THIS TRIP HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW NUMBERS -

Success Tours have contacted everyone direct who has paid a deposit in order to refund the full amount.  If you have any queries please contact them on:  01225 715054

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£949 per person*
4th - 8th June 2026 - 5 Days 4 Nights

FULLY BOOKED - Waiting List only** 

Outstanding balances are due for payment by 12th March to Success Tours Ltd - please check your deposit invoice for full details or contact Success Tours.

What’s included:

• Executive touring coach throughout
• Short sea crossing - Folkestone or Dover to Calais
• 4 nights half board accommodation
• Guided tour at Monet’s Garden
• Admission to The Impressionism Museum
• Cider Farm visit - with tastings
• Guided tour of Chateau St Jean de Beauregard
• Admission to Vaux Le Vicomte including staying for the Candle Lit Evening
• Time in Versailles (town)
• Guided tour of Châteaude Malmaison
• Gratuities for driver and local guide
• Whisper sets

Extras
Single supplement - £165 per person (twin/double for sole use)
£949 per person*

The exact order of excursions will be included in your itinerary, which you should expect to receive approximately 2-3 weeks prior to departure.*Based on a minimum of 25 members travelling. Should fewer travel the price will increase.

How to book

Please complete a booking form (click here) and send it, along with your deposit of £150pp to: Success Tours (address as per booking form) OR email the form to: enquiries@successtours.com

Bookings are taken on a first come first served basis

Click here for a flyer and more information

This autumn we will be having a super four night / five day tour of Hereford and Worcester. Leaving on Sunday, 12th October and returning Thursday, 16th October 2025. 

Full details can be downloaded here

The booking form can be downloaded here. Please send your completed booking form to Success Tours before the closing date of Friday 27th June 2025.

4 single rooms, 1 twin and 2 doubles are still available for this tour.

We are sorry but this tour is fully booked.

What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than a visit to Kew Gardens?

Join us on 29th November for an overnight stay! We will start with a visit to historic Chenies Manor, a superb Tudor manor and venue for the first ever NADFAS lecture back in 1965. This is followed by Christmas at Kew, a fantastic seasonal light show set in the magnificent gardens. After our visit, we will check into our hotel the Holiday Inn Heathrow for dinner and overnight stay. On our way home the following day we will visit Polesden Lacey, a superb Edwardian retreat which will be dressed for Christmas followed by a delicious two course lunch.

Cost: £269 per person (based on 25 bookings) - deposit £100 pp  - £65 single supplement.- half board.

Please check availibility before booking. 

Download further information

Download a booking form - please return completed forms and deposits to Success Tours.

Bookings for this tour are now closed. A waiting list is available subject to room and flight availability. 

If you have booked to join this tour, final balances should be paid to Success Tours by 8th July please. 

What better way to end the summer than with a five day, four night tour of the beautiful west coast of Ireland?

Join us as we take in such wonders as Westport House and Gardens, Galway, Clare Island and a cruise up the Killary Fjord. 

Tickets cost £1099 per person and include flights from Gatwick, half-board accomodation and a packed itinerary.

Bookings close of end April - any other enquiries will be subject to flight availability. 

Further details can be downloaded here

Download a booking form here

This tour is fully booked. Please let us know if you would like to be added to the waiting list. 

This year the UK tour is based in the Lincoln at the Holiday Inn hotel at Brayford Waterfront which is in walking distance of the city centre.  We will have four nights Bed Breakfast and Evening meal.  We shall be visiting a variety of properties including Belton house, Grimsthorpe Castle as well as Isaac Newton’s birthplace.  Shall also be visiting at Southwell minster, Lincoln cathedral and the Battle of Britain memorial Flight centre, Just to name a few.

We will be travelling by coach, and the majority places we are visiting belong to the National Trust. It will be an opportunity to see the cultural and historic highlights of a less visited area of Eastern England.

Booking until 30th May, subject to room availability. 

Download further details here. 

Download a booking from here. 

SORRY THIS TOUR IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

We are planning a four night tour of Dorset in February 2024. 

We will have 4 nights half board accommodation in the Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth with travel via Executive coach throughout. 

Further details, confirmed dates and a flyer will be made available shortly. 

