International Friends small group day tours from London

Runs at least 4 days every week (see website for details).

• Wander among the dreaming spires of Oxford with your expert guide
• Admission included to the Divinity School, Oxford
• Visit the villages of Burford, Bibury and Stow-on-the-Wold
• Enjoy a delicious lunch with a drink included 
• Reach corners of the English countryside the larger coaches can’t pass
• Enjoy personal attention from your guide on this small-group tour, limited to 16 people

You will begin your day in literary Oxford, enjoying an informative and in-depth walking tour of the University, colleges and town. Here, follow your guide in the footsteps of famous alumni such as author J. R. R. Tolkien, poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.

Following Oxford, you will head for the picturesque Cotswolds. The small bus comes into its own on this tour into the Cotswold region to the north west of London. With the small bus you can go down country lanes and visit places the big tour buses and crowds are prohibited from. You'll see more of the unspoiled countryside and villages that attract people to the Cotswold region in the first place.

Travelling along narrow country lanes you'll visit off the beaten track places, including idyllic Burford and vibrant and charming Bourton on the Water, before you stop for a delicious lunch in a traditional Cotswolds country pub. 

You will then visit Bibury with its photogenic collection of houses known as Arlington Row, before driving through stunning centuries old villages with photo stops along the beautiful Coln Valley. 

The smaller vehicles are able to travel up the narrow Coln Valley on single track roads, passing fields of sheep, historic churches and sleepy hamlets.

Your last stop is bustling Stow-on-the-Wold with its vibrant market square, before driving back to London passing through Chipping Norton and Woodstock.  

Runs all year every Friday.

• Small group day trip - maximum 16 people per tour
• Admission to Stonehenge, Glastonbury Abbey & Avebury Stone Circle
• Beat the crowds at Stonehenge, tours go there first
• Photo stop at Glastonbury Tor and entry to Chalice Well Gardens
• Explore sites that big coaches cannot get to
• Fully refundable and amendable up until 7 days before travel

If you are into the mystic, King Arthur, energy forces or just great sightseeing this is a very worthwhile tour.

It is a busy schedule and you cover long distances for one day but you'll see England's most famous Neolithic monument Stonehenge, and the much larger henge at Avebury.

Avebury is much less well known that Stonehenge but just as memorable. Without the crowds at Stonehenge, Avebury is much more hands on. You can walk among and touch the stones and also go inside a burial chamber.

In between Stonehenge and Avebury you journey into the mystical land of Avalon and Glastonbury, seeing the famous Glastonbury Tor.

Runs all year every Wednesday.

• Small group day trip - maximum 16 people per tour
• Admission to Stonehenge & Roman Baths
• A guided walk in Lacock, a medieval village
• A guided tour of Avebury, a village set inside a huge stone circle
• Beat the crowds at Stonehenge, our tours go there first
• Fully refundable and amendable up until 7 days before travel

The Bath, Cotswolds, Stonehenge and Avebury tour from London is a delightful tour with full visits to two World Heritage attractions (Stonehenge and Bath), plus the largest henge in the world (Avebury) and delightful Lacock in the Cotswolds. Take advantage of your small bus tour and go where the big buses cannot. All in all a varied and rewarding day.

Your first stop on your journey from London is the enigmatic Stonehenge. By visiting there first you beat the crowds arriving mid morning. Your guide will bring Stonehenge to life by discussing the ever-changing theories around its mysterious alignments and purpose. 

You will then head further west towards the famous city of Bath. See the Roman Temple, and original Roman pavement. Take some time for lunch (own expense) in one of the elegant tea rooms, and try a famous Sally Lunn bread bun. Explore 18th century crescents and squares of the Georgian city.

Following Bath, it is a short drive to historic Lacock, a medieval village set on the edge of the Cotswolds. Owned by the National Trust, Lacock is full of beautiful cottages and narrow streets which the smaller vehicle is able to navigate.

To end your memorable day out, you finish at nearby Avebury, a pretty village of thatched cottages nestling in the middle of a huge circle of ancient stones. Here you can relax on a guided walk around the mysterious standing stones and enjoy some free time to explore, before your small group day trip ends, and you return to London.