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Day 1: May 12th (-/-/D)

You will be met at London's Heathrow Airport at 11AM from where we'll drive toTintagel (4 hrs) with a lunch stop halfway at Exeter. Late afternoon free to sleep and/or explore. In the early evening we'll gather for drinks just before dinner, get to know each other a little and set our intention for the journey. Overnight at theBossiney House Hotel .

Day 5: May 16th (B/-/-)

After breakfast we'll meet with the group and then have the rest of the day free to discover this lovely city. Bath is built around hot thermal springs which were revered in Pagan times and enclosed by the Romans into their bath-houses and temples. Personally experience the baths at Britain's original and only natural thermal spa, the Thermae Bath Spa – included in tour price. For those who wish to book and pay for a private healing treatment there will be time blocked for our group with the spa therapists.

The city of Bath developed over the centuries and today it boasts the finest Georgian architecture in Britain including the world famous Royal Crescent that you can discover on foot or view while learning of the history of this unique city on an open-topped double-decker bus tour.

There is such a diverse range of things to see and do in Bath that we let you choose. You are free to personally experience the hot mineral baths at Britain's original and only natural thermal spa, the Thermae Bath Spa. You may also wish to visit the Roman Baths and museum and take tea or sample the thermal waters in the historic Pump Room. Right next door is the sixteenth century Bath Abbey for you to explore and just around the corner you can shop above the river in the tiny stores on the spectacular Pulteney Bridge, modeled on Venice's Ponte di Rialto. Bath has a fantastic range of shops for those in need of retail therapy or to find the perfect gift. Literature lovers won't want to miss the Jane Austen museum or if fabric is your thing you will want to visit the Lace museum.

Evening free. Overnight at theFrancis Hotel.

Day 6: May 17th (B/-/-)

Leave for Glastonbury. We will spend the whole of this day in Glastonbury, otherwise known as the Isle of Avalon. Glastonbury Abbey, the birthplace of Christianity in England and referred to as the “holiest earth in England,” was once the largest and most powerful abbey in all of Britain. It is no coincidence that the dual energy currents of England's most famous leyline cross at the site of the high altar. A grave in the center of the Abbey ruins is reputed to have been the resting place of King Arthur and Guinevere. After lunch we explore Glastonbury which is full of unusual shops selling everything from candles and incense to colorful clogs, books and Goddess statues that you can peruse at your leisure. It's also the perfect time to visit the Magdalene Chapel or the museum.

In the late afternoon we'll see rising dramatically from the flat land of the surrounding Somerset Levels the huge natural mound of the Tor. Surmounted by St. Michael's tower, the Tor has been a beacon of spirituality since pagan times and still acts as a magnet for people of all beliefs. You'll hear the stories and the legends as well as experience the powerful energy and atmosphere of this sacred site. Plus the views from the top are spectacular!

We'll conclude our day in Glastonbury under the moonlight with a private visit to the beautiful and tranquil gardens of Chalice Well, one of the true healing places in this land where you are encouraged to drink from the holy well. A local legend states that the Holy Grail is hidden within the wellhead.

Arrive back to our hotel in Bath for free-choice dinner in Bath. Overnight at the Francis Hotel.

Day 8: May 19th (B/-/-)

Salisbury Cathedral

This morning we'll drive to our next hotel in Salisbury. Then we'll have a guided tour of the 800 year old medieval Salisbury Cathedral; this is one of England's most famous Gothic cathedrals, around which the city itself was built. We'll lunch at one of the many cafes in town. There will be time to walk around Salisbury to shop and then have an early dinner before our amazing evening visit to Stonehenge.

We have arranged for the group to have private special access into the stones of the world's most famous sacred site. Touch the huge megaliths which have stood in magnificent isolation on the windswept Salisbury Plain for thousands of years, feel the pulse of powerful earth energy currents coursing beneath your feet, imagine the ceremonies which have been performed by robed priests over eons of time or just sit in quiet meditation. This is a rare opportunity to truly experience a site revered by countless generations.

Overnight at The Red Lion Hotel.

Day 9: May 20st (B/-/D)

This morning, we'll enter Avebury Landscape Temple, the heart center of megalithic Britain. The stone circle is just the central feature in a series of colossal earthworks spread over an area twelve miles across. The circle and its stone avenues actually formed a Serpent Temple with Avebury stone circle as the belly. After our visit we'll have lunch at the Red Lion Pub in Avebury and then possibly visit a crop circle if there is one close by.

We finish the day and the tour with a visit to Silbury Hill, a remarkable structure that is the largest artificially-raised mound in Europe, and finally to West Kennet Long Barrow an underground structure used both as a tomb and a place of initiation, which has wonderful acoustics. This is a truly fitting place for our closing ceremony.

Farewell dinner tonight. Overnight at The Red Lion Hotel.