31/01/2026
Highclere Castle Experience 🏰
Exclusive to Great Little Breaks
Step into the world of Downton Abbey with a visit to the magnificent Highclere Castle, ancestral home of Lord Carnarvon, including a self-guided house tour, the Egyptian exhibition, gardens, gift shop and tearooms, plus a Champagne Afternoon Tea Picnic Box to enjoy at your leisure.
Your Great Little Break includes:
2 nights bed and full English breakfast
Dinner on your first night in the Olive Tree Restaurant (£30 allowance per person)
Glass of wine with dinner (175ml glass of wine worth £5.50 per person)
2 tickets to Highclere Castle (self-guided castle tour, Egyptian exhibition and gardens, worth £32 per person)
Champagne Picnic Box and tea or coffee for 2 (worth £39.50 per person)
Late check-out at midday (worth £20)
From just £285 per person
Why we love this
📌 Highclere Castle & Parkland - Visit the iconic Highclere Castle, set within 1,000 acres of rolling parkland, and uncover the history behind this architectural masterpiece
📌 Downton Abbey Experience - Step behind the scenes of the internationally recognised, Emmy award-winning British period drama Downton Abbey, filmed at this unforgettable location
📌 The Egyptian Exhibition - Explore over 60 replicas and wall paintings from Tutenkhamun's Tomb, alongside a photographic archive from the 5th Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter's 1922 excavation, which was planned at Highclere Castle itself
📌 Your Countryside Stay - Relax at the Mercure Newbury West Grange Hotel, set in three acres of gardens on the edge of the market town of Newbury in rural Berkshire at the foot of the North Wessex Downs
