Cotswolds Private Day Tour from Southampton

The tour was magical and only made better by our wonderful guide, Ian. He was knowledgeable, very friendly and made this tour of eight people, a wonderful experience and memory.

Sonya, our driver and tour guide was marvelous. She made sure our experience exceeded all our expectations. Sonya is friendly and accommodating. I would highly recommend this tour and especially our tour guide. Thank you again for a wonderful experience.

We had a great day! Saw Several small towns and Sonya was great mix of information about the towns and not overwhelming us.

Vince was excellent! He was prompt, helpful, knowledgeable, and very nice. We enjoyed every moment of this tour. Vince brought us to a very unusual stop and it was very private and special. You can’t get this with large tour groups. We highly recommend this tour!

Vinnie was knowledgeable, pleasant, and worked hard to make our day, our day. On a scale of 1 to 10, we would rate Vinnie a 12 !

Great experience. The Cotswald’s are charming little villages. Sonya was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. She dropped us off and picked us up at different points which was nice for my wife who has some mobility issues. Very glad we went.

Great sample of four villages in Cotswolds. Lovely scenery and beautiful villages. Good shopping too

We had a lovely full day tour out of Southampton, taking in 5 beautiful Cotswald villages, commencing with Bibury and ending with Burford. Our tour guide and driver, Ian, was very knowledgeable providing details of the history of these villages and sites of significance. The tours and visits were well organized and nicely paced. It was a lovely day trip!

Our guide Ian showed us around the Cotswolds in a clean, comfortable vehicle and provided wonderful commentary about the area and its history and culture. He was very receptive to our questions and was the consummate guide. We visited Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, Lower Slaughter, Stow-on-the-Wold, and Burford and had ample time to wander about in each location. Because we mentioned that we are fans of Downton Abbey, he kindly substituted Bampton as our final stop that day. The itinerary was perfect as each lovely village was different from the one before so the entire day was interesting and memorable. I cannot recommend Ian and Southampton Tours highly enough.

Our tour was originally scheduled for Saturday but we were notified on Thursday that the original driver was became unavailable so we were asked if rescheduling for Sunday would be OK. That was a bit disappointing because the weather Saturday was forecast much better than Sunday, but we agreed. Sunday, indeed, was rainy and that was a but disappointing. But enough about the weather. Our driver was prompt, safe, very friendly, very knowledgeable, and provided a great tour complete with history, and local stories ranging from English history to Russian spies to Nazi scandals all giving us a connection to this beautiful part of the world. He told us what a "Marmite thing" is and I have discovered that I am pro-Marmite. Due to the rescheduling, the tour company treated us to a great Sunday Dinner at a beautiful Inn. These are all great memories contributing to why we travel.