Personally accompanied
Experienced tour guides accompany you personally and make sure you are well looked after.
On the Trail of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
Trip highlights:
- Capital city London
- Christ Church College Oxford
- Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio Tour
- Hogsmeade station
A Magical Journey Through England
Discover the scenic beauty of England from an enchanting perspective on this coach tour! Follow the literary and cinematic trail of the most famous sorcerer's apprentice from London via Oxford, Gloucester, Goathland and York to Alnwick. Along the way you will visit the well-known filming locations and settings from the famous films about the wizard, and you will be amazed at how much will seem familiar! Whether you are looking for Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station in the world metropolis of London, uncovering the secrets of the cloisters at Lacock Abbey, or trying to find the sleepy station at Goathland, the only place where only wizards live, the magical atmosphere is everywhere!
DAY 1: SWITZERLAND - ARRAS
Journey to Arras.
DAY 2: ARRAS - LONDON
Journey to Calais and ferry crossing to Dover. The coach then continues to London. On a magical city tour you will get to know London better. Besides the main sights, your route also takes you to various filming locations.
DAY 3: OXFORD
(Optional) On a guided walk you will get to know the university city. You visit Christ Church College, which also served as a filming location. You will see the Great Hall and the Divinity School, where the scenes for the hospital wing were filmed.
DAY 4: HARRY POTTER STUDIO TOUR
(Optional) Today brings an absolute highlight: the Warner Bros. Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter™ in Watford. The film studios were the home of the film series for more than ten years. Set off on a self-guided tour of the studios.
DAY 5: LACOCK ABBEY - NOTTINGHAM
You travel to Chippenham, where you visit Lacock Abbey, the setting for many interior shots of Hogwarts, including Professor Snape's classroom. Continue to Gloucester Cathedral. Walk in the footsteps of Harry Potter as you pass through the cloisters, or search for the "Nearly Headless Nick" or "Moaning Myrtle".
DAY 6: DIAGON ALLEY
Coach journey to York, which you explore on your own. Here you will find The Shambles, the narrow lane that inspired Diagon Alley. Continue to Pickering station. Take a train to Goathland, better known as Hogsmeade station.
DAY 7: ALNWICK CASTLE
Today you visit Alnwick Castle, which was used for exterior shots of Hogwarts and for Madam Hooch's flying lessons. Continue to Newcastle, where you board the ferry.
DAY 8: AMSTERDAM - SWITZERLAND
Journey back to Switzerland.
For three nights you will stay at the stylish 4* Copthorne Tara Hotel (official national category), located in a quiet area of London just a few minutes' walk from High Street Kensington Underground station. Equivalent hotels if unavailable.
Included services
- Travel by Comfort coach
- Accommodation in upscale 3* and 4* hotels, basic double room
- 3x HB (dinner/breakfast buffet)
- 4x BB (room/breakfast buffet)
- Ferry crossing Newcastle - Amsterdam, basic inside double cabin with shower/WC, dinner and breakfast
- Entrance to Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village, Gloucester Cathedral (excl. crypt and tower climb)
- City tours of London
- Train journey from Pickering to Grosmont
Comfort coach
The Comfort coach offers you everything that matters to you as a traveller. The generous legroom in particular will surprise you. Our Comfort coaches have 26 – 50 seats.
- 26–50 adjustable comfort seats
- Seat belts at every seat
- Individual fold-down table for each seat, movable footrests
- 220-volt socket at every seat *
- Radio / DVD / navigation system
- Air conditioning, toilet and washroom, fridge, coffee machine
- Lane assist and adaptive cruise control *
- Free Wi-Fi/internet in Europe
* Most vehicles in the EUROBUS fleet are equipped with this.
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