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Customized itinerary - This is your adventure

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We will work together with you to custom-design an itinerary to compliment your interests. Any and all of these events can be incorporated into a typical itinerary. Whomever the author, whatever the novel, wherever the place, Beyond the Books Tours will customize your trip to suit your needs. An expert teacher and trip organizer will accompany every step of your journey to facilitate the logistics, and provide lectures and activities in each city leaving you free to just enjoy the adventure. 

we offer the following destinations...and more!

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London
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Oxford
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Stratford upon Avon
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Haworth
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Warwickshire
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Scrooby
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bath
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Edinburgh
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St Andrews
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Geneva
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Nottingham

Activities and admissions

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  • House of Parliament

  • Tower of London, Ceremony of the Keys

  • The London Eye

  • Big Ben

  • Stonehenge

  • Ferry boat ride on the River Thames

  • Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard

  • Shakespeare's Globe Theater tour and acting workshop

  • Punting of the River Avon

  • Hike through the Cotswold meadows

  • C.S. Lewis Lecture Hall & Bodleian Library

  • Magdalen College, Oxford

  • Christ Church College, Oxford

  • En Plein Air Art Lesson, Bath

  • Royal Crescent, Bath

  • Royal Shakespeare Theater backstage tour

  • Exploring Bronte’s Moors

  • Edinburgh, Scotland

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Cathedrals and Churches

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  • St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

  • Westminster Abbey, London

  • Holy Trinity Church,
    Stratford-upon-Avon

  • St. Michael’s and All Angel’s Church, Haworth

  • Bath Abbey

  • St. Wilfred’s Church, Scrooby

  • Metropolitan Tabernacle, Home of Charles Spurgeon, London

  • St Andrews, Scotland

Castles

theater

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  • Buckingham Palace

  • Windsor Castle

  • Blenheim Palace

  • Warwick Castle

  • Tower of London

  • Edinburgh Castle

  • St Andrew's Castle ruins

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  • Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon

  • West End Theater, London 

  • Royal Theater, Bath

  • Little Theater, Bath

Museums and tours

  • Bronte’s Parsonage, Haworth

  • The British Museum, London

  • Churchill’s War Rooms, London

  • The Tate Modern, London

  • Shakespeare’s Birthplace, New Place, Halls Croft and Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon

  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Natural History Museum, London

  • Bath at Work Museum

  • The Fashion Museum, Bath

  • The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

  • Holburne Art Museum, Bath

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Specialty dining

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  • Dinner in London’s County Hall Library

  • Longboat dinner cruise through the Avon Locks

  • Tea with Mr. Darcy, Jane Austen’s Regency Tea Room

  • Eagle and Child Pub, frequented by C.S. Lewis & Tolkien

  • Ashmount House, the home of Bronte’s family physician 

  • Clarence House, Bulldog dining room, a favorite of Winston Churchill

  • Rooftop dining, Royal Shakespeare Theater

  • Picnic in the Cotswold Meadows

  • Pre-theater dining in London’s West End Theater District

  • Oxford Castle, gourmet pizza lunch

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shopping and Exploring

  • Covent Garden, London

  • Harrod’s, London

  • Oxford Street, London

  • Haworth Village

  • Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon

  • Trafalgar Square

  • Piccadilly Circus

  • Bath City Square

  • Oxford High Street

  • And countless other lovely shops!

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