England: Literature
Length
11 days
Price
$3,590
Dates
May 5-15, 2022
Program includes
- Roundtrip Airfare
- 9 Nights of Accommodation
- All Ground Transportation (inc. Transportation Pass)
- Daily Continental Breakfast
- Welcome & Farewell Dinners
- Historical & Cultural Walking Tours
- 24/7 On-Ground Emergency Support
- Travelers Health Insurance & Liability Insurance
- Tips & Gratuities
Program Highlights
- British Library
- Karl Marx’s Tomb
- National Gallery
- Globe Theater Visit
- Evening Theater Performance
- Tintern Abbey
- Dove Cottage – Wordsworth Museum
- Hiking in the National Park in Grasmere
Itinerary
Day 1 – Departure – Thursday, May 5
- Depart Home for London, England
Day 2 – London – Friday, May 6
- Arrive in London, England
- Airport Transfer
- Orientation Walking Tour – The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc.
- Welcome Dinner – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.
Day 3 – London – Saturday, May 7
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- London Literary Walking Tour
- British Library – From wild and remote landscapes to vulnerable heroines; from violent and erotic fantasies to supernatural and uncanny happenings; Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries.
- Lunch Break at Borough Market
- Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Day 4 – London – Sunday, May 8
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Karl Marx’s Tomb – The Tomb of Karl Marx stands in the Eastern cemetery of Highgate Cemetery. It commemorates the burial sites of Marx, of his wife, Jenny von Westphalen, and other members of his family.
- Westminster Walking Tour of London – Westminster is London at its grandest: the place where kings and queens are crowned, where they lived, and often were buried. It’s the forge of the national destiny, the place where the heart of the Empire beat, the Mecca of politicians throughout the ages. The past here is cast in stone and we take it all in: ancient Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, the Jewel Tower, Westminster Abbey and more…
- Westminster Abbey (Poets’ Corner) – Poets’ Corner is the burial site for a number of the London playwrights. Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, William Davenant and Michael Drayton are all buried in the Abbey, as are poets Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser.
- Lunch Break
- National Gallery – The collection comprises some 2,000 works, but it is regarded by many as the most representative sampling of European painting in the world.
- Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Day 5 – London – Monday, May 9
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- British Museum – Has more than seven million objects from all continents. They illustrate and document the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.
- Lunch Break
- Globe Theater Tour & Performance
Day 6 – Hay on Wye – Tuesday, May 10
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Private Transfer to Tintern Abbey (approx. 3.5 hours)
- Explore Tintern Abbey
- Lunch Break
- Transfer to Hay on Wye (approx.1.5 hours)
- Check-in, Relax & Refresh
- Book Shopping
Day 7 – Grasmere – Wednesday, May 11
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Transfer to Grasmere (approx. 5 hours)
- Check-in, Relax & Refresh
- Dove Cottage – Wordsworth Museum – Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the home of the poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent over eight years of “plain living, but high thinking”.
Day 8 – Grasmere – Thursday, May 12
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Hiking in the National Park of Lake District
- or Optional Boat Tour
Day 9 – Grasmere – Friday, May 13
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Free Day in Grasmere – Optional Hiking
Day 10 – London – Saturday, May 14
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Transfer to London (approx. 5 hours)
- Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion
- Farewell Dinner & Program Closing – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.
Day 11 – Departure – Sunday, May 15
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Airport Transfer
- Depart London, England for Home
For any additional information or questions please email us at: Info@studyabroadassociation.com
Program payments
150 days prior to departure $500 is due and payable by December 6, 2021.
90 days prior to departure, the second payment in the amount of $1,545 is due and payable by February 4, 2022.
60 days prior to departure, the third and final payment in the amount of $1,545 is due and payable by March 6, 2022.
Payment Policy: The 1st deposit is refundable up to 100 days prior to departure. If the trip is canceled for not reaching the minimum number of participants the deposit will also be refunded.
For any additional information or questions please email us at: Info@studyabroadassociation.com
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