Day excursions

Christmas isn’t complete without carols at the Royal Albert Hall. Join us for a magical performance featuring a mix of traditional and modern festive favourites. With an orchestra, choir, presenter, soloist, and plenty of sing-along moments, it’s the ultimate way to celebrate the season. After the service we head into London’s West End with time spent at Covent Garden and the surrounding area.

Swindon has a history that is intertwined with the Great Western Railway and that becomes evident as soon as you step through the main entrance to this delightful undercover shopping mall. With a host of High Street stores, designer outlets and plenty of places for refreshments, the McArthur Glen Outlet Centre is a shopaholics delight.

Travel to the Inn on the Lake and spend an afternoon immersed in the Seventies with one of the UK’s best Abba tribute bands, Abba Chique. An uplifting afternoon as they work through the incredible ABBA back catalogue - hit after hit. Before the show starts, we have our first course festive lunch, with a second course served in the interval. Great value.

We travel to the ever popular Dobbies Garden Centre and while away some time searching for those festive goodies. We then make the trip to the Hamlet of Plucks Gutter where a welcoming Christmas lunch with entertainment awaits at this renowned public house, beautifully located on the Great Stour and its tributary the Little Stour.

A warm welcome awaits at Canterbury Christmas Market which is set right in this beautiful, historical city known for its Cathedral, Archbishop and medieval streets. UNESCO has granted world heritage status to parts of the city, including St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and the Cathedral. The Christmas Market’s footprint covers the city’s streets that run through Whitefriars Shopping Centre and St George’s St.