


Great Cathedrals of the Southwest
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Summary
Romanesque to Gothic
This tour in the heart of South Western England offers you an architectural journey of a collection of some of our most glorious cathedrals. From the Norman Conquest to the 16th century Reformation, you will tour the breadth of the Middle Ages, with access behind the scenes of these magnificent edifices. Immersed in the minds and lives of past masons and monarchs, this tour unravels the extraordinary construction of the cathedrals so intricately laced with the political, social, economic and cultural history of England. Each of the cathedrals is important, historically and architecturally, in its own right. Salisbury Cathedral is famed for its breath-taking 123-metre spire, as well as for housing one of only four extant copies of Magna Carta. In turn, Winchester—an outstanding example of all the main phases of English Norman and Gothic—was once one of the most important royal churches in Anglo-Saxon England and is the burial place for some of the earliest kings, including King Alfred the Great. Lastly, Wells Cathedral, described as “the most poetic of the English Cathedrals” and set in the medieval heart of England’s smallest city, is the earliest English cathedral to be built in the Gothic style. Explore the lives, legends and scandals of the people who built these magnificent skyscrapers of glass and stone – both up the pinnacles and down in the crypts.
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$1 Deposit Offer for 2023 Tours - Top-up deposit payment due by 30 September 2022
The price above includes any applicable early booking discount and a pay in full discount, and applies only if you pay the full balance at time of booking.
Single supplement: $175
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Meet your Experts
Dr Emma Wells
Andante Guide Lecturer
Academic, author and broadcaster, Dr Emma J. Wells is a specialist in the ecclesiastical and architectural history of medieval and reformation-era England, and the author of an array of publications.

Tour dates & prices
Included in your cost:
- Expert Guide Lecturer
- Meals as per the itinerary, wine and tea or coffee with dinner
- Local travel aboard a private air-conditioned coach
- Accommodation
- Entries to all sites as per the itinerary
- All taxes & gratuities
Tour Departure | Tour ID | Departure date | Return Date | Guided by | Price | Deposit | Single supplement | Offer | Availability |
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1 September 2022 | ASCA220901 | 1 September 2022 (Thursday) | 3 September 2022 (Saturday) | Dr Emma Wells | $1,045 (ex. flights) |
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23 March 2023 | ASCA230323 | 23 March 2023 (Thursday) | 25 March 2023 (Saturday) | Dr Emma Wells | $1,085 (ex. flights) |
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$175 |
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31 August 2023 | ASCA230831 | 31 August 2023 (Thursday) | 2 September 2023 (Saturday) | Dr Emma Wells | $1,155 (ex. flights) |
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