Welcome to ANTIQUES, an imaginative selection of set departures and tours designed specifically for the frequent traveler to Britain who'd like to spend two to three nights in one place with value-added, behind the scenes - sometimes 'rarely open to the public' - opportunities to see and experience more of the 'real Britain'. Ask our Britain Specialist to assist you and your fellow travelers to include interesting and abundant antiques- hunting venues with your next visit to Britain.

Antiques Tours
Antiques in Sussex    The Cotswolds & Antiques
Sussex Antiques Connoisseurs' Tour     The Ultimate Antiques Tour

THE COTSWOLDS & ANTIQUES

Rosemary Verey's Barnsley House*

Village of Bibury, Tea in Rosemary Verey's garden, *Barnsley House (pictured above)
Cirencester on market day
An afternoon of antiques-hunting in Tetbury
Village of Bisley, gardens at Miserden, Sheepscombe, and Painswick
Cheltenham for an afternoon of shopping
Sunday morning 'worship services' in Fairford - (medieval stained-glass)
Traditional Sunday lunch in Burford
Northleach
Stow-on-the-Wold
The Slaughters & Swells
Walking tour of the University Colleges in Oxford

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THE ULTIMATE ANTIQUES TOUR

Armillary sphere, Walcot Reclamation

Visit a dozen superb antique shops in the Cotswolds
Chipping Norton
Burford, Oxford
Moreton-in-Marsh
Stow-on-the-Wold
In Bath, special visit to 'Walcot Reclamation' (specialists in architectural salvage)
Visit various villages - Tetbury, Fairford, Barnsley & Cirencester
Perhaps an antique fair in London or Birmingham

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ANTIQUES IN SUSSEX

Royal Pavilion, Sussex

Special tour of the Royal Pavilion, with its Indian Moghul exterior and Chinese-inspired interiors
Special welcome to Brighton with a wine reception in an antiques shop
Antiques-hunting in Brighton
Mid-day Sussex country pub lunch
Petworth, with no fewer than 20 antiques shops, including one recently opened by Christies
A 10:30 a.m. Sotheby's auction at their Victorian Gothic rural headquarters in Billingshurst
London - Attend a major London Antiques Fairs of your choice
London Theater  (tickets may be purchased in advance)

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SUSSEX ANTIQUES CONNOISSEURS TOUR

Goodwood House, Chichester, Sussex

Chicester - special tour of Pallant House/
Sightseeing tour of the cathedral and its contemporary art collection
After a pub lunch in Midhurst, visit Petworth House (Many Turner pictures on display)
Special morning at Sotheby's in Billingshurst
Connoisseur's tour of the treasures at Goodwood House
'Free time" in Chichester - attend 'choral evensong' at the cathedral
Denmans and its 20th Century gardens
Castle at Arundel, home of the Dukes of Norfolk
An afternoon piano recital at privately-owned St. Mary's Bramber
Connoisseur's tour of the Royal Pavillion
Tour privately the Italian, Dutch, and British Old Masters at Firie Place
A 'Taste of Sussex' lunch at the English Wine Center
Charleston Farmhouse (home to the 'Bloomsbury Set')
Virginia and Leonard Woolf's home at Rodmell
Town of Rye
15th Century half-timbered manorhouse at Great Dixter
An afternoon tea recital at Finchcocks
Siminghurst Castle Gardens
The Battle Abbey, a memorial to William the Conqueror's victory at the Battle of Hastings
Through Royal Tunbridge Wells and East Grinstead for a Grand finale at Wakehurst Place
London, with an optional evening at the theater

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