12-Day Performance Tour
Best of England “Methodist Heritage Tour”
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- Tour Description
- Itinerary
Tour Description
Bristol | Bath | Stratford | Coventry | York | Cambridge | Epworth | London
Your
Methodist Heritage Choir Tour will be a great celebration
of faith focused on the lives of two of the most influential
people in the history of the Methodist Church. Your group
will visit key historic places and sites of interest
to the Methodist tradition. Experience distinct local
lifestyles of church communities across England. Venue
options include sacred places such as Victoria Methodist
Church, Bishopston Methodist Church, Wesley Memorial
Church, St. Paul’s Cathedral or St.-Martin-in-the Fields.
Walk with us as we trace the growth of the Methodist
church in England through in the Wesley tradition of
sacred song.
Your Package Includes:
- Round-trip airfare from New York. (Please inquire about airfares from other cities in the U.S. or Canada).
- Ten (10) nights’ accommodations in tourist class hotels with private facilities.
- Hotel upgrades are available upon request.
- Continental breakfast daily in London and full English breakfast elsewhere.
- Seven dinners outside London (three course set menu with coffee).
- Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure.
- Transportation in private motor-coach including airport transfers.
- Sightseeing as per itinerary with a professional licensed English-speaking guide.
- Porterage at hotels.
- Entrance fees to all sites on itinerary.
- Services of a Peter’s Way Tour Manager from arrival to departure in London.
- Coordination of all venues, including concert promotion; printed programs and posters.
- Portfolio of travel documents, including a Peter’s Way Flight Packet.
One FREE package for group leader for every 25 participants (based on a minimum of 40 participants)
12-Day
Performance Tour priced from $2,995 |
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from New York,
double occupancy + departure taxes/fuel surcharge,
November - March Contact us today for your custom designed choir program and detailed proposal! |
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12-Day Itinerary
Day 1 | Thursday | Depart for England
Day 2 | Friday | Arrive London | Salisbury | Avebury Stone Circle
Your journey begins with a drive west through Royal Berkshire and across the sweeping Salisbury Plain. Pass the mysterious prehistoric Stonehenge and visit the prehistoric Avebury Stone Circle on our way to Bristol.
Day 3 | Saturday | Bristol | Bath – Evening/Concert
Today’s orientation tour of Bristol includes John Wesley’s Chapel, the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world. Present a concert at the New Room in Bristol. Enjoy the balance of the day in the Gregorian City of Bath, on the River Avon. Visit Hanhan Mount, where in 1739 Wesley did field preaching.
Day 4 | Sunday | Sung Sunday Service | Blenheim Palace | Oxford
Sing Sunday service at Victoria Methodist Church, or Bishopston Methodist Church. Afternoon sites include: Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill; Oxford, known as the "City of Dreaming Spires;"and Lincoln College where John Wesley was elected a Fellow in 1726 and the headquarters of “the Holy Club”, and other places of Wesleyan connection.
Day 5 | Monday | Witney | Stratford
Travel across the beautiful the Cotswolds to visit Witney where Wesley preached in 1725, on Church Green, a picturesque common. Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Stratford-upon-Avon, the hometown of William Shakespeare. You will have the option to enjoy (at an additional cost) an evening performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Day 6 | Tuesday | Coventry | West Bromwich | York
Today begins with a visit to Coventry and its famous Cathedral. Continue to West Bromwich to visit the home of Francis Asbury, American Methodism’s first Bishop. Your stay in York includes a visit to York Minster Cathedral with its stained-glass treasures.
Day 7 | Wednesday | Highlights of York – PM/Leisure
The highlight of your tour of York will be the magnificent Cathedral of St. Peter, one of the largest cathedrals in Britain. You will have the option to attend Evensong at York Minster.
Day 8 | Thursday | Gainsborough | Epworth
This morning, we head south, stopping in the historical hamlet of Scrooby. In Gainsborough, see the Old Hall, where John Wesley preached several times. Tour Epworth, the birthplace of John and Charles Wesley. Present a noon recital at Wesley Memorial Church. See the New Visitors Center, Old Rectory, St. Andrew’s Parish Church, and Wesley Memorial Church.
Day 9 | Friday | Cambridge | London
We leave for London stopping at Cambridge enroute. Meet your guide at the Silver Street bridge. Your walking tour will pass Peterhouse, Trinity College, Queens College, and include a visit to Kings College. Enjoy you evening at leisure upon arrival in London. You will have the option to see (at an additional cost) a West End Theatre Show.
Day 10 | Saturday | London Sightseeing | Leisure
Your morning tour of London includes all the major sights of the city; the House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and the Mall, St. Paul's Cathedral. Present a noon recital at St. Paul’s Cathedral, St.-Martin-in-the Fields or a Methodist venue. Balance of the day at leisure.
Day 11 | Sunday | London Sightseeing - Leisure
Your morning begins with a visit to Aldersgate, the site of John Wesley’s conversion. Sing the Sunday Service at Wesley’s Chapel. Then visit Wesley’s gravesite and home. The afternoon is free to explore the city’s landmarks, museums and shops.
Day 12 | Monday | Return from London
Unexpected circumstances might require alteration of details described in this itinerary.
