Essential East Sussex Super Specials

ESSENTIAL EAST SUSSEX SUPER SPECIALS

 

17 - 21 February 2025

Monday – Friday

5 Days

From £479

 

Situated on the southeast coast, Eastbourne has always been a firm-favourite for many. And on this holiday, we have many single rooms available – a great excuse to get away with your friends, or alone, and enjoy this charming seaside resort with its delightful cafes and pretty gardens.

 

 

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

 

Eastbourne   |   Alfriston   |   Rye   |   Hastings   |   Lewes

 

DAY ONE – Arrival

We depart from your home and travel south to Eastbourne where tea and coffee await you on arrival whilst your luggage is taken to your room.

 

DAY TWO – Eastbourne

A free day in Eastbourne to settle in and explore the town.

 

DAY THREE – Lewes and Alfriston

This morning we’ll head to Lewes and spend a while here in the heart of rural Sussex. Lewes is a beautiful county town and is a mixture of the unusual and intriguing and so typically Sussex.

 

Its medieval streets, old English churches and tiny twittens (a Sussex word for alleyway) allow you to glimpse into the true essence of bygone Lewes. Although surrounded by chalk cliffs, the townscape is dominated by the remains of a Norman castle and is also home to the handsome townhouse of Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of King Henry Vlll).

 

So, make sure you make time to visit Lewes Castle and Museum (entry not included), nearly 1,000 years old, this castle offers fantastic views of the medieval streets below. And no visit to Lewes would be completed without spending some time in the Needlemakers with its ancient brickwork, massive beams, and echoes of a fascinating industrial past.

 

On our return to Eastbourne, we’ll stop off in Alfriston, with its many old buildings and chocolate box streets.

 

DAY FOUR – Rye and Hastings

Today we visit Rye, a town steeped in history. Visit the Rye Heritage Centre and see their vintage scale model of Rye, complete with a sound and light show. Make sure to also see the Rye Castle Museum, originally a bottling factory, boasting a unique 18th-century fire engine, relics from the town’s shipbuilding past, and a display showing how the coastline has changed over the past thousand years.

 

Don’t forget to take in the Ypres Tower, built in 1249 to defend Rye from invaders, with views across the marsh to what was once one of the most important harbours in the country. It has served as a fort, private dwelling, prison, court hall, and now finally as a museum. You can see where murderer John Breads was held prisoner, where prisoners were chained, and the cells in which they were incarcerated, as well as a smuggler's lantern and a model that shows the changes to the Romney Marsh coastline and the defences against Napoleon.

 

We then head for Hastings, which boasts the remains of the first castle in England to be built by William the Conqueror and a lovely preserved Old Town.

 

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 (3-courses/3 choices) & breakfast

• Welcome tea/coffee on arrival

• Porterage on arrival and departure

• Tea/coffee after dinner each evening

• Free use of the hotel indoor pool.

 

BEST WESTERN YORK HOUSE HOTEL, EASTBOURNE

Situated on the promenade the Best Western York House Hotel is an elegant Victorian hotel in a stunning position on the seafront and only a short walk to the pier, as well as being close to the town centre. The hotel has an indoor swimming pool as well as hairdryer, tea and coffee making facilities and Wi-Fi. The hotel also has many single rooms available.

GROUP BOOKINGS

Looking to take a group, if you book 20 places or more on this tour the tour organiser will go Free of Charge.

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

Luxury coach travel

Home pick-up

4 nights accommodation, dinner (3-courses/3 choices) & breakfast

Welcome tea/coffee on arrival

Porterage on arrival and departure

Tea/coffee after dinner each evening

Free use of the hotel indoor pool.

 

Many single rooms available

 

BEST WESTERN YORK HOUSE HOTEL, EASTBOURNE

Situated on the promenade the Best Western York House Hotel is an elegant Victorian hotel in a stunning position on the seafront and only a short walk to the pier, as well as being close to the town centre. The hotel has an indoor swimming pool as well as hairdryer, tea and coffee making facilities and Wi-Fi.

 

GROUP BOOKINGS

Looking to take a group, if you book 20 places or more on this tour the tour organiser will go Free of Charge.

 

HOTEL SYMBOLS

TV, tea making facilities, swimming pool, hairdryer, lift, Wi-Fi

 

DAYS	TOUR DATE	DEPARTS	TERMS	SUPPLEMENT
5	17– 21 FEB 2025	MONDAY	£479	NONE
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. 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).

York House Hotel