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Dickensian Christmas in Canterbury, Dover and Greenwich with Lunch (Tour C1)

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Tour Description – Tour C1

A wonderful way to spend Christmas Day, 25th December; this tour takes in the beautiful Kent Countryside, a service at Canterbury Cathedral, traditional Christmas lunch, White Cliffs of Dover and a trip to Greenwich.

We begin around 8.45am, departing from Victoria Head Office and travelling through the Kent countryside on the way to a service at the famous Canterbury Cathedral. The famous Christmas Day ‘Sung Eucharist service is often graced by the Archbishop himself. The Cathedral maintains a living community but it is a huge tourist attraction, one of the biggest in the country and has been visited by Pilgrims and visitors since the Middle Ages. Remarkably, the history of the Cathedral dates back to 597AD. In 1170, the Archbishop Thomas Beckett was killed in the Cathedral.

The Cathedral was immortalised in Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’.

Traditional Christmas Lunch consists of a starter and roast turkey with all the trimmings (or a vegetarian option). Dessert is Christmas pudding or mince pies and a glass of wine and tea or coffee are also included.

After lunch, you will get to see the remarkable White Cliffs of Dover. Still an important English port, the stunning cliffs are strikingly white due to the composite of chalk. They are truly fabulous to behold and well worthy of a visit.

Greenwich is the last stop before arriving back in London around 6.30pm. Greenwich is famous for its’ maritime history and is the home to Greenwich Meantime, Greenwich Meridian, Cutty Sark and the Royal Observatory.