10-Day Performance Tour
Best
of England “Methodist Heritage Tour”
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- Tour Description
- Itinerary
Tour Description
Bristol | Bath | Stratford | York | Epworth | Cambridge | Oxford | London
Your
Methodist Heritage Choir Tour will be a great celebration
of faith focused on the lives of two of the most influential
people in the history of the Methodist Church, John and
Charles Wesley. Your group will visit key historic places
and sites of interest to the Methodist tradition. Experience
distinct local lifestyles of church communities across
England. Venue options include sacred places such as
Victoria Methodist Church, Bishopston Methodist Church,
Wesley Memorial Church, St. Paul’s Cathedral or St.-Martin-in-the
Fields. Walk with us as we trace the growth of the Methodist
church in England through in the Wesley tradition of
sacred song.
Your Package Includes:
- Round-trip airfare from New York. (Please inquire about airfares from other cities in the U.S. or Canada).
- Eight (8) nights’ accommodations in tourist class hotels with private facilities.
- Hotel upgrades are available upon request.
- Continental breakfast daily in London and full English breakfast elsewhere.
- Six dinners outside London (three course set menu with coffee).
- Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure.
- Transportation in private motor-coach including airport transfers.
- Sightseeing as per itinerary with a professional licensed English-speaking guide.
- Porterage at hotels.
- Entrance fees to all sites on itinerary.
- Services of a Peter’s Way Tour Manager from arrival to departure in London.
- Coordination of all venues, including concert promotion; printed programs and posters.
- Portfolio of travel documents, including a Peter’s Way Flight Packet.
One FREE package for group leader for every 25 participants (based on a minimum of 40 participants)
10-Day
Performance Tour priced from $2,595 |
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from New York, double occupancy
+ departure taxes/fuel surcharge, November
- March Contact us today for your custom designed choir program and detailed proposal! |
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10-Day Itinerary
Day 1 | Thursday | Depart for England
Day 2 | Friday | Arrive London | Salisbury | Avebury Stone Circle
Your journey begins with a drive west through Royal Berkshire and across the sweeping Salisbury Plain. Pass the mysterious prehistoric Stonehenge and visit the prehistoric Avebury Stone Circle on our way to Bristol.
Day 3 Saturday | Bristol | Bath | Evening/Concert
Today’s orientation tour of Bristol includes John Wesley’s Chapel, the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world. Present a concert at the New Room in Bristol. Enjoy the balance of the day in the Gregorian City of Bath, on the River Avon. Visit Hanhan Mount, where in 1739 Wesley did field preaching.
Day 4 | Sunday | Sung Sunday Service | Blenheim Palace | Oxford
Sing Sunday service at Victoria Methodist Church, or Bishopston Methodist Church. Afternoon sites include: Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill; Oxford, known as the "City of Dreaming Spires;"and Lincoln College where John Wesley was elected a Fellow in 1726 and the headquarters of “the Holy Club”, and other places of Wesleyan connection.
Day 5 | Monday | Witney | Stratford
Travel across the beautiful the Cotswolds to visit Witney where Wesley preached in 1725, on Church Green, a picturesque common. Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Stratford-upon-Avon, the hometown of William Shakespeare. You will have the option to enjoy (at an additional cost) an evening performance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
Day 6 | Tuesday | Coventry | West Bromwich | York
Today begins with a visit to Coventry and its famous Cathedral. Continue to West Bromwich to visit the home of Francis Asbury, American Methodism’s first Bishop. Your stay in York includes a visit to York Minster Cathedral with its stained-glass treasures.
Day 7 | Wednesday | Gainsborough | Epworth
This morning, we leave Chester and travel to Gainsborough to see the Old Hall, where John Wesley preached several times. Continue to Epworth, the birthplace of John and Charles Wesley. See the New Visitors Center, Old Rectory, St. Andrew’s Parish Church, and Wesley Memorial Church. Enjoy a recital at Wesley Memorial Church.
Day 8 | Thursday | Cambridge | London
We leave for London stopping at Cambridge enroute. During the tour, pass the oldest college, Peterhouse, founded in 1280; Trinity College; Queens College; and visit Kings College with its magnificent 15th Century chapel, home of the world famous Kings College Choir. Enjoy you evening at leisure upon arrival in London. You will have the option to see (at an additional cost) a West End Theatre Show.
Day 9 | Friday | London Sightseeing | Leisure
The day begins with a visit to Aldersgate, where a memorial marks the conversion of John Wesley on May 24, 1738. Visit Wesley’s Chapel and Wesley’s gravesite and home. Your full tour of London includes all the major sights of the city; the House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and the Mall, St. Paul's Cathedral. Optional: noon recital at St. Paul’s Cathedral or St.-Martin-in-the Fields, or a Methodist venue. The afternoon is free to explore the city’s landmarks, museums and shops.
Day 10 Saturday: Return from London
Unexpected circumstances might require alteration of details described in this itinerary.
