Wessex Guided Tours

Back Roads Touring

Tour Britain with your own expert guide and small vehicle. We can use the country lanes to get you off the ‘beaten track’ and explore a side of England that only we can show you.

Big coach tour operators can only use the motorways (highways) and have many restrictions throughout the day or days.  Most London coach companies spend almost 2 hours collecting people from various hotels and then drop you at Victoria station to finaly start your day. 
All the coach companies also travel in convoy so they all arrive at the same attraction at the same time – it can be chaos and quite an unpleasent experience.  The BIG coach tours will allow just 30 minutes at Stonehenge, 1 hour at Bath, 45 minutes at Oxford etc etc.  Not even time to wipe your nose let alone explore and take photos.  Needless to say you will never be allowed to stop for a photo or an unscheduled toilet stop.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!

From my experience its a false econmomy choosing a big coach tour over a private bespoke tour.  If you want to visit multiple attractions in one day (tick um off your list and get the t-shirt) spend a mimimal amount of time there and have a totally un-personal experience then this is for you.  If not then please, please, please consider organising a private tour and see the real Britain v ia the small country back roads.  It can ofeten work out cheaper than 3 or 4 tickets on a big (60 seater) coach.

Stii not convinced ?

The extra time on our private tours mean that in addition to famous attractions we can take you away from the normal overcrowded and commercialised tourist traps. Let us show you scenic villages that you may not have heard but definitely will not want to miss.

Litter, traffic congestion and noise pollution are just three of the problems contributed to by the large coach operators – why would you want to be a part of this?

Smaller groups leave fewer footprints. Our tours are environmentally more friendly and less disruptive to local communities meaning we will be welcome for years to come.

Large coaches are restricted to using the highways – and a highway in England is pretty much like a highway anywhere in the world.

With a group size of 60 passengers bear in mind how long it takes just to get on and off the coach – this invariably eats into your sightseeing time.

Larger coach companies can spend up to 9 hours of your tour on the road meaning you have an average of only 30 minutes at the attractions.

Explore the Real Britain with HisTOURies UK Trips

Simon – British Tour Guide
HISTOURIES – Back Roads Tours