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there and includes the mahogany dining room table where the sisters used to sit and write and, albeit rather morbidly, the green sofa upon which Emily died. BOOK IT: Rail Discoveries offers a five-day Yorkshire by Steam journey, which includes trips to Harrogate, York, Haworth and the Brontë Parsonage, from £325.
raildiscoveries.com
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IRISH AUTHORS’ DUBLIN While some UK locations have become synonymous with a single
author, others have spawned countless greats. Dublin is a city with literature at its heart, having been home to some of the world’s most acclaimed authors including James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and George Bernard Shaw, and it was rewarded for its literary connections by being named a Unesco city of literature in 2010. Viator has a two-hour literary
tour that pays homage to some of those who put pen to paper with a walk through Dublin’s charming streets, including pit stops for beer from local pubs along the way and culminating in a literary pub quiz. BOOK IT: Viator offers a two-hour Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, including a guided walking tour and a literary quiz with prizes, for about £10.40.
viator.com
Shakespeare fans can channel The Merchant of Venice with a romantic gondola ride on the River Avon
and novels, with both Persuasion and Northanger Abbey set there. Austen fans should start their pilgrimage at the Jane Austen Centre, where they can discover what it would have been like to live in Regency times, and even re-enact scenes from their favourite books by raiding the exhibitions’ dressing-up boxes. Clients visiting from September
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9-18 can catch the Jane Austen festival, with a line-up that includes the Country Dance Ball at the Pavilion and the famous Masked Ball at the Pump Rooms. To go one step further, Austen
lovers can stay in the writer’s former home, which has been transformed into four luxury apartments, available to rent through Bath Boutique Stays. BOOK IT: Saga’s A Celebration of Words and Music by Jane Austen tour departs in September 2017
to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. It goes on sale on July 1, priced from £499.
saga.com
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ROALD DAHL’S BUCKINGHAMSHIRE For an absolutely squiffing family day out,
head to Buckinghamshire to discover the magic of the county where Roald Dahl settled. This year marks the centenary of his birth, and the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden will be hosting special celebrations on Roald Dahl Day (September 17), alongside year-long exhibitions in his honour. Clients can take the Roald Dahl Trail, which moves from the museum to Gipsy House, Dahl’s family home, then on to Roald Dahl’s Children’s Gallery, which boasts its own great glass elevator. Families have twice the reason
to visit this year as July 2 marks Aylesbury’s annual Roald Dahl festival. The theme is The BFG, so kids can look forward to seeing
their favourite characters from the book marching through the streets in the annual parade. BOOK IT: Ffestiniog Travel offers a three-day Children’s Literary Classics Mini-Break devoted to Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton, including visits to The Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery and Bekonscot Model Village & Railway, the inspiration for Noddy’s Toy Town village, from £370 for a family of four, including B&B accommodation.
ffestiniogtravel.com
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VICTOR HUGO’S GUERNSEY Guernsey provided Victor Hugo with the
refuge he so desperately needed after being exiled from France, Belgium and Jersey, and for this he held it dearly, dubbing it a “rock of hospitality and freedom”. The poet and author fell in
love with the beautiful island that became his home for more than 15 years, and it provided the inspiration for novels including Les Misérables and T
oilers of the Sea.
JANE AUSTEN’S BATH Jane Austen lived in Bath for five years and the city greatly impacted her life
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