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Falco’s Britannia with Lindsey Davis
From £2,885
Summary
Exploring Roman Britain with Lindsey Davis
This tour offers you the chance to visit some of the most important sites in Roman Britain alongside both an award-winning novelist and a well-known archaeologist. Our expert, Guide Lecturer, Denise Allen, will provide you with cutting-edge commentary on the sites, while author Lindsey Davis will give insights into how she conceived her popular Falco and Albiaseries, both with main characters who have had formative experiences in Britannia.
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Meet your Experts
Dr Denise Allen
Andante Guide Lecturer
Dr Denise Allen began her archaeological career in the 1970s as an excavator on many British sites. She studied Archaeology at Cardiff University, with a PhD on Roman Glass.
Lindsey Davis
Celebrity Guest Lecturer
Lindsey Davis is a novelist known for her Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco and her ongoing series about his daughter, Flavia Albia. She has also written standalone books, some set in English Civil War, and novellas. Her work has been dramatized for radio and is being developed for TV.
Your itinerary
Day 1 - London
| Hotel | Grange Beauchamp Hotel |
|---|---|
| Meals included | Lunch, Dinner |
Day 2 - Welwyn - St. Albans
In the morning, we visit the Roman baths at Welwyn preserved just north of modern-day Welwyn Garden City. We proceed to the ancient city of Verulamium, where we visit the only theatre visible above ground in Britain. Our final visit of the day takes us to Verulamium Museum, which contains beautiful colourful mosaics, a hoard of gold coins and many everyday objects excavated from the Roman town.
| Hotel | Grange Beauchamp Hotel |
|---|---|
| Meals included | All meals included |
Day 3 - Butser - Fishbourne
We travel to Butser Ancient Farm, to explore a reconstructed Romano-British housing, before proceeding to Chichester, where we see vestiges of what had been the heartland of King Togidubnus. We end the day at Fishbourne, the backdrop of a Falco novel, and believed by many to be Togidubnus’ palace, the opulence of which is evidence by its extraordinary mosaics.
| Hotel | Royal Maritime Club Hotel, Portsmouth |
|---|---|
| Meals included | All meals included |
Day 4 - Isle of Wight
We cross the water to the Isle of Wight where we visit Brading Villa, which has an extraordinary array of figurative mosaics, including the intriguing depiction of a man with a cockerel head. We continue to Newport Villa, with a well-preserved bath complex and frescoed walls.
| Hotel | Royal Maritime Club Hotel, Portsmouth |
|---|---|
| Meals included | All meals included |
Day 5 - Portchester - Old Sarum
This morning we venture to Portchester Castle, built inside the best-preserved curtain wall of any Roman fort in Northern Europe. It was built in the late 3rd century as the most westerly of the Saxon Shore Forts, protecting cross channel trade and defending against piratical raids. We continue to Old Sarum to consider the transition from Iron Age hill fort to important hub on the Roman road system to Saxon cathedral.
| Hotel | Abbey Hotel, Bath |
|---|---|
| Meals included | All meals included |
Day 6 - Bath - London
The bathing complex in Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is intriguing for conflating a bathing complex with a sacred spring to the goddess Sulis. Our final visit is closely linked to the first Falco novel, namely the mines at Charterhouse, whose extraction of silver and lead was important for the payment of Roman soldiers.
| Meals included | Breakfast, Lunch |
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Tour dates & prices
Included in your cost:
- Celebrity Guest
- Expert Guide Lecturer
- Professional Tour Manager
- Local travel aboard a private air-conditioned coach
- Accommodation
- Meals as per the itinerary, wine and tea or coffee with dinner
- Entries to all sites as per the itinerary
- Field notes
- All taxes & gratuities
| Tour Departure | Tour ID | Departure date | Return Date | Guided by | Price | Deposit | Single supplement | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2022 | AFBR220815 | 15 August 2022 (Monday) | 20 August 2022 (Saturday) | Dr Denise Allen Lindsey Davis | £2,885 (ex. flights) |
£500 | £480 | Book your trip |
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