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The Remembering Tree 2019
It’s Chriiiiiiiiiistmas! Stratford-upon-Avon looks and feels so Christmassy at the moment! The beautiful Christmas lights were switched on in mid-November, and then last weekend saw thousands of visitors flock to the third annual Victorian Christmas Market for some 19th Century-style…
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FAQs: Can you pick me up in Chipping Campden?
Yes! We offer several pick-up/drop-off locations for our Cotswolds Day Tours, and one of these – on request – is the small Cotswolds town of Chipping Campden! Chipping Campden: a historic Cotswolds ‘wool town’ Chipping Campden (pronounced: Chipping Cam-den –…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, campden, chipping camden, chipping campden, Cotswolds, cotswolds AONB, Cotswolds day tour, cotswolds stone, gloucestershire, Go Cotswolds, historic, market town, wool town
Go Cotswolds is a finalist in the West Midlands Tourism Awards!
Still on a high after our recent success as being crowned “Best Tour Company” in the 2019 Cotswolds Awards, this week we were thrilled to learn that we have been shortlisted for a 2020 West Midlands Tourism Award! What are…
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We’re STILL the Best Tour Company in the Cotswolds!
The results are in, the votes have been counted and verified, and the winner of the 2019 Cotswolds Award for Best Tour Company in the Cotswolds is…. Go Cotswolds! Wow, that’s 5 years in a row now… We’re absolutely delighted,…
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Cotswolds Awards 2019: Voting closes TOMORROW!
In case you didn’t see our post from a couple of weeks ago, Go Cotswolds has been nominated for no less than THREE honours in the 2019 edition of The Cotswolds Awards – but we need your votes to win!…
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The Go Cotswolds minibus is no longer naked!
Back in April, we excitedly shared the news about our new minibus, which we nicknamed ‘Roxy’, with her fancy reclining seats, air conditioning and huge luggage space. Roxy has been in regular service on our Cotswolds Day Tours for a…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Cotswolds day tour, Cotswolds tours, EVM, Ford Transit, Go Cotswolds, Kenilworth, livery, Mercedes Sprinter, Minibus, minibus livery, minibus tours, Roxy, signwriter, signwriting, Stoneleigh park, The Cotswolds, tours of the cotswolds, vehicle livery, vehicle wrap
Vote for Go Cotswolds in the 2019 Cotswolds Awards! (Please!)
We are thrilled to announce that Go Cotswolds has been nominated in three categories of this year’s Cotswolds Awards! But we need your help! Were you so impressed by your Go Cotswolds tour that you think we might be Best…
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Go Cotswolds goes to the Alcester Food Festival Autumn 2019
Tom and I live in the small Warwickshire town of Alcester (pronounced by locals as ‘All-ster’); a pretty, historic market town just a 10 minute drive from Stratford-upon-Avon. If you’re visiting Shakespeare’s England, it’s well worth a diversion to visit…
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FAQs: Where will you pick me up in Moreton-in-Marsh?
As one of the few Cotswolds towns with a train station, Moreton-in-Marsh makes an ideal base for a short break or even a day trip in the Cotswolds! In this post, Lisa explains that you can join one of our…
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