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Glorious Garden Tours

 Summer Gardens 
of Somerset 

June 14 - 21, 2008

Our Somerset garden tour is based in a verdant country setting near the village of Selworthy. We 
stay at the same hotel for seven nights and each day travel by private mini-coach to visit marvelous gardens of the region along with great estates. Gardens on the tour are a mix of public and private. Some evenings 
we feature specialist gardening talks and on others there are activities and entertainment at the hotel - 
perhaps a game of croquet. June is the most wonderful time of year for English gardens - roses are dewy 
perfection and many perennials are at their peak.

Selworthy is a picturesque village reputed to be one of the prettiest in England. The location is reached by
 train from London Paddington Station to Taunton Station. From Taunton a bus transfers you to the hotel 
at 4.00 pm - just in time for afternoon cream tea.
Where we stay:  Holnicote House hotel is a four-shield property with large lawns and gardens and set in a
12,000 acre National Trust Estate  There is a heated outdoor pool, lounge, ballroom, bar, conservatory 
and putting green. Rooms have private bath. All meals are included.

Meals:  Breakfast is a buffet with plenty of choices including cereals, fruit, toast, eggs coffee and tea.
Lunches are picnics and before you depart on the day's tour you select your picnic from a wide selection 
of sandwiches and fruit. Dinners are taken family-style in the hotel dining room. They are always a hearty 
three course meal with a choice of four items including a vegetarian option for the main course. Watch out 
for some of the decadent English desserts like sticky-toffee pudding!

Holnicote House
Somerset View
Dunster Castle


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