Bygone Times and Railway Lines in Devon

BYGONE TIMES AND RAILWAY LINES IN DEVON

 

20 – 24 August 2024

Tuesday – Saturday

5 Days

From £569

 

Join us for our relaxed holiday in Devon where we enjoy Bygone times, and explore the Kent Cavern, one of Europe’s top prehistoric Stone Age caves. With entertainment most evening at the hotel, there’s something for everyone.

 

 

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

Torquay   |   Dartmouth Steam Railway   |   River Dart Cruise     |   Kents Cavern   |   Bygones

 

DAY ONE – Arrival

We depart from your home and travel to Devon arriving late afternoon you will have time to relax before dinner this evening.

 

DAY TWO – Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Dart Cruise

A perfect day our where we Steam and Cruise in glorious South Devon.

 

DAY THREE – Kents Cavern

Today we explore the underground world of Kents Cavern - one of Europe’s top Stone Age caves, with an extensive labyrinth of spectacular and easily accessible caves.  An entertaining guide will take you on an underground adventure in this award-winning attraction, once home to Britain’s earliest humans and Ice Age beasts. Explore fascinating passageways and stunning chambers where you can get up close with spectacular cave formations, around 2 million years old.

 

Kents Cavern is widely known as Britain's Oldest Home due to a discovery of a jaw fragment dated between 41,000-44,000 years old - the oldest find of a modern human in North-West Europe. Not only that, Kents Cavern is unique on a global stage too. There are only two caves in the world where three or more different species of humans are found.

 

All the Ice Age animal statues have a real connection to Kents Cavern: bones and teeth from each have been found in the depths of the caves. These include a woolly mammoth, a cave bear, a scimitar cat, a wolf, an Irish elk, and a wild horse. Today, you can still see a Cave Bear leg and other bones which remain in the cave wall.

 

ACCESS: Kents Cavern is a relatively easy walk, with mostly flat concrete surfaces and only 9 shallow steps. There is plenty of head room and best of all no stooping!  This is an underground space therefore take care as the walls, paths and ceilings are not straight. Sensible footwear should be worn. Unfortunately, wheelchairs cannot negotiate past the first chamber of the cave. A DVD of the cave tour can be viewed in the visitor centre free of charge.

 

We return to our hotel with time to relax before dinner this evening.

 

DAY FOUR – Bygones

This morning we visit Torquay, we visit Bygones, a life-sized Victorian Street and 3 floors of pure nostalgia.

 

DAY FIVE – Departure

After breakfast this morning we leave our hotel and make our journey home with comfort stops en route.

 

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

• Luxury coach travel

• Home pick-up

• 4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

• Porterage on arrival and departure

• Entertainment each evening

• River Dart Cruise

• Dartmouth Steam Railway journey

• Admission to Bygones

• Admission to Kents Cavern.

 

ABBEY LAWNS HOTEL, TORQUAY

With it's south facing gardens, the Abbey Lawn Hotel is an ideal place to relax and unwind during your stay in Torquay. This 60 bedroom hotel has its own indoor pool, large conservatory and sun terrace. The coffee shop is an ideal place to get a drink and slice of cake during the day and the hotel bar is open every day with live entertainment every night.

 

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

Luxury coach travel

Home pick-up

4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

Porterage on arrival and departure

Entertainment each evening

River Dart Cruise

Dartmouth Steam Railway journey

Admission to Bygones

Admission to Kents Cavern.

 

ACCESS: Kents Cavern is a relatively easy walk, with mostly flat concrete surfaces and only 9 shallow steps. There is plenty of head room and best of all no stooping!  This is an underground space therefore take care as the walls, paths and ceilings are not straight. Sensible footwear should be worn. Unfortunately, wheelchairs cannot negotiate past the first chamber of the cave. A DVD of the cave tour can be viewed in the visitor centre free of charge.

 

ABBEY LAWNS HOTEL, TORQUAY

With it's south facing gardens, the Abbey Lawn Hotel is an ideal place to relax and unwind during your stay in Torquay. This 60 bedroom hotel has its own indoor pool, large conservatory and sun terrace. The coffee shop is an ideal place to get a drink and slice of cake during the day and the hotel bar is open every day with live entertainment every night.

 

 HOTEL FACILITIES INCLUDE

General	Rooms	Accessibility
3-star	Wi-Fi	Lift
Bar	Television	Wheelchair accessible
Restaurant

 

DAYS	TOUR DATE	DEPARTS	TERMS	SUPPLEMENT
5	20 – 24 AUG 2024	TUESDAY	£585	£16 SINGLE
JONES HOLIDAYS INSURANCE			£27.28

 

Rooms are allocated on a first come first served basis and are limited. If no single supplement applies this is limited to the tour single room allocation and therefore additional cost may apply.  Prices displayed are per person unless otherwise stated. If door-to-door pick-up is included there may be additional charges for out of area. Itineraries and hotel inclusions may be subject to change. Seat numbers on the coach may be subject to change. Issues whilst on tour must be raised in the first instance with the driver. Covid-19 restrictions may apply. When making bookings you accept on behalf of yourself and your party the terms in our Trading Charter which can be found in our brochure, on our website at http://www.jonesholidays.co.uk/Jones-holidays-trading-charter, or a copy can be requested from our Sales office.  If your holiday is more than 56 days from departure, we offer a 7-day cooling off period where a full refund will be offered from the date of the initial confirmation invoice (with the exception of flight holidays).

Abbey Lawn Hotel, Torquay Dartmouth Railway