Charming Cheshire and Wirral Peninsula

Note

** PLEASE NOTE ** Acklams Holidays reserve the right to amend the itinerary should the circumstances dictate **

Day 1

Morning departure making way to the Queen at Chester BW Premier Collection in Chester where you will be spending four nights with dinner and breakfast each day.

Day 2

Day 2: Full day in Chester to explore all this wonderful historic city has to offer. To start your day, enjoy a relaxing half hour cruise along the River Dee, before discovering Chester's remarkable cathedral with Europe's finest example of medieval carvings; the unique 700 year old Rows galleries of shops; the largest Roman Amphitheatre in Britain and the most complete City Walls in Britain. If time allows, why not hop on and off an open top sightseeing bus.

Day 3

Day 3: Visit the medieval market town of Nantwich, with its atmospheric streets, medieval timbered buildings, antique and craft shops, before enjoying a lift and river boat trip at the Anderton Boat Lift, a Victorian masterpiece of waterway engineering built to connect the River Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal. Alternatively, you could cross the border into North Wales to Llangollen for a horse-drawn canal boat trip and a journey on a heritage railway.

Day 4

Day 4: Head to the Wirral Peninsula. First stop is the historic and idyllic garden village of Port Sunlight, which was built in the late 19th century by Lord Lever as a home for his soap factory workers. Today, it is home to a museum, parks, a world-class art gallery and all this can be discovered on a coach guided tour. Next stop is the traditional resort of New Brighton, which was created by a Liverpool merchant, before continuing to the wonderful Ness Botanic Gardens, with over 64 acres of stunning gardens to explore.

Day 5

Departure after breakfast, you will head home with suitable stops en-route