The Unspoilt Isles of Scilly
Journey to a hidden treasure of the British Isles
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Journey to a hidden treasure of the British Isles, an archipelago off the Cornish coast boasting azure seas and almost tropical climes. By overnight sleeper train from London, discover the glorious Islands of Scilly.
Meet your Tour Manager at the First Class Lounge at Paddington Station. From here you will board the Riviera Sleeper, a rail service that runs through the night to Penzance, staying in sleeper cabins for the duration of the journey.
After an evening spent riding the rails, today you will transfer to Penzance harbour in time for the direct ferry to the Island of St Mary's, where you check in to The Atlantic Hotel for the next 3 nights*.
Please Note: Hotel may vary depending on departure.
Enjoy a full day exploring St Mary's today on a guided walking tour that takes in the region's most prestigious beauty spots such as the Old Town, whose church is the final resting place of former Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson. Day 4 then includes a guided walking tour of Tresco, the second largest of Scilly's Isles.
Your excursion takes you to the sub tropical Abbey Gardens, a haven for sun-loving plants from all over the world. With a collection as diverse as it is beautiful, wander the exotic lined pathways of this enchanting Scillonian attraction.
Take the ferry to St Agnes today, the Scilly's southern-most populated island. Enjoy some free time to explore this peaceful destination, an idyllic mile of remote beaches that boasts a welcoming pub, keeping the island's 72 inhabitants refreshed all year round. Afterwards, return to St Mary's for the ferry to Penzance, where you enjoy a final meal before you catch the Riviera Sleeper back to London.
Please note: For departures 19ISS03 and 19ISS05 we will fly back from St Marys to Lands End and then catch the train from Penzance to London.
After pulling into Paddington Station this morning, you disembark the train and are free to make your own way home.
Some departures may fly back on Day 5, and return by first class rail to London, arriving on the same day. Please call for more details.
Provisional departure and return times, where available, can be found together with dates and prices by clicking on the 'Prices & Availability' button. We will write to you around 10 weeks before your departure date with the precise meeting times for your tour group.
Please note: This tour may be suitable for reduced mobility passengers, please call for further information.
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Professional tour manager, well organised transport links and local tours. Excellent holiday.
All travel arrangements -rail sleeper and ferry worked well. Accommodation very comfortable and staff helpful. Tour manager excellent. Guide very good. Interesting stress free time. That’s a good holiday.
Mix up with cases and rail trip back no food available.
The quality of the food in the hotel ( Tregathen’s hotel) was very poor, the meals at Penventon, Redruth and at Black’s restaurant were excellent! We were very disappointed that Rail Discoveries told us an untruth about rail work preventing us from using the sleeper train when it was an administrative error.
A bit disappointed not having the experience of travelling on the night sleeper to Penzance. Although the the Hotel in Redruth was excellent. The food in the StMarys Hotel could have been a bit better. Everything else was perfect. Excellent tour guide, and walking guide on the Islands. The trips were well organised. Enjoyed the holiday very much.
the sleeper train was a disaster we were not permitted to use our original allocated sleeper cabin,a health and safety issue.we were eventually put into Kevin's cabin after they made into double ,Kevin went elsewhere and one of the train wheels under the cabin had wheel flats so it was banging all the way to Penance, no sleep that night
Well organised. Excellent tour manager
A little more flexibility about evening meal times at the Hotel would have been appreciated. An option to fly to Scillies would be appreciated as we both felt sick on the outward journey which neither us do normally.
Everything was as advertised and very good tour manager
Overall most enjoyable my biggest moan is the single supplement! However at my age one has to make the most of time!
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