Railtrail The Complete Collection 2018

The Roses Christmas Markets & Steam

N E W T O U R

Although this tour is timed to coincide with Harrogate’s Christmas Market weekend, it includes so much more! We also visit two of the country’s best known Christmas Markets, contrasting charming York with metropolitan Manchester, and feature two great steam railways, one in Yorkshire and one in Lancashire, plus UNESCO World Heritage Saltaire. We’re coming up smelling of roses again with festive cheer!

5 DAYS

DEPARTS

Thursday 15 November 2018

Also included in your Tour Fare: ★ ★ Dinner every evening ★ ★ Rail travel & seat reservations from your Home Station to Tour Base (Standard or First Class) ★ ★ Services of experienced Railtrail Tour Manager ★ ★ Hotel Porterage

Fares From £395

★ ★ Experience steam on the East Lancashire Railway during it’s ‘Lancashire Weekend’ ★ ★ Explore Manchester’s excellent Christmas Markets

HOTEL The Midland Hotel, Bradford

★ ★ Visit the National Railway Museum, with its superb collection ★ ★ Step back in time on the Keighley & Worth Valley Steam Railway ★ ★ Take in the beautifully preserved Saltaire village and Salt’s Mill’s Hockney collection

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Built between 1885 and 1890 by the Midland Railway Company, the Midland Hotel was a showpiece for the railway company’s northern operations, with some of the finest Victorian interiors in the city. The Midland has hosted many Prime Ministers, plus famous entertainers like Laurel & Hardy, George Formby, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. In 1905 the Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Irving died on the hotel staircase following his appearance at the Theatre Royal, to be attended by his manager, Bram Stoker! Today sees a hotel that has undergone a transformation, with investment to all areas of the building, restoring it to its original greatness.

★ ★ Stay at Bradford’s historic railway hotel, the Midland Hotel ★ ★ Enjoy Harrogate’s Christmas Market ★ ★ Uncover York and its St Nicholas fayre

Call 01538 382323 – to book or to request another Railtrail Tours 2018 brochure

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