Potential Itinerary

DAY 1: DEPART USA FOR LONDON, ENGLAND

Overnight flight to London– dinner on flight.

DAY 2 – ARRIVE IN LONDON, ENGLAND

Tour group will be met at airport and assisted with arrival procedures.  Enjoy a panoramic tour of this fascinating city before arriving at our hotel.  Free afternoon to rest or walk about the city on your own. Dinner and overnight in London.

DINNER

DAY 3 – LONDON

John Wesley (1703-1791) has been called the most influential Protestant leader of the English-speaking world since the Reformation and his brother Charles wrote hundreds of amazing hymns.

• Tour John Wesley’s Chapel, home, and Museum of Methodism
  • Groups larger than 30 people, will need to split which will add additional time for the visit
• Tour St. Paul’s Cathedral- founded AD 604 with present structure completed in 1710. John Wesley preached here several times.
• View Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on bus tour
• Tour Westminster Abbey – Neither a cathedral nor a parish church, it is a “Royal Peculiar” under the jurisdiction of a Dean and Chapter, subject only to the Sovereign and not to any archbishop or bishop.

BREAKFAST, LUNCH (DINNER ON YOUR OWN)

DAY 4 – OXFORD, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Following breakfast, we have an early departure for Oxford – one of England’s famous University cities with a rich Reformation history. The early English reformer, John Wycliffe, was a professor at the university. Other well-known students included Bible translator William Tyndale and the great revivalist preacher George Whitefield. John and Charles Wesley were ordained at Christ Church Cathedral when they were Anglicans. Dinner and Overnight in Straforf-Upon-Avon.

• Tour C.S. Lewis‘ home -The Kilns (subject to availability)
• Walking tour of Oxford including Christ Church College Cathedral (established 12^th century) and Martyrs’ Memorial
• Depart Oxford (2:30 PM) for our afternoon drive through Cotswolds’ to Stratford -Upon -Avon (birthplace of William Shakespeare)
  • One-hour drive from Oxford to Stratford

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN STRAFORD-UPON-AVON)

DAY 5 – YORK, DURHAM (Stratford to York- 2 hrs 45 min)

Morning departure for York .  By 306 when Constantine The Great was proclaimed Emperor in York, it is believed there was a small Christian community. In 312 he issued a general edict of toleration for the Christian Church and York became a center of Christianity.

• Tour York Minster – one of the world’s most magnificentcathedrals. Since the 7th century, the Minster has been at the center of Christianity in the north of England
• Walk a portion of the medieval city walls
• Afternoon drive to Durham (1 hr 30 min)
• Attend Evensong at Cathedral

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN DURHAM)

DAY 6 – DURHAM, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Durham Cathedral was built between the late 11th and early 12th century to house the bodies of St. Cuthbert (634-687 AD) (the evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede (672/3-735 AD). It attests to the importance of the early Benedictine monastic community and is the largest and finest example of Norman architecture in England.

• Morning tour Durham Cathedral
• Afternoon Drive to Edinburgh, Scotland (2hrs. 45 min)

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND)

DAY 7 – EDINBURGH

• Full day tour of Edinburgh focusing on its extraordinary Christian history
• Visit the John Knox House, home of the Scottish reformer
• Explore Greyfriars’s Church (Kirk), the first church built in post-Reformation Scotland (founded in 1620)
• Walk along The Royal Mile to reach Magdalen Chapel, the birthplace of the Scottish Reformation led by John Knox
• Learn about John Knox, who later founded the Presbyterian Church
• Visit St. Giles Cathedral, where Knox was appointed minister in 1559

  BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN EDINBURGH)

DAY 8 – EDINBURGH

• Morning visit to Holyrood Palace, where John Knox had discussions about Christianity with Mary, Queen of Scots
• Tour of Edinburgh Castle, the birthplace of James VI, who authorized the King James Bible
• Free time in Edinburgh for shopping, exploration, and relaxation

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN EDINBURGH)

DAY 9 – EDINBURGH / LINDISFARNE

• Morning travel to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, the fountainhead of England’s Christian heritage
• Lindisfarne played a crucial role in honing and distributing the early Christian message to pagan Northumberland
• Lindisfarne Priory, home of St. Cuthbert, and birthplace of the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illuminated Latin manuscript of Mark, Luke, and John
• Lindisfarne Heritage Center features an electronic copy of the Lindisfarne Gospels and provides a comprehensive history of the island and St. Cuthbert’s story
• Lindisfarne Castle, a small fortress first built in 1550, stands on a rocky outcrop overlooking the island

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN EDINBURGH)

DAY 10 – DUNFERMLINE ABBEY / ST. ANDREWS

• Depart from Edinburgh crossing the Firth of Forth on the way to St. Andrews
• Stop at Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, a medieval Benedictine abbey destroyed during the Scottish
• Reformation and the burial site of St. Margaret and Robert the Bruce
• Enjoy the scenic fishing villages en route to St. Andrews, the ancient ecclesiastical capital of Scotland
• Visit St. Andrews Castle, a historic residence for kings and a notorious prison during the Reformation.
• Explore the castle’s “bottle dungeon,” where many reformers were imprisoned.
• Take a short stroll through the village and view “The Old Course – Home of Golf” in St. Andrews

BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER (OVERNIGHT IN EDINBURGH)

DAY 11 – RETURN TO USA

BREAKFAST

OPTIONAL ADD-ONS

• Could add 1 more day LONDON to go out to Canterbury – ecclesiastical capital of England
• Add 2 more days in order to go to Iona/Oban In Scotland

FOR MORE TOUR DETAILS AND PRICING, PLEASE CONTACT JENN BOOTH, JBOOTH@RONMOORE.ORG.