Go WightAway this festive season for a stunning Christmas break in Bristol & the Cotswolds!!

Mercure Bristol North The Grange Hotel is an elegant 4-star hotel set amongst 18 acres of landscaped gardens, offering the best of both worlds, being a countryside retreat yet close to Bristol city centre and on the doorstep of the Cotswolds.

Our Christmas Break allows you to relax in 4-star comfort with more food than you can shake a stick at, looked after by your Driver and Courier throughout. With trips out, time to relax and after being waited on hand and foot, this will be a Christmas to be remembered.

On Christmas Eve we take you on a scenic tour of the Cotswolds with plenty of time to explore and visit all the iconic villages that the winter makes even more magical, from the comfort of your coach. We visit Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water to name but a few. Your driver will plan a route that gives you the best of the Cotswolds.

The hotel will lay on the finest of Festive Fare, with a traditional Cream Tea on Christmas Eve, a sumptuous Christmas Day Lunch with all the trimmings, a 3 course Boxing Day Lunch and evening Grand Buffet. There is entertainment, quizzes and festive treats throughout.

On Boxing Day morning, we travel 20 minutes in to the centre of Bristol, where you can hit the sales at Cabot Circus, or join us for a visit of Brunel’s SS Great Britain, festively decorated for the season. This is highly recommended and only an extra £11.

The journeys to and from the hotel are well thought out with a stop in Marlborough on the way there and time in Salisbury on the return – great lunch stops not on the motorway.

Add a taxi pick-up and return from home for just £20 per person from anywhere on the Island, to make your Christmas that little bit more special.

We hope you will join us this Festive Season!

Your Christmas Includes:

  • Return coach travel with allocated seat
  • Local Pick-Ups

     Add Door to Door Taxi Service for £20 per person.

  • Return Wightlink Ferry
  • 4 nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
  • Christmas Day Lunch
  • Boxing Day Lunch
  • Christmas Eve Cream Tea
  • Scenic Christmas Eve Cotswolds Tour
  • Boxing Day Morning Tour to Bristol
  • SS Great Britain with Private Guided Tour Add to your booking for £13.50 – well recommended
  • Services of your dedicated driver and courier with Festive Treats onboard
  • 24 hour Emergency Assistance
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ITINERARY

DAY 1

After local pick-ups on the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, we travel to the West Country, stopping at Marlborough with time for lunch before continuing to your hotel in Winterbourne, set in acres of parkland just north of Bristol. There will be mince pies and festive treats on the coach; you will be well looked after by your Driver Mike and Courier Jackie. You might even find Father Christmas has visited our coach early, if you have been good!

After your first sumptuous Festive Dinner, IOW Tours has laid on exclusive entertainment from one of our own very special entertainers, for an evening of music and comedy with an old fashioned Sing-Along. Union Jacks at the ready!

DAY 2

Have a hearty breakfast before a full day tour of the Cotswolds; Stow-on-the-Wold, Morton-in-the-Marsh and Bourton-on-the-Water, to name but a few of the archetypal villages you will visit as you soak in the Winter scenery. Return to the hotel in time for a traditional cream tea served in the conservatory.

In the evening, join the hotel for a drinks reception followed by a special festive three-course dinner, with music from the resident pianist. Celebrate midnight mass at the local church, with mulled wine and mince pies on your return.

DAY 3

Merry Christmas! Enjoy a hearty traditional breakfast before opening your presents!

A magnificent four-course festive lunch will be served in the Park & Acorn Suites where you can enjoy all the traditional trimmings plus a visit from Father Christmas himself! Relax and unwind in the afternoon but don’t forget to join us for the Queen’s speech and a slice of home-made Christmas cake. Enjoy a three-course buffet dinner in the evening before taking part in the infamous hotel quiz – with a bottle of Champagne for the winning team.

DAY 4

A leisurely start to the day with breakfast before a morning in Bristol. You can either hit the Boxing Day Sales at Cabot Circus or visit the SS Great Britain – Brunel’s great iron ship for a Private Guided Tour. Entrance is not included – add to your Christmas break at point of booking for £13.50pp we thoroughly recommended it at IOW Tours (min nos. apply). We return to enjoy a delicious Boxing Day lunch, with table games to entertain. Spend an afternoon walking the grounds or enjoying the hotel’s leisure facilities. We then invite you to an early evening buffet to finish your Festive Break.

DAY 5

Set yourself up with a hearty breakfast before the journey home, with a stop for lunch in Salisbury.

 

CALL BRENDA OR ANY OF THE TEAM ON 01983 405116