uk trip itinerary advice

Hi, Stephanie: The first thing that jumped out at me was Day 3. Don't know how you plan to tackle the three sights (Windsor, Bath, Stonehenge) but I'm afraid you're going to end up shorting all three. Bath is worth at least a day all by itself. We took the train to Windsor and returned around 3 PM to take in a show on the West End, and I honestly thought we could have spent more time there. How about taking the train to Bath on your last day, explore Bath that day, then get up the next morning and take a half day Mad Max tour of Stonehenge and Avebury? (This would mean a train trip on an earlier day to Windsor.) Then you could travel from Bath to Cardiff, a relatively short trip.

day 3- it is with a day tour group, leave at 8am get back at 10pm. i know i won't be get to see everything with this group, but i don't want to have to worry about hotels in more then 3 cities.

Stephanie,
On the outskirts of Cardiff check out St. Fagens. We found it really interesting. http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/

The day tour to Windsor/Bath and Stonehenge is mush too tight. You really wont see much at any of the places. Do Windsor on your own by train from London, very easy. Stonehenge and Bath are doable by organised tour. You get some time at Stonehenge and also close to three or so hours at Bath. But its a long bus ride coming back. Although I think Bath is overrated by RS, a better plan would be train to Bath for a full day. Mad max or other tour to Stonehenge (and cotswolds or Avebury) from Bath. Although I am Welsh, i really dont see the attraction of Cardiff. Definitely not one of the major sights of Britain. Just a big City. Delete that and substiute it with the Bath suggestion It looks to me as if you will have ample time in London- your days are pretty easy, time for some walking around and getting the atmosphere. Buckingham Palace is easy walking via St james park to Westminster and parliament. So have some extra "wants' in you back pocket

Stephanie is doing a group tour on day 3 to Windsor, Bath and Stonehenge...it's a long day..8am-10pm..this is a good choice for someone not wanting to drive or changing hotels. One year when there was 6 in our group we did this tour, it was great we had several hours on our own in both Bath and Windsor, about about an hour at Stonehenge. @Stephanie you will enjoy it.

Hello Stephanie. I recommend : eliminate, from your travel plans, the trip to Cardiff (days 6 and 7). If you want to see a castle in Wales, you could go to the Conwy castle, located at the north end of Wales, and have overnight accomodation near it, on your way west to Holyhead in Wales. I think that would be a better route for travelling via railroad trains from London to Holyhead.

Day 2 you have devoted to Buck House - as we call it - but nothing else until the evening. I know you will be there around 11am or earlier to be able to see anything but I and many others here would suggest to walk up to the Victoria statue and see the front of Buckingham Palace at a different time because it gets so crowded and seeing anything through the crowds and through the iron railings. We suggest to consider going to Horseguards Parade and seeing their Changing of the Guard. It has horses which the one at Buck House doesn't, and you can get right up close, and there's no fence between you and the action. Your choice.... Day 5 - I saw a poster yesterday saying that the Dr Who Experience is closing Days 6 & 7 - I agree with Brian.

I don't think I agree with Ron, mostly since I can't understand what he means. What town/castle in north Wales? There's a batch. Conwy is the only one that I can think of that's on where I think the rail line would run. I'd plop it in the bottom half of the country's large castles. There's nothing wrong with spending a couple nights in Wales. A bay tour i fairly interesting, so is the National Museum. What really stinks is Cardiff castle. It's got to be one of the worst ones in the country. You've got two option for nearby castles: 1 - - Chepstow is about an hour and a half northeast by rail. I'd rank it as one of the best small castles I've seen. 2 - - Caerphilly is about thirty minutes north by rail. I'd rank it equal to any other castle in the country except Harlech. Disclosure: I got the rail estimates from Google Maps, I drive and have no idea how the trains work.

i am getting the feeling that Cardiff is kind of like my home town if Erie PA or maybe Cleveland OH, most people would ask 'why do you want to go there?!' any suggestions as to were else to go? i am a girl on a budget, i am not renting a car so public transpiration is recommended. i am a train novice so the less complicated the better.

Take the train from London up to Conwy, beautiful area, enough to keep you busy for two days then onto Holyhead. There is the Conwy Castle, the smallest house in Britain is there it's 6ft wide and 10ft high, Bodnant Garden. Plas Mawr build in 1576 best preserved Elizabethan house in Britain, and there is the 14th century Aberconwy House, the only surviving medieval house in Conwy. To get to Conwy you would take the train from London Euston station, you will change train in Chester, then onto Conwy..it's a 3 hr trip. The earlier you book your train ticket the cheaper it will be. It would be simple and not confusing to take the train.