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International Friends

229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN, England
+44 (0) 1223 244555
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Owner description: See the back roads with some of the UK’s best guides. We offer less hurried fully guided small group day trips and overnight tours from London. Our... more » Owner description: See the back roads with some of the UK’s best guides. We offer less hurried fully guided small group day trips and overnight tours from London. Our tours include Stonehenge, Avebury, Glastonbury, Salisbury, the smaller Cotswolds villages, Lacock, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath and Windsor and Wales. All minibus tours limited to 16 people maximum.We also offer fully guided tours to Edinburgh, Paris and Amsterdam. Average group sizes for our city breaks are 20-40 people. « less
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Sachse, Texas, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! We arrived in Southampton after a Celebrity Cruise on the Eclipse and needed transportation to London. After some research, realized that for the same amount that the cruise line would charge to take us from the ship to Heathrow, we could book this tour and see the countryside before being taken directly to the hotel we were to... More

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Neptune, NJ
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

We took their tour of Oxford, Cotswolds and Stratford-upon-Avon and this was one of my favorite days in the UK! The tour is small and personal, and allows you to go to places other big-bus tours cannot go. The countryside was just beautiful, and although the Cotswolds were just an "extra" to me at the outset, I fell in love... More

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Minneapolis
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

We took the small group tour Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Cotswolds in early May. We were supposed to do the trip in that order but since the Oxford guide wasn't available until 3 we did Oxford last. I felt because of that shifting we were totally rushed through the Cotswolds which was what we wanted to see the most. A... More

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Landenberg, Pennsylvania
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013 NEW

We had a wonderful two day, one night tour that went to the Cotswolds, Bath, Stonehenge and Oxford. Our driver was informed and friendly, the bus was comfortable and no driving segment exceeded two hours. You do need to believe them when they indicate they sell out, there was only one empty seat on our bus.

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san antonio, Florida
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

Took this tour ending in Mayfair @ our hotel from the ship in Southhampton. They did everything that they said they would.

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Canberra, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2013

We were lucky enough to do the Oxford, Cotswolds and Stratford on Avon tour with Dave. As a photography lover, we got along like a house on fire. His knowledge of the area and history was sensational and Debbie who took the Oxford part of the tour is a true gem, we were lucky to meet her. Oxford was a... More

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Houston, Texas
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013

Our tour to Canterbury Cathedral, Leeds Castle and the White Cliffs of Dover was good. My husband and I were the only ones on this tour. Tour guides for this company are actually contracted out, and our guide was very informative, but (nicely put) overly informative. The guide allowed us to walk the sites ourselves, which means there was no... More

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iftravel, Owner at International Friends, responded to this review
28 April 2013

Thank you for your recent review for our tour to Canterbury, Leeds Castle and the White Cliffs of Dover. I was delighted to hear that you enjoyed our latest tour destination and would just like to pick up on the point about our tour guides being contracted out. Guides who work for us generally do between 95 to 100% of... More

Auckland Region, New Zealand
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013

Took the day tour and absolutely enjoyed it. Our tour guide was Robert and he was very knowledgable, friendly and patient, we had lots of questions not only about the tour but life in England in general and Robert was only too happy to answer these. We were a group of six which was great, nice and small, which is... More

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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2013

We took the day tour with Tony to Stonehenge, The Roman Baths, and Windsor Castle. He was really funny and informative. We had plenty of time at Stonehenge and The Roman Baths. I would have liked a little more time at Windsor Castle, but we had enough time to see most everything. There were 14 people in our group and... More

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Leesburg, Virginia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2013

I took this trip back on March 20th. This turned out to be a really amazing day trip from London despite the cold weather. I had chosen International Friends based on reviews and can honestly say the tour lived up to all expectations. It was a small group, 10 people, so we always had plenty of time at each of... More

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