International Friends: weekend trips by coach from London or Cambridge

The following is a list of 2-day weekend tours by minicoach which are operated by International Friends.
Trips leave London on Saturday morning and return on Sunday evening.
Click on the "Tour name" links for details about the tours and to make your booking.
Click on the "Locations visited" links for photos and information about some of the destinations.
These are small group tours - the minicoach carries a maximum of 16 passengers.
All of these tours include the services of a driver-guide.
Prices include accommodation and breakfast.
You should bring enough extra money for your other meals (lunch and supper), for entrance into attractions and to buy souvenirs: you are recommended to bring at least £30 per day.

Tour Name (click on link to book)	Transport	Days	Locations visited: photos/information	Country
Oxford, Cotswolds, Bath, Lacock & Stonehenge	Minicoach	2	Oxford, Cotswolds, Bath, Lacock & Stonehenge	England
Wales Coast & Mountains	Minicoach	2	Chester & North Wales	Wales/England

Pickups are from one of the following places:
* Cambridge: 07:00 from outside Cambridge Police Station, Parkside, Cambridge (map)
* London: 08:30 from outside International Students House, 229 Great Portland Street W1W 5PN (Tube: Great Portland Street) (map)

A mini-coach is used for 2-day
weekend tours in England and Wales

International Students House:
London meeting point for 2-day weekend tours

A mini-coach can travel on the roads
which larger coaches cannot use

3-day Weekend Tours by Train (Scotland)

International Friends also operates a 3-day trip to Edinburgh.
This trip leaves London early on Friday morning and returns late on Sunday evening (on bank holiday weekends the trip starts on Saturday morning and ends on Monday evening).
You may need to order a taxi to get to the meeting point on time on Friday morning. To check first and last Tube times or night bus services, see: http://www.tfl.gov.uk
You meet your guide in front of WH Smith's bookshop inside King's Cross train station in central London (follow signs for King's Cross platforms 1-8, and do not go to St Pancras International train station by mistake).
You should bring enough extra money for your other meals (lunch and supper), for entrance into attractions and to buy souvenirs: you are recommended to bring at least £30 per day.
There is an optional trip to Loch Ness and the Highlands on the second day, and an optional trip to the Borders area on the third day (at extra cost).
Note that a special longer tour to Edinburgh is organised over the New Year period, to enjoy the Hogmanay celebrations.

Tour Name (click on link to book)	Transport	Days	Locations visited: photos/information	Country
Edinburgh, Loch Ness & Highlands by train	Train	3	Edinburgh	Scotland
Edinburgh & Highlands Hogmanay New Year	Train	4	Edinburgh	Scotland

Join this trip at this place:
* London: 05.45 check-in (06:15 departure) outside Starbucks in the departure area at King's Cross train station (map)

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3-day Weekend Tours by Coach in Europe

The following tours go to locations outside the UK. Check if you need a visa to visit these countries. You should make sure that you have travel insurance.
Click on the "Locations visited" links for photos and information about the destinations visited.
You should bring enough extra money for your meals, for entrance into attractions and to buy souvenirs (you are recommended to bring at least €50 per day).
All tours start and end in London, but in some cases you can also join in Cambridge or Kent (check departure points and times when you book).
These tours include the services of a guide. Prices include accommodation and breakfast.
Extended 4-day trips are available at Easter and Christmas.

Tour Name (click on link to book)	Transport	Days	Locations visited: photos/information	Country
Amsterdam & Bruges	Coach	3	Amsterdam & Bruges	Holland/Belgium
Paris & Versailles by Coach	Coach	3	Paris & Versailles	France
Paris by Eurostar	Train	3	Paris	France

Pickups for the coach tours are from one of the following places:
* Cambridge: 04:00 from outside Cambridge Police Station, Parkside, Cambridge (map) [selected tours only]
* West London: 05.45 outside St Christopher's Inn, 28 Hammersmith Broadway W6 7AB (Tube: Hammersmith) (map)
* London: 06:05 from outside the front entrance of International Students House, 229 Great Portland Street W1W 5PN (Tube: Great Portland Street) (map)
* London: 06:20 from Victoria Embankment, near south (river-side) exit of Embankment Tube station (Tube: Embankment)
* South-east London: 06:55 from outside the Police Station at 43 Lewisham High Street SE13 5JZ (Train/DLR/bus station: Lewisham) (map)
* Ramsgate: 07:05 from outside Ramsgate train station (map)
* Canterbury: 07:45 from outside Canterbury East train station (map)
* Dover: 08:30 from outside Dover Eastern Docks Bookings Hall (map)

The Eiffel Tower in Paris

Activity Weekend

On some weekends there are activity weekends in Wales.
Tours start in London from the car park at International Students House (Tube: Great Portland Street) (map)

Horse Riding in Wild Wales is a 2-day trip (Saturday and Sunday) to Wales, including sightseeing in Chepstow and the Wye Valley and horse riding in the Brecon Beacons.
The tour includes the services of a driver-guide.
The price includes accommodation in single-sex multi-bedded rooms in a hostel (with breakfast).
You should bring enough extra money for your other meals (lunch and supper), for entrance into attractions and to buy souvenirs: you are recommended to bring at least £30 per day.

Outdoor Adventure Weekend in Wales is a 3-day trip (Friday to Sunday) to Pembrokeshire in Wales, including sightseeing in Cardiff and outdoor activities along the coast of Pembrokeshire (a National Park).
Activities include coasteering, hiking and kayaking/surfing.
You need to be able to swim and to bring an extra pair of shoes/boots and a bathing suit (to wear under a wetsuit).

Tour Name (click on link to book)	Transport	Days	Locations visited: photos/information	Country
Horse Riding in Wild Wales	Coach	2	Chepstow & Tintern & Hay-on-Wye & Brecon Beacons	Wales
Outdoor Adventure Weekend in Wales	Coach	3	Cardiff & Pembrokeshire Coast National Park	Wales

Chepstow Castle

Horse riding ...

... in the Welsh hills

Tour List

For a full list of tours by date, see: here

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