Visite privée des Sœurs Bronte du Lake District à Haworth
Description
Le seul circuit Brontë qui part du Lake District. Nous venons vous chercher à Windermere, Bowness ou Ambleside et vous emmenons dans un voyage à travers trois comtés — Cumbria, Lancashire et North Yorkshire — jusqu'à Haworth : le village du West Yorkshire où Charlotte, Emily et Anne Brontë ont vécu, écrit et sont enterrées. En chemin, vous vous arrêterez à Cowan Bridge, où les jeunes sœurs Brontë ont fréquenté l'école qui est devenue Lowood à Jane Eyre, et Wycoller Hall dans le Lancashire - la ruine romantique qui a inspiré Ferndean Manor. À Haworth même, Gillian mène une promenade guidée à travers le village, l'église et le cimetière avant de passer du temps au musée du presbytère de Brontë. Et entre les arrêts, la traversée des landes du West Yorkshire donne vie au monde de Wuthering Heights d'une manière qu'aucun livre ne peut faire. Visite privée. Maximum 6 personnes. Entrée du musée du presbytère de Brontë incluse.
Options de l'excursion
Points forts
Ce qui est inclus
Lieux et horaires de prise en charge
Nous venons nous chercher dans la plupart des hôtels de la région des lacs du sud.
Avis des voyageurs
Informations importantes
- Animaux d'assistance acceptés
- Transports en commun disponibles à proximité
- Convient à toutes les conditions physiques
- Les enfants doivent être accompagnés par un adulte
- Tous les passagers, y compris les enfants de tout âge, doivent se procurer un siège pour eux.
Avis(14)
Fabulous day. Not to be missed
Anne and Lesley, thank you — short and perfectly put! We hope to see you both again soon.
Gillian (guide) and Sandra (driver) made a good team. Gillian was very knowledgable and passionate about all things Bronte and Sandra expertly navigated the twists and turns of the narrow lanes. The tour was well structured, hitting the key sites and buildings that inspired the Brontes' stories and affected their lives. Gillian helped to transport us back into the 1840's with the Bronte family, though sometimes insisting on deferring our questions to later in the tour. Be advised that there is a lot of driving to and from the sites and a fair amount of standing during the narratives. Also, perhaps it would have been better to let us find our own lunch and explore in Howarth instead of specifying the lunch restaurant where all six of us were seated together and rigidly structuring our time there. As welcome and informative as Gillian's narrative was, much was redundant with the tour materials and what was presented and readily available at the various locations. This limited our free time to enjoy a very interesting Howarth. Overall we do recommend this tour.
Really glad Gillian and Sandra made such a good team and that the sites and stories brought the 1840s to life so vividly. Thank you also for the detailed feedback — particularly around the time in Haworth and the lunch arrangements. We want guests to have proper space to explore the village independently, and your comments are a valuable prompt to look again at how we structure that part of the day. Haworth is a very busy village and we know that you would have preferred to bring your own packed lunch, but years of experience have tought us that reserving tables for lunch is the best, stress-free option to make the most of the time that we have available. There is nowhere really to sit to eat a packed lunch which would guarantee that you would be dry should it have rained (it does rain a lot I'm afraid!). We always give our guests time to explore the village independently after all of the important Brontë locations there have been covered and, on this particular tour everyone was back at the bus just before the specified time so we assume that the timings were good for the rest of the group. Travelling from Windermere or Oxenholme in the Lake District is about the same length of time as it would be from York. However, departing from the Lake District has the advantage of enabling us to keep all of our stops completely relevant to the Brontë theme of the tour, from York, this does not happen. The journey out there, as you found, is about an hour and thirty minutes with three substantial stops out and one stop during the return. Given that we pass through three counties, Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire, that is not too bad we hope, especially as the scenery throughout is stunning. Yes, there are occasions of very short walks and standing during the tour but this is usually no more than twenty or thirty minutes at a time with stops and opportunities to sit down along the way. We apologise if you found this too much for you. We are grateful you took the time to share this, and we hope a future visit gives you more room to enjoy Haworth at your own pace.
