Tours from Bath

KS, we used Mad Max tours from Bath, including the Stonehenge/Avebury/Cotsowlds one-day tour. We highly recommend them. You wont see enough of the Cotswolds (only a couple of places on the southern edge) to do more than whet your appetite to see more. Just enough of Stonehenge and Avebury.

If you want to book a tour, I would not play it by ear. Book it as soon as you know you're going.

Thank You Stan,
I appreciate your advice. The more I look I believe this tour may be the best bang for our buck. The private tours as wonderful as they are cost more than our budget allows.

Also the Mad Max tour special access sunset tour does not appear to be operating in September. I assume due to sunset time then.

Thanks again,
KS

You could take the train (at least hourly and takes just over 1 hour) to Salisbury and then the shuttle bus to Stonehenge. On return to Salisbury, see the Cathedral before catching train back to Bath. https://www.salisburyreds.co.uk/stonehenge-tour

Trains > https://www.nationalrail.co.uk

We did a private tour to Stonehenge last week and used Daniel with Bath Insider Tours (https://www.bathinsidertours.co.uk/). It was awesome and definitely a highlight of our trip. He may be able to customize a tour for you, but not sure. Worth an email.

We went to Salisbury on our own from Bath on the train - super easy and just about an hour ride. We booked an open return ticket so that once we were done and wanted to head back to Bath, we could hop on the next train.

I was in both Bath and the Cotswolds last fall. I took the Mad Max tour from Bath and took the Go Cotswolds tour from Chipping Campden. They were both terrific and there was no overlap in what I saw.

I took a Mad Max tour last September to Stonehenge, Avebury and 2 towns in the Cotswolds area close to there and enjoyed it very much. Our driver was very informative and personable.

Just a note that the two towns we visited on the Mad Max tour were Castle Combe and Lacock, Both were very lovely places, often used as film locations.

You could get your car sooner and drive yourself to the places you’d like to see. If your accommodation doesn’t have parking they’ll advise where you can leave the car. It’s easy enough to drive in and out of Bath on day trips.

@Stan, thanks for naming the towns in the Cotswolds where the tour went. Lack of sleep caused me to forget them.

Melissa H, thanks for the link to Bath Insiders. I recall there was at least one more tour company in Bath that I couldn't remember the name of, and Googling didn't turn them up. Thanks!

Thanks to all of you for your advice. We will be researching all options further. Doing a price comparison for getting our vehicle rental sooner and going on our own vs a tour company or the train/bus route. The private tour for the two of us is more than our budget allows sadly.

Once again, I appreciate all your help.

Cheers,

KS