For this day, we took the Oxford and Highclere Castle: The Real Downton Abbey tour from London, 8am - 7pm
My wife is a huge Downton Abbey fan so she's been looking forward to this trip for a long time.
As in the previous day, this tour departs from Victoria Coach Station. Since we've been there the day before on the Stonehenge and Bath tour, we weren't alarmed by the chaotic atmosphere and eventually made it to our tour bus.
Oxford
Our first stop was the college town of Oxford and we arrived there around 10:50am. Our guide gave us about a 30 minute walking tour of the town and then let us explore on our own.
We planned on having lunch at this Pub but it was still closed at 11:30am so we just ate at some restaurant along the main street.
Bampton
After departing Oxford at 12:20pm, our next stop was the town of Bampton where the village scenes of Downton Abbey were filmed. We arrived in Bampton at 1pm and spent an hour there. |
| Front yard of Isobel Crawley's house |
Highclere Castle
Our next stop was Highclere castle and we arrived there around 3pm. We spent about 2 hours there which includes a walking tour inside the castle plus the gardens in the backyard. There is a small cafeteria outside in the back but be warned that there are a lot of wasps. I wasn't sure if it was because of the time of the year but there were swarms of wasps everywhere. It was nice to see the inside of the castle in person however there is no photography allowed inside so I couldn't show any pictures. My wife spent a good hour inside while my son and I waited in the back fending off the swarm of wasps.
At 5pm, we departed Highclere Castle and arrived back in London around 6:45pm. We had dinner again at Nando's since it was the closest to the hotel.
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