• Great Stones Trail: Avebury & Stonehenge

• 1 April - 31 October

• 6 nights: From £665 per person based on 2 sharing
• Loyalty scheme reduction applies for returning customers (see terms and conditions)

• 6 nights, 5 days independent walking between guest houses.

• Avebury Henge: the world’s largest megalithic stone circle
• Avebury: Silbury Hill & West Kennett Long Barrow
• Iron Age hill forts of Barbury Castle & Old Sarum
• Stonehenge, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world
• Medieval city of Salisbury with its famous cathedral
• Wiltshire’s beautiful rolling chalk downland & valleys

• "Frankly, it was faultless. The walking guide was very well done, thank you. (We enjoyed) the landscapes and the warmth of the welcome." H. Quesne, France

• 6 nights B&B in a variety of small quality guest houses with ensuite accommodation. Mixture of inns or pubs, bed & breakfasts and small hotels. They are located in delightful historic properties. 3 packed lunches are provided by your guest houses, where places to eat or buy provisions is limited. Evening meals are taken in your guest house or in local pubs and restaurants where you'll have a choice of local cuisine.

1. 6 night's accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis
2. 3 lunches
3. Transport of luggage between guest houses
4. Detailed walking maps and notes including information about the place through which you'll be walking

1. Transport to Swindon and from Salisbury
2. Short transfer to first guest house (taxi or bus)
3. 2 lunches, all evening meals and drinks
4. Entrance fees
5. Travel insurance

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Walking Profile

A moderate walking holiday with each day's walk averaging 20km and maximum daily ascent being 300m. The walk follows many different types of paths, tracks and small country lanes. Occasionaly the walking trail is steeper when ascending or descending the chalk escarpments, but in general the walking is gentle in nature.

Day 1: Arrival

Arrive in Swindon and transfer to your hotel in Chiseldon in Wiltshire.

Day 2: Chiseldon - Avebury

Your first day's walk takes you through Coate Water Country Park through Chiseldon following an old railway line before heading up over Burderop Down to Barbury Castle. You then head south visiting the Hackpen Hill White Horse via the Ridgeway and then the Wessex Ridgeway to arrive at the monumental stone circle of Avebury. 18km, +250m

Day 3: Avebury - Bottlesford

The second day's walk takes in the associated prehistoric sites of the West Kennet Avenue, Silbury Hill and the West Kennett Long Barrow with an option to visit The Sanctuary before climbing the chalk downs to walk a part of the Wansdyke. You then follow a section of the White Horse Trail passed the Alton Barnes White Horse before descending to a stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal to your accommodation for the evening in a country pub. 18km, +250m

Day 4: Bottlesford - Amesbury

Today's walk takes you from the Vale of Pewsey to Salisbury Plain on the edge of the military training area. You then traverse down to the River Avon which you follow via a multitude of villages southwards to the town of Amesbury, in the midst of the Stonehenge landscape. 24km, +200m.

Day 5: Amesbury - Great Wishford via Stonehenge

Today you'll have the chance to visit a collection of prehistoric sites which are unrivalled in the UK. Visit the world famous Stonehenge with its enigmatic stones, as well as other sites such as Woodhenge close by and a plethora of other mounds and earthworks. After walking across open downland you'll pass through the pretty village of Stapleford with its thatch cottages to reach the Wylye Valley. 17-21km, +300m

Day 6: Great Wishford - Salisbury via Old Sarum

Your route takes from the Wylye Valley into the delightful Woodford Valley where you are back beside the River Avon, here there’s an option to explore further. You then traverse south to the Iron Age Hill fort of Old Sarum before returning to the River Avon to head into the medieval city of Salisbury. 19km, +250m

Day 7: Departure

Departure after breakfast. Or additional night in Salisbury for extra time to explore the City of Salisbury