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The Smugglers Tale - Itinerary
Arrive to a delightful and quirky country hotel in a small Wiltshire village. The hotel is surrounded by beautiful countryside and is relaxed and comfortable with a lounge, cosy bars and beautiful restaurant.
Food is marvellously fresh and seasonal, with the hotel having its own pigs and vegetable garden, much of the produce travelling no further than a 50 mile radius. For extra pampering a treatment room offers massages, facials and other beauty treatments! And your bedroom has its own hand-made bubble bath, shampoos and body moisturiser waiting when you arrive!
Foot Trails co-founder Alison Howell will welcome you in the evening, and you'll enjoy dinner together with your fellow guests.
Day 2
Wake to a leisurely Wiltshire breakfast, choosing from a wonderful array of crispy bacon, pain au chocolats, scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, or lighter yoghurts and fruits and fresh juices.
Today you'll enjoy an enjoyable paced walk where you can discover and admire the talented landscaping of Capability Brown. At Heaven's Gate you can see into Somerset, and there are spectacular views over one of England's finest Elizabethan houses. Part of your trail explores woodland with its highly scented pine trees and calm lakes.
Return to relax before dinner.
Day 3
Today you'll enjoy an enjoyable paced walk that will take you over the beautiful Wiltshire downs. Here you can enjoy far-reaching views over rural and unspoilt countryside. On route you will discover a string of pretty villages known as the Deverills. Discover many interesting stories about the villages and pick out ancient cottages that have stood for centuries.
Return to enjoy a relaxing rest before dinner with your group. With a maximum of 10 guests, you'll find the atmosphere more akin to a relaxed dinner party.
Day 4
After your Wiltshire breakfast you will have the morning to spend at your leisure. Book yourself a treatment, relax in the lounge with a good book, or enjoy your own walk on nearby estate.
In the afternoon you will enjoy a very special experience, an atmospheric dusk walk. As twilight falls the shadows and changing light totally changes the way the countryside looks, and the effect is quite magical. Discover one of Wiltshire's eccentrics country estates and enjoy a warm supper on route at a 14th century thatched medieval Inn, Wiltshire's pub of the year.
Day 5
Today you will walk in the highwaymen's footsteps. Scenic walking takes you past the old milestones that told coachmen how far they were from either Exeter or Salisbury. You will have spectacular views that stretch across the counties of Wiltshire and Somerset, wonderful. At Whitesheet discover the earthworks from humans that have lived here since 3000 bc, including an iron-age hill fort. A wonderful days walking, with a pub lunch on route, return to relax before dinner.
Day 6
Today you will be walking at an enjoyable pace in the river Wylwe chalk valley where Queen Victoria's youngest son lived. A wonderful way to end your holiday with beautiful villages and gurgling streams. The Wylwy is one of the five tributaries that meet in Salisbury at the Cathedral.
Prices
- £724* standard rooms
- £804* luxury large rooms
6 nights, bed, breakfast & lunch
- £892* standard rooms
- £972* luxury large rooms
6 nights, dinner, lunch, bed & breakfast
*Prices per person based on two sharing a double or twin room
*Solo traveller? Enjoy your own double room with a £40 per night supplement
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Frome, Somerset
Nearest station:
Frome, Somerset
Walking how far?
- one - 9.5 miles
- two - 4.5 miles
- three - 7.5 miles
- four - 7.5 miles
- five - 9 miles
What is included?
- En-suite bedrooms with creature comforts
- Breakfasts
- Optional 3 course dinner & coffee available
- Lunch & drinks on route at local inns & cafes
- Walks with award winning local guide, David Howell
- Any transport during your holiday
- Entrance fees and tours of local places of interest
- Small groups of upto 10 persons for a friendly feel
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