


Druids to Saints - Wales & its Gods
From £2,810
Summary
A voyage through five thousand years of Welsh religious beliefs.
This stunning trip takes us through 5,000 years of religious thought in what is now Wales. We will engage with murky pre-Christian beliefs in Neolithic burial chambers and a lofty stone circle, and explore the druidic centre of Anglesey, the attack upon which in 61 AD is so vividly described by Tacitus. During our tour we will encounter Roman religions and beliefs and engaging with the ground-shaking conversion to Christianity and be exploring the evolution of ‘Celtic’ Christianity through to the Catholicism of the independent kings and princes of Wales. We will touch the Early Medieval stones they commissioned with their names upon them and gaze upon the beauty of early carved ‘Celtic’ crosses. Our visits include medieval pilgrimage sites, cathedrals and abbeys and exploring the development of Anglicanism and the beginnings of the powerful and influential Welsh non-conformity. This will take us through museums, cromlech, Roman towns, Gothic wells, secluded Cistercian abbeys, imposing cathedrals and a castle. We finish with a day at St. Fagans (the Welsh Folk Museum) the largest open-air folk museum in Europe, where we can visit chapels and churches which have been relocated, revisiting the thousands of years we have explored.
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£2,810
Deposit: £500 Single supplement: £595
Back-to-back tours
Add-on tours are available for this booking.
Before this tour:
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Mabinogion: Magic Medieval Welsh Myths :
14-18 June 2022
Booking by phone only.
Call us on 01722 713800
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Whether you want to add extra nights on either side of your tour, you want to upgrade your flight or hotel room, or you are hoping to enjoy a door-to-door airport transfer, we can help.
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Meet your Experts
Guto Rhys
Andante Guide Lecturer
A specialist in 'The Pictish Language', Guto is the author of the Ulpan Gaelic language course and works with historical linguistics.

Tour dates & prices
Included in your cost:
- 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 | Offer | Availability |
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20 June 2022 | AWDS220620 | 20 June 2022 (Monday) | 27 June 2022 (Monday) | Guto Rhys | £2,810 (ex. flights) |
£500 | £595 | Call for availability | |
19 June 2023 | AWDS230619 | 19 June 2023 (Monday) | 26 June 2023 (Monday) | Guto Rhys | £2,865 (ex. flights) |
£750 | £595 |
£2,540 save £325 |
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