This is a 7 night holiday on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis with a full touring itinerary based in Dunster

Holiday highlights include: Cleeve Abbey, Watchet, Quantock Hills, RHS Rosemoor, Exmoor, Coombe Martin, Great Hangman, Cothay Manor Gardens.

Hotel Information
The Yarn Market Hotel. A lovely hotel situated on the quiet main street of this lovely old market town. accommodation and food is of the highest quality and the hotel is highly recommended.

Price Includes:
Return transfers from Taunton Railway Station and the Coach Stop to the Hotel. Our experienced driver/guide for the duration of the holiday. Full site seeing programme, 7 nights dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation. Welcome pack including itinerary details.

Additional Comments:
We have an allocation of single rooms without a supplement. Double or twin rooms for single occupancy are available at a supplement of £15.00 per day.

Wednesday
On your arrival at Taunton in the afternoon, we meet you and transfer you to our hotel in Dunster, a small and delightful market town. Before dinner we meet for a drink in the lounge so everyone can get to know each other.

Thursday

We depart for Dunster after a relaxing breakfast and our first stop is Cleeve Abbey near Washford. From here we drive to the very old fishing port of Watchet where we have our lunch stop with lots of time to explore the Quantock Hills, real Goat country, as we make our way back to Dunster.

Friday
Our destination today is the Royal Horticultural Society`s Garden at Rosemoor. These are outstanding gardens and we spend a relaxing time here.

Saturday
Today we journey along the north Somerset coast and our first visit is to a National Trust village, Selworthy, clinging to the edge of Exmoor with its lovely gardens and thatched cottages. From here we drive to Porlock and Porlock Weir for a stop and then into Lorna Doone country and the medieval landscape of Bagworthy. Our lunchstop will be Lynton and Lynmouth. In the afternoon we drive to The Valley of the Rocks and explore this remote part of the coast. We drive back to Dunster crossing Exmoor.

Sunday
Today is a free day for you to relax in Dunster. There is so much to do here. You can visit the National Trust castle, the ancestral home of the Lutterill family or there is a lovely walk from behind the village to the top of the hill where there is a folly. In the middle of the village is the Priory garden, well worth a visit. There is also the old mill down one of the many lanes and snickets in the village. Before dinner we meet in the bar for an aperitif courtesy of the Goat.

Monday
Today we are going to criss cross Exmoor on our way to the chocolate box village of Coombe Martin. On the way we will stop and you may like to walk to Exmoors highest point, Dunkery Beacon. We are also going to explore some more of the north coast and visit The Great Hangman, an 800ft cliff with incredible sea views.

Tuesday
Our final days touring is to Dulverton, gateway to southern Exmoor, a very hospitable riverside town with Saxon conections by way of the Exe valley. After a stop here we make our way to Cothay Manor Gardens near Wellington. Unruffled by time, this medieval house with gate tower and oratory chapel, looks over the beautiful gardens which have been restored to their former glory. We don`t think you will want to leave here! We now journey on to Bishops Lydeard to catch the steam train to Dunster where the Goat will meet you and take you to the hotel.

Wednesday
Today, after a relaxing breakfast we transfer you to Taunton for your journey home.

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