Cambridge Cultural Icons & Cream Tea

Thursday 13th June 2024

On arrival in Cambridge, we meet our Blue Badge Guide at one of the UK’s newest architectural treasures - the Cambridge Eco Mosque. There will be time for morning refreshments at the Mosque (included) before being taken on a guided tour. Worshippers and visitors (all are welcome, men and women of all faiths) enter via the Islamic garden before passing through a covered portico and then an atrium, preparing them gradually for the contemplation of the prayer hall, facing Mecca. This combination of gardens with whispering fountains and vaulted prayer spaces has been used to great effect throughout Islamic history – for instance, at the Alhambra in Granada.

On leaving the Mosque we head to the heart of Cambridge to break for time to buy lunch (not included) which will include the free time option to visit the "greatest little museum in the world". The Fitzwilliam Museum is a glittering jewel in the crown of the University of Cambridge. Designed by the architect George Basevi it is widely considered to be one of the finest museum interiors in Britain.

We round off our entertaining day out with one last visit to a Cambridge Icon - the Orchard Tea Gardens in Grantchester for a cream tea. For over 700 years, students such as Newton, Darwin, Cromwell, Milton, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Marlow and Spenser have walked, ridden or boated from Cambridge to Grantchester Village. You also may have the ITV detective drama named after this village.

Price Includes:

• Executive Coach Travel
• Morning refreshments
• Tour of the mosque
• Cream Tea
• Blue Badge Guide

Adult: £64 ~ Senior £63 ~ Child: £60

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Pick Up Route: S7M

[P] Free Parking Available

Time	Joining Point
08:00	Eastons Depot [P]
08:10	Hellesdon, The Firs Tesco Bus Stop
08:30	Castle Meadow, The Mall Entrance
08:40	Thickthorn Park & Ride [P]
09:10	Attleborough - HSBC Bus Stop, Queens Square
09:30	Thetford - London Rd, Rear of Chase PH