Proposed Itinerary

Day 1 – travel via Southampton – visit the city art gallery and have time in the cultural quarter Guildhall Square Cultural Quarter | Visit Southampton  

Day 2 – Dorchester – guided tour of the Dorset Museum with tea / coffee on arrival, time for lunch(not included) then on to Athelhampton House, with tea and cake in the afternoon

Day 3 – Russell-Cotes (opposite the hotel). Optional excursion to Christchurch for free time

Day 4 – Kingston Lacy (NT) & Wimborne Minster including a guided tour of the Minster

Day 5 – Return via Jane Austen’s House. https://janeaustens.house/  Lunch stop in the likes of Petersfield or similar.

Costs 

To secure your place a non-returnable deposit of £100 will be required. 

£559 per person based shared occupancy and on 25 paying members with a free of charge place for the 26th person

£60 single supplement (twin/double for sole use)

Gratuities of £10 per person

This tour will run between 17th and 23rd September and will follow a similar intinerary as the tour we had to cancel due to Covid. 

The tour will include Brescia, Bergamo with wine tasting, Mantova and a boat trip on Lake Iseo. 

We will be staying half-board at The Miramonti Hotel & Spa, Rota D'Imagna. 

Cost: £1449.00 per person. 

Click here to download further details.

Click here to download a booking form. 

A one night (4 - 5 December) getaway to see Longleat and explore the and Festival of Lights with a one night stay at the Doubletree by Hilton Bath City Hotel including 3-course menu and breakfast.  On Day 2 we visit we call in to Basildon Park (NT) on the way home plus lunch.

£265 per head (based on 25 full paying members travelling): Single Supplement £35.00.

NB: Balances are due by 26th September. Please make payment to Success Tours direct. 

Download further details here

Download a booking form here

Join us for an exciting 5 day tour of Yorkshire where we will take in some of the best historic and artistic sites the county has to offer including the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Hepworth Wakefield and Leeds City Art Gallery together with a guided walking tour of York. 

Based at the 3 star hotel in Harrogate the tour departs on 18th October.

Download a full itinerary and booking form here

The new dates for the tour are 15th to 19th May 2022.

Download a brochure here

Please click here to download a booking form

For all enquiries and availability please contact Jane Hopkin email: janehopkin60@gmail.com or call: 01273 649967

Did you know?
Members of The Arts Society receive a 15% discount for Staysure Travel Insurance? Please see The Arts Society Magazine for further details.

Details of the sleepover are as follows:

• One night/two day stay at 4* Winchester Royal Hotel 
• 3 Course evening meal with coffee
• Coaching throughout plus driver's tip
• Winchester Christmas market
• Blue badge guided tour on second day
• Ramsey Abbey plus 1-course lunch
• Test Valley and Salisbury Christmas market
• £189 per person (no single supplement) 
• £50 deposit
• Balance due by 8th October 2021
• Payment by card, cheque or BACS/Online 
• All bookings and payment direct with City & Village Tours 

For itinerary and brochure please click here.

For booking form please contact City & Village Tours direct Tel:  0208 692 1133 or email: info@cityandvillagetours.com

If you are unable to download the sleepover itinerary and brochure and would like a copy posted to you please contact Cynthia Fleetwood at cynthia_fleetwood@hotmail.com or call 07789 807116.

Success Tours have taken the difficult decision to cancel this tour due to the continuing Covid restrictions on travel - they will be writing to everyone who paid their final balances. We hope very much to run this tour when we will be able to travel without any restrictions. We apologise for any inconvenience or disappointment caused.

Did you know?

Members of The Arts Society receive a 15% discount for Staysure Travel Insurance? Please see The Arts Society Magazine for further details.

We are planning a five day/four night tour of Liverpool with Tailored Travel. Join us as we explore the cultural highlights of this fabulous and cosmopolitan city including the Walker Art Gallery, Tate Liverpool, the Albert Dock and much more. Please note amended tour dates at no extra cost: Leaving on Sunday, 4th July 2021 and returning on Thursday, 8th July 2021.

All enquiries to Nick Goldsmith - email: goldsmith.nicholas@yahoo.co.uk  Tel:  01273 726355

Click here to download a brochure.

Final outstanding payments are due by 9th May 2021.

Please note the dates of the tour have been amended (please see above) since the brochure was produced but all other details remain the same.

Did you know?
Members of The Arts Society receive a 15% discount for Staysure Travel Insurance? Please see The Arts Society Magazine for further details.

