Castles · Tour

Stonehenge and Windsor Castle from London with Interactive Audio Guide

Two sites, not three, and Stonehenge comes first. The coach boards at 8am at Victoria Coach Station, gates 1 to 5, and leaves at 8.30. Stonehenge stands on the windswept Salisbury Plain, put up by Neolithic ancestors and argued over for hundreds of years since. The visitor centre holds more than 250 ancient objects: the tools and everyday things of Neolithic life, ancient human remains, and a man who died 5,500 years ago. An interactive audio guide exclusive to Evan Evans works through who built the circle and why, and how it went up with rudimentary equipment made of wood and stone. Entry to the site is a booking option. Windsor Castle follows, and it is a booking option too. This is the ancestral home of the British monarchy and the largest occupied castle in the world, lived in by successive kings and queens for over 900 years, and Queen Elizabeth II kept it as a favoured weekend residence. The State Apartments are the rooms The King and members of the Royal Family still use; they were built to rival the Palace of Versailles, and paintings by Rembrandt and other renowned artists hang on the walls. Guests who take the castle option also see St George's Chapel, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex married, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank after them. Eleven monarchs are buried inside it, Queen Elizabeth II, George VI, Henry VIII and Charles I among them. Travel is by superior coach with free Wi-Fi and USB charging, and an expert guide is on board.