Go Cotswolds win THREE awards!
The winners of the Cotswolds Awards 2016 were announced last night and we’re delighted to announce that Go Cotswolds won THREE! 🙂 The Cotswolds Awards are voted on by the general public and voting, which had been ongoing for a number of months, closed on Sunday. Our awards were as follows: Best Tour Company in the Cotswolds. […]
Camping in Wellesbourne
Tom and I recently took a couple of well-deserved days off to be tourists in our own area – something we like to do now and again to appreciate all the amazing things to see and do right on our doorstep! So while Tom was out and about on his sold-out tour of the Cotswolds last Sunday, I […]
To be or not to be… tourists in our own town!
Our quest to act more like tourists in our hometown* of Stratford-upon-Avon continued last week as Lisa and I went to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre to watch Hamlet after a pre-theatre meal at The Opposition restaurant. We had a great evening! Having been on a road-trip in the USA recently (see our blog post about […]
Stress-free local shopping
On our day tours of the Cotswolds we encourage our customers to use local independent businesses (where possible) during their time in both Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswolds. We have a fantastic array of tourist attractions, pubs, restaurants, shops, cafes, tea rooms and accommodation providers in the area all run by talented and passionate locals who provide high […]
Cheltenham Festival 2016
…and they’re off! The 2016 Cheltenham Festival of horse racing started yesterday, which means it’s a busy, busy time in the Cotswolds right now! The Cotswolds capital of Cheltenham Spa (or “Cheltn’m” to its friends) plays host to a number of festivals throughout the year – Jazz, Science, Music, Literature – but the biggest and most […]
Special Cotswolds AONB 50th anniversary tour!
We’ve teamed up with the Cotswolds Conservation Board to offer a special Arts and Crafts Guided Tour of the Cotswolds to help the region celebrate its 50th anniversary of becoming a designated Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB). The Cotswolds, the largest of the family of 38 AONBs in England and Wales, is 50 this year, having been […]
Summer schedule and tickets now online!
The Go Cotswolds summer tour schedule is now online! You can find the schedule by clicking the Book Now! button above or by clicking the following link: www.gocotswolds.co.uk/tours. You can buy tickets in advance for all of our Cotswolds Day Tours and Brewery and Cotswolds Pub Tours from now up to and including the 31st of August 2016. […]
Happy New Year from Go Cotswolds!
Happy 2016 everybody. It’s not quite spring yet but try telling that to these snowdrops pictured in Chipping Campden this week – the unseasonably mild weather has persuaded them to flower! We’ve already headed out on two tours of the Cotswolds this year and have another five pencilled in before our Winter break – including tomorrow’s […]
Seasons greetings and our Christmas schedule
Merry Christmas everybody. It barely seems like yesterday that we were touring the Cotswolds in the glorious summer sunshine and now it’s Christmas. It’s come around quickly but we’re certainly not complaining as we love Christmas! Lisa & I had our Go Cotswolds Christmas party last week – we headed to one of our favourite […]
Go Cotswolds – Pride of Stratford Awards 2016 finalist!
We were very excited to receive a call from local radio station Touch FM this morning who were calling to inform us that we were finalists in the 2016 Pride of Stratford Awards! We’ve been nominated in the Tourism Initiative of the Year category along with Stratford River Festival and South Warwickshire Rugby Football Union – […]