5 DAYS/4 NIGHTS:  3 - 7 OCTOBER 2019 

Half Board accommodation at The Cambridge Belfry 4 star hotel:
£625.00 pp (based on 25):  Single Supplement £95.00 pp:
Single & Twin/Double rooms are still avaialble.

Brief Itinerary:
Audley End House (English Heritage) for tour.
Imperial War Musuem.
Walking Tour of Cambridge/guided walking tour - King's College Library and Chapel and Pepys Library:
Visit to Fitzwilliam Museum
Private guided tour of Burghley House and guided walking tour of Stamford.
Wimpole Estate (NT) guided tour:
Ely Cathedral and stained glass museum plus Evensong:
Ickworth House, Park & Garden (NT) plus lunch in Lavenham on way home.

Full details and Booking Forms available now under 'Our Society' Tab in Documents:
OR Contact:  Jane Hopkin - Tel:  01273 649967  -  Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com

DISCOVER ISTRIA - CROATIA'S HISTORIC ISTRIAN COAST - 2019 OVERSEAS TOUR

Saturday 4th MAY to Saturday 11th MAY 2019 - Fully booked.

The heart-shaped peninsula of the Adriatic coast with medieval Villages and Churches, Frescoes and beautiful coastal scenery and Islands.

£999.00 per person (based on 25 bookings)  -  only a few places left so hurry!
Single Supplement £80.00 (good sized Single Rooms)

Four Star Hotel Agava situated in an elegant old villa in the centre of Opatija

To include:

Return UK airport transfers & Flights between London and Croatia

7 nights bed and breakfast accommodation

Executive coach for airport transfers & excursions including Pazin, Motovun, Pula, Porec and Rovinj plus boat trip around Red Islands

Jane Hopkin Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com or Tel:  01273 649967- 

BLENHEIM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
SUNDAY/MONDAY 9/10 DECEMBER  -  Now Fully Booked

***  FULLY BOOKED:

A chance to kick start the festive season with a trip to magical Bleheim Christmas Lights which light up each year with dancing flames, glowing lanterns and a glittering ancient woodland and treat yourself to a mulled wine or spiced cider along the way.

Entry into Blenheim Palace, a masterpiece of Baroque architecture, Blenheim has one of the most extensive art collections in Europe including famous Marlborough Tapestries.

We are staying overnight at the stylist Oxford Witney Hotel situated within close proximity to Oxford and Blenheim - this will include a Christmas themed three course diner and use of hotel facilities.

Visit on Monday to the Bodlein Library and Sheldonian Theatre before heading home.

Price:  £159 per person (based on two sharing a twin/double room and minimum of 40 people travelling)
           Single Supplement £38.00 per person (double/twin for sole occupancy)

** Outstanding balances due by 14th September - please pay direct to Success Tours Ltd

Waiting List Only - 
Contact Jane Hopkin Tel:  01273 649967 - email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com

4TH TO 10TH OCTOBER - 7 DAYS - 6 NIGHTS on a Bed & Breakfast basis
£959.00 per person (based on a minimum of 21 members travelling)
4 star Hotel Santana offers a great location in the resort of St Paul's Bay, just a couple of minutes' walk from the promenade, a sandy beach, public transport, shops and restaurants.  The hotel has en-suite rooms with wifi, air conditioning and a balcony (NB Rooms are equipped with a kettle but tea and coffee is not provided).  Facilities include a rooftop pool and sun terrces, an indoor pool, 2 restaurants and a licensed cafeteria.  All floors are accessible by lift.
A half board buffet evening meal option is avaibale at the hotel at an extra cost of £75 per person
Single Supplement of £114 per person for the duration of the tour (twin for sole occupancy)
Bookings closed.

3 DAYS/2 NIGHTS Friday 6th to Sunday 8th JULY 2018 Half Board £571.00 per person sharing twin/double Bedroom:  Single Supplement £65.00 pp (double room for single occupancy).

