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Luxury Christmas in London
8 days from £3,191 / $5,105 per person
Start your Christmas in the capital with four nights at Claridges. Famous for its innovative and inventive Christmas tree displays, there is nowhere more festive in the days leading up to Christmas. Highlights of your stay in London include The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House, a candlelit carol ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory inspired Afternoon tea, shopping to your heart's content at London's best department stores, visiting the Reindeer Lodge at London Zoo and ice-skating at the Tower of London. Your private guide will be with you to show off London's most festive sites, in addition to some of the city's classic attactions. From central London it is less than an hour's drive to Coworth Park, a luxurious country house hotel which is the perfect backdrop to a family Christmas. On Christmas Eve there will be a special carol service at the local church before a vast Christmas breakfast the next morning. While at Coworth indulge in the award-winning spa, catch family-friendly Christmas classics in the cinema room, gorge to your heart's content on a range of festive feasts and enjoy a visit from Father Christmas on the day itself.
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Itinerary details
8 days from £3,191 / $5,105 per person
- Day 1 - Claridge's - London
Arrive in London. Transfer to Claridges and take the rest of the day at leisure. - Day 2 - Claridge's - London
Morning tailor-made 'Introduction to London' sightseeing tour with your private guide. This evening watch The Nutcracker at The Royal Opera House. - Day 3 - Claridge's - London
Morning Christmas Shopping tour with your expert guide. Visit Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges, Harrod's and Hamley's. This afternoon enjoy Afternoon Tea inspired by Charlie & The Chocolate Factory at One Aldwych followed by ice-skating at the Tower of London. - Day 4 - Claridge's - London
This morning visit the Reindeer Lodge at London Zoo. After a special Christmas-themed lunch, watch the sun go down over the city from the London Eye. This evening enjoy carols by candlelight at the Royal Albert Hall. - Day 5 - Coworth Park, A Dorchester Collection Hotel - Berkshire
After breakfast transfer to Coworth Park in Berkshire (approx. 1 hour). This afternoon settle down to a festive Veuve Clicquot afternoon tea, enjoy a Christmas film in the cinema room or relax at Coworth Park's beautiful spa. This evening attend a Christmas Eve carol service at Holy Trinity Church, Sunningdale. - Day 6 - Coworth Park, A Dorchester Collection Hotel - Berkshire
Start Christmas Day with a special breakfast a visit from Santa Claus before enjoying champagne, canapes and a five course Christmas lunch in The Barn. This afternoon either watch the Queen's speech in the drawing room or take a stroll around the hotel's grounds before a Christmas buffet this evening. - Day 7 - Coworth Park, A Dorchester Collection Hotel - Berkshire
Start the day with an open house brunch in the hotel's Oak Room. Today enjoy a range of Boxing Day activities from the comfort of Coworth Park. These include chocolate masterclasses, wine tasting masterclass led by the head sommelier, a falconry display, Santa Segway Boxing Day races,use of the complimentary DVD library and board game collection, regular family film showings in the Tower House cinema room and complimentary membership to Coworth Park Kids, the hotel's dedicated kids club. - Day 8 - In Transit
Transfer to London Heathrow (approx. 30 minutes) for your flight home.
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