner at the hotel.
The Stirling Highland Hotel (1 night)
After breakfast travel through the spectacular scenery of the Trossachs National Park with its wooded glens, braes and lochs to spend the evening in Stirling, where we will enjoy a visit to The National Wallace Monument, with its impressive history of “Scotland’s National Hero” and panoramic views. The evening is at your leisure to explore this historic town.
Hide infoNovotel London Blackfriars (6 nights)
Today we travel to London for the Second exciting Ashes Test at Lord’s. After breakfast we will be transferred to Edinburgh Airport for our flight to London, passing the spectacular The Kelpies, 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits), located between Falkirk and Grangemouth.
On our arrival in London there’s time to relax at the hotel before joining many other Australian supporters for the Official Ashes Dinner Function to get a superb insight into our cricket celebrities’ thoughts on the Series ahead and Day One at historic Lord’s.
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Possibly one of the highlights for any cricket enthusiast would be a trip to the home of cricket - Lord’s, add the fact that this is the Second Ashes Test and excitement will be at fever pitch! Each day we travel to Lord’s by London Underground and on the night of Day Five (2 July) we’ll enjoy a farewell dinner at a local London restaurant to share some unforgettable memories.
After breakfast, your tour will conclude at the hotel.
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