We are planning a Great Britain & Ireland trip for August or September 2014 for almost a month by car. My husband does not want to go to Northern Ireland. Other than that, he wants to fly into London, leave immediately and start our trip heading southeast...? Maybe cross over by ferry (with our car) to Ireland from Wales. Spend a week there, Circle around and come back to England, up to Scotland, back down, ending in London (and probably turn the car in when we arrive in London) to fly home. I'm having a hard time figuring stuff out and am getting super overwhelmed. We did buy the Ireland and Great Britain Rick Steves' books, so am going to start working on the trip. Also, I printed his recommended tours for each of the areas, but being that we're doing 4 countries in one trip, don't know what's doable. Any suggested itinerary and must-sees are appreciated. We love small towns and villages, love castles, the countryside. We'd like to see a couple of museums. Any suggestions for where to stay, hotels (3 star) would be helpful, as well as must see's. Any ideas at all are appreciated! Thank you!
(will also post this on England and Scotland forums.)
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Pensacola
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Your general scheme with the car was blown out of the water on the previous identical post in the England section.
Until you resolve your inter- island movement, and time allocation for each, answers are going to be meaningless.
Also asking for three-star hotels is not very helpful. Stars are assigned based on amenities (conference center, fax machine, parking lot size) rather than cleanliness, charm, ambiance, friendliness, etc. price range would be helpful.