Brief Outline of Itinerary:
Staying at the 4 star Stormont Hotel adjacent to Stormont Castle and overlooking the beautiful grounds of the Stormont Estate, just 4 miles from Belfast city centre.
DAY 1:  Flight from London Gatwick to Belfast International Airport - flight times tbc
Subject to flight times we will go to Stormont to view the Great Hall.  Time for lunch (not included).
We then visit the Titatanic Experience, a must see when in Belfast, entrance and audio guide included.
Check in at hotel - dinner at the hotel (included).
DAY 2:  Visit Mount Stewart House & Gardens (National Trust) plus guided tour - an 18th century mansion with lavish interiors.  In the afternoon we go on to the Ulster Museum for a guided tour and time to explore individually.  Return to hotel for dinner (included).
DAY 3:  We travel along the Atrim coast to Giant's Causeway (National Trust) plus 1 hour guided tour (Shuttle Bus avaiable) - after time for lunch we then visit Hillsborough Castle, a working Royal Palace, official residence of the Royal Family in Northern Ireland and home to the Secretary of State - guided tour of State Rooms.  On our way to the Airport we have a meal at Ballyrobin Country Lodge close the the Airport (not included in price) - menu choices and prices to be confirmed nearer the time.

Brochure avaialble in 'Documents' tab under 'About Us' tab and Booking Form available at our monthly Lecture Meetings or contact Jane Hopkin Tel:  01273 649967 or email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com

SUNDAY 13TH TO THURSDAY 17TH MAY 2018

The countryside of Warwickshire is an area with a rich and varied culture, and once incorporated the city of Birmingham.  Our tour incorporates a variety of the area's historical and cultural highlights from its industrial heritage, with visits to Bournville, the Black Country Living Museum and the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, through to a selection of artistic and cultural visits such as Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Aston Hall and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.  We also visit Baddesley Clinton and enjoy time in Stratford-upon-Avon with a behind the scenes tour of the RSC* plus a performance of 'Romeo & Juliet' (extra cost £42 ea.).  On our way up we travel to Oxford for a visit to The Ashmolean Museum including a short guided tour.

Our Tour: 5 Days - 4 Nights - £619.00 per person 
(bases on two sharing a twin/double room and on a minimum of 25 members travelling)
Single supplement - £105 per person (double/twin for sole occupancy)    
Single Rooms are limited so please enquire before sending in booking form/deposit

Includes Executive touring coach for the duration
4 nights half board accommodation
Excursions as per itinerary
Gratuities for driver

Our Hotel:
Mercure Shakespeare Stratford-upon-Avon
A famous and historic 4* hotel located in a great central location.  Bedrooms are en-suite and equipped with TV, minibar and safety deposit box.  The hotel has a bar and restaurant.

*Behind the scenes tours of the RSC are subject to availability and dependent upon production set-up timings.  If the tour is not available on this date an alternative visit will be arranged.

For full Brochure details  go to 'Documents' tab under 'About Us' tab - booking form available at our Lecture Meetings or contact the Tours Secretary:
Jane Hopkin:  Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com
Tel:  01273 649967    Mobile:  07793434761
 

13th to 18th OCTOBER 2017 -

6 Days/5 nights - including a day in Venice -
Staying at the 4* The Belvedere Hotel dating back to the 15th Century located in Bassano del Grappa, close to the main squares and the famous wooden bridge, designed by Palladio.
All Bedrooms are en-suite (with bath or shower) and equipped with telephone, air conditioning, satellite TV, minibar, safe and hairdryer.  The Restaurant offers a buffet style dinner with different choices each day. 
£1119.00 per person based on two sharing a twin or double room.
Single Room Supplement £96.00 per person (double/twin for sole occupancy). 

Please contact Jane Hopkin for information of this tour:

Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com
Tel:  01273 649967   Mobile:  07793 434761

BRISTOL & GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Castles, Houses and Cathedrals of the region

*** Please note all outstanding monies are due by 3rd March

Our Tour - 5 Days - 4 Nights - 14th to 18th May

We have one twin/double rooms avaialble for this tour - please contact Jane Hopkin for further details.

£559.00 per person based on two sharing a twin/double room and on a minimum of 25 members travelling.
Single Supplement - £105.00 per person (limited availability)
Single Rooms full - Waiting List only

Our Hotel:  4* Cheltenham Chase Hotel located between Cheltenham & Gloucester - all rooms en suite, free WiFi, tea/coffee making facilities, TV, air-conditioning, safe and fridge.  The Hotel has a restaurant and lounge bar, indoor pool and spa.  There is a lift to all bedrooms.

