Stratford-Upon-Avon And Cotswolds An impossibly beautiful region of rolling hills, quaint limestone villages with thatched roofs and ivy covered walls, picturesque rivers lined with weeping willows and flower-filled gardens.

Visit the pretty market town and home of William Shakespeare in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Affectionately known as Shakespeare country, it’s where you can indulge in a feast of experiences linked to the famous bard that is considered by many, to be the greatest writer in the English language. Visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace, where he was born, grew up and spent the first five years of his married life; Mary Arden’s Farm – the working Elizabethan farmhouse where his mother lived before she married his father or the luxurious home of his daughter at Hall’s Croft. See one of his plays performed by the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company or visit the beautiful Holy Trinity Church where the playwright was baptised and buried.

Wander around the lovely Bancroft Gardens on the banks of the River Avon before enjoying a leisurely canal boat ride down the picturesque river. Visit the unique MAD (Mechanical Art and Design) Museum which showcases the world’s finest pieces of Automata and Kinetic Art. Enjoy a fun day out at the nearby Warwick Castle – a fully interactive castle experience with jousting, live actors bringing gruesome stories to life in The Castle Dungeon, the largest working trebuchet in the world, daily shows and the carefully restored inside and outside of the castle itself.

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, located just outside of Stratford-Upon-Avon, is an immaculate example of a quintessentially English thatched chocolate-box cottage; with lattice around the windows, roses creeping across the doorway and surrounded by a charming, fragrant cottage garden. Childhood home to the wife of Shakespeare, it has been one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country for centuries and is lauded as one of the most romantic views in England.

Located just 25 minutes out of Stratford-Upon-Avon are the stunning Cotswold Hills. Explore this impossibly beautiful region of rolling hills, quaint limestone villages with thatched roofs and ivy covered walls, picturesque rivers lined with weeping willows and lovingly tended flower-filled gardens. Walk through the picture-book, 13^th century village of Castle Combe, known as the prettiest village in England. Visit Bibury, described as the prettiest village in Britain or snack on tea and scones in one of the many tea houses in Burford. Enjoy one of the delightful gardens open to the public, with Hidcote and Kiftsgate being the most famous and located on the edge of the Cotswolds.