SEPTEMBER 7th

You will be met at London Heathrow and transferred by coach to your city centre hotel. You will have the day at leisure to explore the great European capital at your own pace with a guided hop on-hop off open-top bus tour before meeting your tour guide for a welcome dinner at the hotel. Accommodation at 5 * Grange City Hotel. (D)

SEPTEMBER 8th

Today starts with a trip to the fabulous Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter, where you get on set with film props and experience the film making first hand.

In the afternoon we take a walking tour of Harry Potter filming locations in London, with photo ops at: Westminster Station, Houses of Parliament/Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross Road, Piccadilly Circus, Australia House, King’s Cross/Platform 9 ¾, St. Pancras International, Claremont Square, plus a guided tour of Westminster Abbey.
In the evening, you will have Pub Passes for an informal dine around in local London pubs. Accommodation at 5 * Grange City Hotel. (B,D)

SEPTEMBER 9th

We make an early morning start to visit the Tower of London for a guided tour by a Beefeater (Yeoman guard) before picking up a Thames river cruise to transport us to the London Eye for a champagne flight.

Our day continues with a riverside walk to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and the famous Borough Market before we cross the Millennium Bridge to visit the lively Covent Garden. There will be photo ops along the way of Tower Bridge and the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley. Accommodation at 5 * Grange City Hotel. (B)

SEPTEMBER 10th

Today we head out of London to explore the world of Harry Potter, starting with a visit to Harrow School (Flitwick’s Charms classroom) and a photo stop at 12 Picket Post Close in Martin’s Heron (Dursley’s house) before continuing onto the University city of Oxford for a guided tour of Christ Church college, the Bodleian Library and the Eagle & Child Pub.

We finish the day with a drive through the pretty Cotswolds countryside and a tour of Gloucester Cathedral. Overnight at 4* Tewksbury Park Hotel. (B,D)

SEPTEMBER 11th

After breakfast, we make our way to Lacock village to see Professor Snape’s Potions classroom, the Dark Arts classroom (Defense Against the Dark Arts), the Transfiguration classroom and Horace Slughorn’s house. In the afternoon, we visit the Heritage city of Bath to see the historic Roman Baths and spend some time at leisure shopping in the city’s vintage boutiques. Overnight at 4* Tewksbury Park Hotel. (B)