Cotswolds Escape

time JUL. 20-28, 2023

ticket $3,795

activity Activity Level: Moderate Activity

diploma UCLA Faculty on Tour

Overview

Woodstock, Oxford, Bath, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Startford-upon-Avon

Soak up the magic and distinctive charm of the English countryside. Unpack for seven nights in the Georgian town of Woodstock and encounter the Cotswolds, where floral pathways and storybook scenery evoke a quiet beauty. Venture out each day to honey-colored villages and customary gardens, cast together with centuries-old tales. Travel to Oxford to stand beneath the ivory towers of its storied university. Uncover the lives of William Shakespeare and Sir Winston Churchill in Stratford-upon-Avon and the stately Blenheim Palace. Spend a day amid the limestone houses, stone bridges and shop-lined streets of Cotswold villages, including Stow-on-the-Wold and Chipping Campden. Engage with a Cotswold family at their traditional farm, and visit Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage city filled with archeological wonders and beautiful Georgian architecture. Plus, choose between visiting Blenheim Park or Hidcote Manor Gardens.

Cost: $3,795
AHI Travel

Activity Level: Moderate Activity

Health and Safety Protocol

Book this Tour

STEP 1
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STEP 2
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STEP 3
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UCLA Faculty on Tour

Senior Lecturer Stephen Dickey

English Department

Stephen Dickey is Senior Lecturer in the English Department at UCLA where he has received numerous teaching prizes, including the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993. He teaches various courses in Shakespeare, the English Renaissance, and the Beat Generation, as well as introductory courses in poetry and drama. From 2002-16, Stephen served on the faculty of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s teaching institute, which brings high school teachers from around the country to Washington, D.C., for a month of intensive study. Recent presentations and publications include studies of Romeo and Juliet, the Henry IV plays, American interest in Shakespeare during the Civil War, and the katabasis motif in Beat literature. In 2016-17, he curated America’s Shakespeare: The Bard Goes West at the Los Angeles Central Library, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

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