York Association of the National Trust
YANT Holidays
Forthcoming Holidays
For full details of our forthcoming Holidays, please refer to the 2022 and 2023 Holiday Programmes which you can download by clicking here .
The 2022 and 2023 Holiday Booking forms are also available
here.
WE HAVE A VARIED CHOICE OF HOLIDAYS AVAILABLE FOR YOU. WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING TO SUIT YOU.........
SICILY
5 – 12 MAY 2024 7 NIGHTS from £2,445.00
Sicily has become one of Europe’s best-loved destinations in recent years and it is truly an island of the senses but also a place with a unique history.
Our tour begins at the GrecoRoman city of Taormina and on the slopes of Mount Etna, Europe’s highest volcano and still active. We continue to Tindari for more classical remains and Piazza Armerina where we discover some amazingly well-preserved Roman mosaics. The ‘Valley of the Temples’ is a UNESCO World Heritage site, one of the greatest legacies of ancient Greece.
We continue to Palermo, a melting pot of many different civilisations and cultures, and the magnificent Benedictine abbey at Monreale, before concluding in Syracuse, another UNESCO site, described by Cicero as "the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of them all".
Lake Constance & Austrian Tyrol
10 – 17 JULY 2024 7 NIGHTS from £2,945.00
Our two-centre tour of Austria promises to be one of the most scenic holidays we have ever had, such is the splendour of this stunning landscape of glittering lakes and snow-capped mountains.
We begin in Bregenz, a little town at the eastern end of Lake Constance, from where we have a gentle guided walk around a picturepostcard village, cruise on the lake to Insel Mainau, one of the most spectacular gardens to be found in Europe, and explore a brace of impressive palaces.
We then transfer via the famous ski resort of GarmischPartenkirchen to the Tyrol region of Austria and our hotel in the Ziller Valley. From here we explore the beautiful old town of Innsbruck and the vaulted halls of Tratzberg Castle, and take a steam train ride along the Ziller Valley, flanked on either side by towering mountains, for an unforgettable lunch at the foot of the Hintertux glacier.
CASTLES and HISTORIC Houses of Cheshire
13 – 16 AUGUST 2024 4 DAYS from £825.00
Included in the price
- Three nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast at the 4-star Cottons Hotel, Knutsford. All rooms have private facilities
- One afternoon tea
- All visits as outlined in the itinerary
- Comfortable coaching throughout
- Services of a Brightwater Holidays tour manager
Not included (per person)
- Single room supplement £145
To Book on this Holiday, contact Brightwater Holidays on 01334 657155
Highlights of Cornwall
14 – 18 September 2024 4 NIGHTS from £1,175.00
Proud Cornishman Michael Gill is our host and guide on this holiday to the far south-west, with tales of pirates and smugglers as well as some wonderful houses, castles, galleries and gardens.
Artistic highlights include the Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens on the Penwith Peninsula and the Tate Gallery and Yorkshirewoman Barbara Hepworth’s Gallery in St Ives.
We will visit the ground-breaking Eden Project and the Italianate gardens at Lamorran, along with the house and garden at the NT property of Lanhydrock. We will also explore the harbour towns of Falmouth and Charlestown and St Mawes Castle, one of Henry VIII’s great fortresses.
Visits to Hestercombe Garden and Tyntesfield House complete this late summer sojourn.