Included:

Executive touring coach for the duration
4 nights half board accommodation
Porterage
Visit to Nuffield Place (NT) en-route
Guided tour of Berkeley Castle
Guided tour of Owlpen Manor
Guided tour of Gloucester Cathedral 
Visit to Dyrham Park & Tyntesfield (NT)
Tour of Bristol with River Avon boat trip and/or Tour of SS Great Britain or Tour of Goldney Gardens & Grotto
Guided tour of Wilton House on the way home to include Lunch

Booking Forms and Full information at our October and November Lecture Meeting - single  rooms are limited and allocated on a 'first come first served' basis.
Contact Jane Hopkin (email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com) for full details Brochure and  Booking Form.
Tel:  01273 649967

 

5 Days - 4 Nights   11-15 September 2016
£545.00 per person based on two sharing in a twin/double room with a minimum of 25 members travelling (should less that 25 members book the tour, the cost will increase to £589.00 pp)
Single supplement - £105 per person 

Full Itinerary and Final travel details to be sent out by Success Tours Ltd three weeks prior to departure.

An area of beautiful countryside and a wealth of history, reflected in the many attractions the area has to offer.  Stately homes and ancestral seats are part of the local heritage and several of the area's great architectural treasures are included in our tour.

4 night accommodation at the 3 star Best Western Rockingham Forest Hotel located very near Rockingham Castle - three dinners at the hotel plus one candlelight supper at Rockingham Castle.

Executive touring coach for the duration of the tour visiting Knebworth House on the way up and Woburn Abbey on the way back with many places of interst inbetween - download the full Itinerary and Booking Form by going to 'About Us' on the Home page and clicking on 'Documents' tab on left hand side.

For further information please contact Tours Secretary:

Mrs Jane Hopkin, 3 Champions Row, Wilbury Avenue, Hove, BN3 6AZ
Tel:  01273 649967  Mobile:  07793 434761
 Email: janehopkin60@gmail.com

Discover the majesty and splendour of the city they call Caput Mundi - 
the capital of the world.
5 Days from £799 per person based on two sharing a twin/double room
Monday 14 to Friday 18 March 2016
Single Supplement £100
4 Nights bed & buffet breakfast at the 4 star Royal Santina Hotel
which occupies a prime location in the city centre.
Included:
Return airport transfers from Hove to London Gatwick
Return flights from Gatwick to Rom
Return airport transfers in Rom
Tour Manager
4 nights bed & buffet breakfast accommodation
Dinner on the first night at the hotel (set menu)
Guided tour highlights tour
Entrance & Tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel & St Peter's Basilica
Tour of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Visit to Santa Maria del Polpolo
Entrance to Villa D'Este & Villa Adrianna
Entrance to Galleria Borghese
Gratuities for Tour Manager & Coach Driver
To Secure a place on this trip please download the Booking Form below, fill in and return to Jane Hopkin together with deposit of £150 made payable to 'Success Tours'.
Download full Brochure details here 
Download Booking Form here

****Final balances due 4th January 2016****

For further details and information please contact:
Jane Hopkin, 3 Champions Row, Wilbury Avenue, Hove, BN3 6AZ
Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com
Tel No:  01273 649967

Please note final payment is due by 16th July 2015

FINE ARTS & HOUSES OF EDINBURGH TOUR
5 DAYS FROM £695 per person
20-24 September 2014
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT £160  
4 NIGHTS AT 3* IBIS EDINBURGH CENTRE SOUTH BRIDGE HOTEL 

For Brochure click here

For Booking Form click here

Or contact the Tours Secretary:
Jane Hopkin  
Tel:  01273 649967
Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com



 

LISBON ART & CULTURAL TOUR 
Monday 29th June to Friday 3rd July 2015
5 DAYS FROM £624 per person
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT £119
4 NIGHTS AT 4* FENIX URBAN HOTEL IN LISBON
(www.hfhotels.com)
All excursons and guided tours included
Welcome dinner included
Return UK Airport coach transfers
Direct flights from Gatwick to Lisbon (Easyjet)
Outbound:  Mon 29th June - Gatwick (North Terminal) 09.55 hrs - Arrive Lisbon (Terminal 1) 12.35 hours
Inbound:  Fri 3rd July - Lisbon (Terminal 2) 20.20 hrs - Arrive Gatwick (North Terminal) 23.00 hrs.

Professional local guide in Lisbon
Executive coach in Portugal

For brochure and booking form click here

or contact the Tours Secretary:
Jane Hopkin
Tel:  01273 649967
Email:  janehopkin60@gmail.com