North Devon Short Break

Day 1 Saunton Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service collects you from home, for your journey to the Saunton Sands Hotel (4T). We aim for you to arrive at the hotel between 4pm and 5pm. Relax for the remaining afternoon or stretch your legs on the three-mile beach of golden sand and rolling Braunton Burrows, before an included dinner at the hotel this evening. Day 2 RHS Rosemoor and Clovelly Following breakfast, we enjoy a full day included excursion. Firstly we visit RHS Rosemoor, an enchanting 65-acre garden of intoxicating beauty, meticulously crafted and planted with a variety of themes, and retaining the essence of rural North Devon within a dramatic backdrop of steep wooded valley sides. Take a guided tour and enjoy a cream tea before we travel to the coast and the world-famous fishing village of Clovelly, with its whitewashed buildings (nearly all architecturally listed), sloping cobbled streets, beautiful quay, and traffic-free environment. Unusually, it has been privately owned since the middle of the 13th century. We return to the hotel for dinner. Please note: Access to Clovelly is down a very steep and uneven cobbled pathway not suitable for anyone unstable on their feet. Once at the bottom of the village, a landrover can bring you back up the hill for a small charge. For anyone who cannot make the visit there is a café and shop at the main entrance. Day 3 Exmoor Enjoy a scenic drive through the beautiful Exmoor National Park, 267 square miles of rolling moorland, ancient woodlands, pretty streams and rugged coast. We stop at the spectacular Valley Rocks to search for the famous wild goats before visiting Lynton, an attractive village with a grand town hall, and Lynmouth 600 feet below Lynton, linked by a cliff railway which you can opt to use as an alternative to the short coach journey between the two. Both villages make a lovely stop for their tea shops and art shops, and great bases for country walks. Our return journey takes us across Exmoor and through old villages. Dinner is included at the hotel this evening. Day 4 Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum This afternoon we visit the delightfully elegant Arlington Court with its fascinating architecture and homely interior, full of Victorian treasures, in addition to included entrance to the National Trust Carriage Museum. The collection includes nearly 1,000 items including the Speaker’s State Coach, on loan from the Houses of Parliament. The Gold Coach is a marvel of engineering and design. The museum displays a whole range of this fascinating mode of transport including interactive displays. All this is set within a 30-acre garden, home to a menagerie of wildlife including Red Ruby Devon cattle, Jacob sheep and a bat colony. Dinner is included back at the hotel. Day 5 Saunton You will be collected at 10am by your Titan vehicle, for the journey home.