Our Bronte sister tour from Windermere was exceptional. Our guide and driver had an abundance of knowledge and stories about the Brontes that gave an immersion into their lives and the time in history in which they lived and how it influenced their writing. Even if you are not a Bronte fan, the history of the area and the circumstances of their lives was insightful, educational and brought to life by our tour guides. I especially enjoyed seeing the surrounding landscape and the moors.
Becky, your title says it all — and you are absolutely right. You do not need to love the books to have a remarkable day. The circumstances of their lives, the landscape that shaped them, the moors above Haworth — it is all genuinely extraordinary on its own terms. We are so glad it came alive for you. Thank you for recommending it so warmly.
I loved this trip to the home of The Brontes in Haworth. Gillian our guide, provided a rich and engaging narrative that brought the Bronte's individual characters to life. I got to know the world they inhabited and it gave me a greater understanding of them and their lives and achievements. Tim our driver was expert in navigating the narrow country lanes with expertise and good humour. It was an enjoyable and rich experience from both Gillian and Tim. Thank you so much. Angela Austin.
Angela, thank you for this — and for signing it. Getting to know the world the Brontës inhabited, not just the books they wrote, is what the tour does best. Gillian loves those individual characters deeply and it clearly shows. Tim navigating the lanes with expertise and good humour is a very accurate description. Really glad it was such a rich experience. Hope to see you again.
We had a great time with our guide Gillian and driver Sandra. We learned so much while seeing incredible views of the moors and eating in an adorable converted post office
Sara, incredible views of the moors, a converted post office for lunch, and Gillian and Sandra for company — that is a very good day out. Really glad you and your friends had such a great time. Hope to see you all again.
Such an amazing day! I had been hoping to make the journey to the Bronte Parsonage, and when I saw this option, I was excited. It was a whole day of beautiful views, lovely history and great conversation. Gillian and Tim were fantastic guides, knowledgeable and flexible. They answered questions - about the Brontes and every other random things we asked - and made the experience perfect.
Really glad the Parsonage lived up to the hope and that Gillian and Tim made the whole day feel flexible and full. The random questions getting answered as thoroughly as the Brontë ones — that is exactly the kind of day we love to give people. Thank you for this.
We planed our trip from Alaska around this tour!!! It was totally worth it! Our tour guides (Gillian & Sandra) were historians with very knowledgable, detailed, and engaging commentary on the life and works of the Brontë family. I had been fascinated by the lives and deaths of this family and the tour brought it to life! Seeing the landscapes where they lived and walked was the best way to really get a feel for their reality and inspiration for their literary works. It was incredible to tour the parsonage where they lived and also died. The clock in their home which they heard when they were alive, is still ticking today. Sandra navigated the roads expertly! Loved the narrow backroads! Gillian told great stories of the Brontë sisters and painted a vivid picture for us. Both guides were a pleasure to spend the day with! Highly recommend this tour!
Amanda, planning a trip from Alaska around this tour — and then saying it was the best day — is one of the most wonderful things we have ever read. The clock still ticking is one of our favourite details at the Parsonage and we are so glad it landed that way for you. Gillian painting a vivid picture and Sandra navigating every lane — a perfect combination. Thank you so much for this.
Superb adventure with terrific and very knowledgeable guides. Very insightful explanation of the Bronte family and the era they lived in. With stunning scenic drive.
Really glad the era came alive alongside the family — understanding the world they were living in is what makes the novels feel so different afterwards. Superb adventure with stunning scenery is a very fine summary. Thank you.
Most excellent tour with the two friendliest and most knowledgeable tour guides. More than just knowledgeable they were experts, academic level insights into the Lake District and the Brontë family, but never stuffy or boring. Can’t recommend highly enough. A fine mix of local lore, literary background, and topography.
John, academic level insights that are never stuffy or boring — that is exactly what we aim for. Local lore, literary background and topography all in one day is a very good description of what makes the private Brontë tour so special. Thank you for recommending us so warmly.
Gillian was a wonderful guide and we were given heaps of information about various stops on our tour, and Sandra was a great driver as well. We had a wonderful day and heaps of memories gained. Well done ladies!
