England Tours in August 2026

As Dr Suess would say "Oh, the people you meet and the places you go" We enjoyed the whole experience of our Back Roads tour of Highights of Britain. Our guide Darren was extremely knowledgeable with the history and local knowledge. We loved the way we could go off wandering but he would always know where to find us. We would highly recommend this tour.

The perfect trip to see the major sights and attractions of Europe efficiently. Our Trip leader showed us how everything works in a new country and had the best recommendations. Highly recommend this trip!

This was the 5th Back Roads tour that I did back to back and being a short tour it was the perfect way to end my time in the UK. Terry Gibson is an excellent guide. He is very knowledgeable and took on board any requests from the guests in the group. He happily tweaked the itinerary when everyone expressed an interest in something other than what was detailed in the itinerary. He was happy to help guests if they needed it as was Phil the driver. They worked well together as a team to help make lovely memories for our group. Thank you Back Roads :-).

Carolyn was an excellent and informative guide. She was extremely helpful and efficiently followed up on any queries we had. The places we visited were, what can I say, terrific. I absolutely loved the Channel Islands. French highlights were Dinan and Mont St Michel. I have many great memories. Unfortunately there quite a few unwell people which resulted in me contracting pneumonia in Paris.. People were coughing (with one couching over me). Poor Angela and Carolyn had to ferry people to get medical attention at St Malo. I definitely felt those who were affected should have been aware of infection control and wore masks. Luckily I’m now pretty much restored to better health and have put this distressing situation behind me.

The whole trip was amazing - everything was organised down to the minuite which was a nice relief to take the pressure off planning and organising for a few weeks. The included activities were amazing, and the optional extras were well worth the money. (please note lots require you to pay in cash so bring lots of that with you.) it’s a great taste for so many different countries across Europe and gives you ideas of where you might want to go back to explore more in the future. My trip leader Dylan was fun, understanding, knowledgeable and caring. He was able to further explain information when requested, and passed on his personal experiences when he had them of his own.

We had an excellent tour led by Terry who was very responsive in adjusting the tour when he could to make us happy. Lots of little villages in the Cotswolds made us very happy.