2015年7月28日 星期二

A unique & gorgeous experience in Cotswolds & Northern Ireland(我在tripadvisor寫的review)

We, 16 people from Taipei, Taiwan, had a really good time with Lee in Cotswolds.

I found him on the Cotswolds info website, sending him email, and got a quick
 reply. We discussed about the itineraries for quite a while. Lee is always patient,
and flexible. Finally we decided to use his service in the Cotswolds for 5 days,
and also asked him to arrange another 5-day tours in Northern Ireland. His service
includes accommodation, ferry tickets, all the transportation from London, to Belfast,
to Edinburgh, etc.

We are satisfied with what Lee did for us. He is friendly, sincere, knowledgeable,
and funny. You could always hear laughter coming from our van. In fact, when
 arriving in Belfast, we started to miss Lee.

Lee is also responsible. In the Cotswolds, he left a cell phone for me to contact with
 him whenever we need help. It's so considerate! He kept in touch with me when
 we continued our journey in Belfast. We stayed in a good hotel, Tara Lodge, with
excellent breakfast. That's the first time I tried oatmeal porridge with 10 year old
Bushmills Whiskey, and it's awesome! The bus for us is comfortable and the driver
/ guide is professional. Thanks so much for the arrangement, Lee.

I think Lee should be the ambassador of UK. We enjoy the beauty of UK through
his eyes. During this trip, we found British food was much better than we thought
due to some good pubs Lee recommended, especially Seagrave Arms.

As Lee mentioned, autumn is a beautiful season to visit the Cotswolds, so next time
maybe we’ll come back, and of course, we’ll meet Lee again.

Highly recommend Kooky Cotswold Day Tours!
http://kookycotswoldtours.com/

2015年7月11日 星期六

英格蘭、北愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭20日之旅

英格蘭、北愛爾蘭、蘇格蘭20日之旅  2015.05.28 ~ 06.16   

Day 1    5/28() 台北Taipei London倫敦

Day 2    5/29() London 宿Premier Inn St Pancras
 
Day 3   5/30() London(12:00) Cotswolds科茲窩(14:30) 宿 Watery-Park-Barn

Day 4   5/31() Oxford & the Cotswolds英格蘭中部美麗的田園小鎮聚落:
                             Burford, Bibury, Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water

Day 5   6/1 ()  Cotswold Tour- Chipping Campden, Broadway, Broadway Tower,
                             Snowshill,  Snowshill Manor
                       
Day 6   6/2 ()  Cotswold Tour- Blenheim Palace and Oxford (9:30 ~ 17:30)

Day 7    6/3 ()  Cotswold Liverpool(10:30)搭渡輪→ Belfast貝爾法斯特(18:30)北愛

Day 8    6/4 ()  The Ards Peninsula  Stormont Castle, Mount Stewart, Greyabbey;
                              Portaferry搭渡輪Strangford, Downpatrick Centre, St Patricks Grave
                            
Day 9    6/5 ()  Titanic Belfast -Navan Center & Fort (£6). Armagh半日tour

Day 10  6/6 ()  The Causeway Coast-Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge空中索橋, The Giant’s
                              Causeway (巨人之路), Bushmills Distillery釀酒廠

Day 11   6/7 () Belfast 搭渡輪(11:30)Cairnryan(14:00) Edinburgh愛丁堡(17:00)

Day 12  6/8 ()  Edinburgh愛丁堡 宿The Holyrood ApartHOTEL

Day 13  6/9 ()  EdinburghDunkeld Cairngorm國家公園→坐船遊尼斯湖(16:00)
                              宿 Ullapool Royal Hotel

Day 14  6/10()  Ullapool Corrieshalloch 峽谷→ Torridon Applecross Plockton
                           Sky天空之島 宿Kyleakin, White Heather Hotel / Corran Guest House

Day 15  6/11 ()  Kyleakin(9:00) →探訪天空之島:峭壁、奇岩-the Old Man of Storr,
                                Quiraing小徑,最西邊-Neist, Talisker釀酒廠(15:15) 宿 同上

Day 16  6/12 ()  Kyleakin(9:00) Eilean Donan城堡(10:00) Fort William
                                (14:30)搭乘Jacobite蒸汽火車
                                Fort William - 14:30 Glenfinnan - 15:30
                                Glenfinnan  - 15:45 Mallaig - 16:41
                                Mallaig - 18:38 Fort William - 20:31 (6/12日落時間22:12)
                                宿Fort William The Clan Macduff Hotel

Day 17  6/13 ()  Fort WilliamGlencoeRannoch MoorStirling城堡→Edinburgh

Day 18  6/14 ()  愛丁堡Edinburgh
Day 19   6/15 ()  愛丁堡Edinburgh →台北Taipei
Day 20  6/16 ()  台北Taipei

住宿:
1.     倫敦 宿Premier Inn St Pancras (很棒!乾淨、交通方便、早餐很好)
http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/LONSTP/london-st-pancras

2.     Cotswolds科茲窩 宿 Watery-Park-Barn(可家族朋友聚會, 14人為上限)
http://www.jigsawholidays.co.uk/cotswold-cottages/watery-park-barn/

3.     北愛爾蘭 宿 Tara lodge(乾淨溫馨,隔音較差.早餐超棒,可點豐盛的主餐)
https://www.taralodge.com/

4.     愛丁堡 宿 Holyrood aparthotel(交通方便,設備齊全,洗衣機和洗碗槽不要同時使用)

5.     蘇格蘭高地住宿
(1)   Ullapool, Royal Hotel (歷史悠久的旅館,設施較舊.早餐很棒,可點主菜)
http://ullapoolhotel.co.uk/room-tariffs

(2)   Kyleakin, (小型B&B,乾淨舒服,面海的房間可看夕陽看到23:00)
(i)     White Heather Hotel http://www.whiteheatherhotel.co.uk/
(ii)    Corran Guest House http://www.corran-guesthouse-skye.co.uk/

(3)   Fort William, The Clan Macduff Hotel(較老舊旅館,有的房間浴室熱水有問題)
http://www.clanmacduff.co.uk/

* Jacobite蒸汽火車經過Glenfinnan 高架橋(哈利波特拍攝場景)
沒有空調-當然!車內很熱。搭單程體驗蒸氣火車噴出蒸汽的感覺即可。