We start with a local departure by coach for our journey south. Accommodation has been reserved for 4 nights on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis at the Riviera Hotel – this is set approximately 15 minutes’ walk from the town centre and a few minutes’ walk from the beach. Features include an indoor swimming pool, and well- appointed rooms with a restaurant and bar. Also, during your stay there will be a half price bar for 3 hours each evening.
During your stay we have included these great excursions:
- Today we board the steam train from Paignton along the spectacular English Riviera Geopark coastline, through the picturesque stations at Goodrington and Churston (non-stopping) then on through the wooded slopes of Long Wood bordering the Dart Estuary to Kingswear. A short foot passenger ferry takes you across the river Dart to the historic town of Dartmouth for some free time before returning by coach to the hotel.
- Plymouth – known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district with narrow cobbled streets. Sutton Harbour is home to the National Marine Aquarium where sharks and stingrays glide in a deep tank (admission not included).
- Day at leisure for you to explore Torquay.