UK EDUCATIONAL TOUR 2014 - ihsdubai.org · TOUR 2014 Duration : 5 Nights/6 Days Date of Travel: 4th October to 9th October 2014 ( Eid Holidays ) Highlights of the Tour: Oxford Visiting

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UK EDUCATIONAL TOUR 2014

Duration : 5 Nights/6 Days

Date of Travel: 4th October to 9th October 2014 ( Eid Holidays )

Highlights of the Tour:

Oxford Visiting one of the oldest universities in the English speaking world and the world’s second oldest surviving university is a lifetime opportunity for our students London Big Ben, Piccadilly circus, the famous fleet street and Downing street, Buckingham Palace, Lord’s Cricket stadium , Sherlock Holmes museum, Madame Tussauds wax museum and London eye. Scotland - Edinburgh Edinburg castle, The Holyrood Palace, National Museum of Scotland, HMY Britannia- Her Majesty’s yacht of the British Monarch and Concorde Museum. Glasgow

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A city tour of Glasgow covering George square, Glasgow cathedral, Saint Andrew Square and St.Vincent Palace and The Glasgow Spy Mission Treasure Trail. Flight details QATAR AIRWAYS Class of travel: Economy

Flight Number Date Departure Arrival Dep-Time Arr-Time

QR-1021 04-OCT DUBAI DOHA 0630 0635 QR-27 04-OCT DOHA EDINBURGH 0800 1315 QR-2 09-OCT LONDON DOHA 2130 0615

QR-1000 10-OCT DOHA DUBAI 0700 0910

Hotel details

DESTINATION HOTEL NAME / CATEGORY

EDINBURG Hotel Holiday Inn Express Edinburgh or similar 3***

GLASGOW Hotel Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport or similar 3***

LONDON Hotel Park Inn Watford or similar 3***  

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DETAILED DAY-WISE ITINERARY FOR 5 NIGHTS / 6 DAYS Depart Dubai on 4 Oct 2014 Saturday at 6. 30 am Day 1

• Arrive in Edinburgh

• Arrival transfer from airport to the hotel

• Enroute lunch at restaurant

• Depart for orientation tour of Edinburgh - View Edinburgh's Old Town, Princes Street, Lawn market, visit to Edinburgh Castle – which is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock.,

• Arthur Street, Holyrood Palace - The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland.

• Overnight in Edinburgh Day 2

• National Museum of Scotland – exhibits the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artefacts from around the world, HMY Britannia - Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal yacht of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in service from 1954 to 1997. She was the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of King Charles II in 1660, Concorde museum - Experience exhibition to discover the story of supersonic flight. See Concorde in action in our film and find out about the race to break the sound barrier, the design and build of the world's first supersonic passenger aircraft and what it was like to be a traveller or crew member on board, Gorgie City Farm - This lovely, informal spot is a working farm. As well as the usual farmyard favourites (a Jersey cow, old-breed pigs, sheep, goats and ponies), a pet lodge houses guinea pigs, rabbits, fish, tortoises and the like, and there's even an owl and a pussycat.

• Overnight in Edinburgh

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Day 3

• Orientation tour of Glasgow - Visit George Square - George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is named after King George III., Outside view of Glasgow Cathedral - Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, is today a gathering of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, St. Andrews Square - St Andrew's in the Square is an 18th-century category-A-listed former church in Glasgow, Scotland, considered one of the finest classical churches in Britain, and now Glasgow's Centre for Scottish Culture, promoting Scottish music, song and dance, View St. Vincent Place

• The Glasgow Spy Mission Treasure Trail is a self-guided walk with a fun mystery to solve. Explore the historic area around Glasgow University, starting at Hillhead Underground Station on Byres Road. The answers to the clues are located on monuments, buildings and other structures. Some are easy to find, some a little trickier! You will be so busy finding and solving clues that you won’t even notice the 2 miles of walking involved. It might take you 1.30min to complete the Trail, but you’ll be having so much fun, the time will fly by!

• Overnight in Glasgow Day  4  

• Orientation tour of London - Big Ben - Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower, Westminster Abbey - is a large, mainly Gothic, church in the City of Westminster, Trafalgar Square - a public space and tourist attraction in central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus - a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly, Fleet Street - a street in the City of London named after the River Fleet, London's largest underground river. It was the home of British national newspapers until the 1980s, Downing Street - located in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and a little farther from Buckingham Palace.

• Overnight in London

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Day 5

• Orientation tour of London - View Buckingham Palace - the London residence and principal workplace of the monarchy of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality, see Changing of Guards, Lords Stadium Tour - Lord’s Cricket Ground has always been known as the ‘home of cricket and its spiritual ‘headquarters’. Lord’s is an important place in the world of cricket hosting International Test matches as well as major domestic competitions, and Entrance to Sherlock Holmes museum - It is open as a museum dedicated to the life and times of Sherlock Holmes, and the interior has been faithfully maintained for posterity exactly as described in the published stories, Entrance to Madame Tussuads - Madame Tussauds London is a museum and tourist attraction located in Central London, housed in the former London Planetarium. It is known for recreating life size wax models of celebrities. The attraction houses its famous Chamber of Horrors, Entrance to London Eye.

• Overnight in London Day 6:

• Check out of the hotel with luggage • Transfer to Oxford – Visiting one of the world’s oldest surviving

universities. • Visit to Christ Church college • Transfer to airport for return flight • Depart London

End of tour Arrive Dubai on 10 Oct 2014 Friday 9:10 am

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