Hi folks,
I'm planning a trip to England in early April, flying into London for five days, and would like to get some advice on places to visit, things to do, transportation, etc. It'll be me, my wife, and my teenage son.
Our travels typically revolve around food - not fine dining, just delicious hearty meals. We usually plan our days by where we plan to eat lunch and dinner. Aside from that, we don't shy away from the touristy spots for visiting famous places, etc, just to check them off the list. We then like to pull ourselves away a bit and explore more rural areas. For example, when we visited France the first time, we of course went to Paris and did all the Paris things, but what we really enjoyed was our two days in the small town of Bayeux. When we went to Switzerland, we completely skipped Zurich and Geneva and spent our week in a 300-year-old cabin with a view of Jaunfraugh and being awakened each morning by the sound of cowbells from the next-door cattle farm.
Thank you all in advance!
So, I'm looking for advice - in addition to London, where else should we visit that gives us a flavor of England but with a relaxed pace among good-natured folks and beautiful landscapes? I'm nervous about driving in England, so it would be a bonus if such a town/place is reachable by train or other public transportation. Although, I can be convinced to rent a car if that is absolutely the preferred way.
I do want to avail myself to a Lotus factory tour, as an additional data point - I probably will at least rent a car for a day to accomplish this trip.
I'm planning a trip to England in early April, flying into London for five days, and would like to get some advice on places to visit, things to do, transportation, etc. It'll be me, my wife, and my teenage son.
Our travels typically revolve around food - not fine dining, just delicious hearty meals. We usually plan our days by where we plan to eat lunch and dinner. Aside from that, we don't shy away from the touristy spots for visiting famous places, etc, just to check them off the list. We then like to pull ourselves away a bit and explore more rural areas. For example, when we visited France the first time, we of course went to Paris and did all the Paris things, but what we really enjoyed was our two days in the small town of Bayeux. When we went to Switzerland, we completely skipped Zurich and Geneva and spent our week in a 300-year-old cabin with a view of Jaunfraugh and being awakened each morning by the sound of cowbells from the next-door cattle farm.
Thank you all in advance!
So, I'm looking for advice - in addition to London, where else should we visit that gives us a flavor of England but with a relaxed pace among good-natured folks and beautiful landscapes? I'm nervous about driving in England, so it would be a bonus if such a town/place is reachable by train or other public transportation. Although, I can be convinced to rent a car if that is absolutely the preferred way.
I do want to avail myself to a Lotus factory tour, as an additional data point - I probably will at least rent a car for a day to accomplish this trip.
