This private tour is round trip from Southampton. You visit the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge and the cathedral city of Salisbury, including its famous Cathedral, home to Britain's tallest spire.
After meeting your guide at the port, you depart for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Stonehenge. Construction began around 3000 BC with the surrounding earthwork ditch, and the iconic stone circle itself was raised around 2500 BC, making the monument roughly 4,500 to 5,000 years old depending on which phase you count from. It stands on a small rise in the middle of a vast plain not far from Salisbury. Its exact purpose is still debated among archaeologists. As you walk around the stones, your guide explains the current thinking and you'll get a real sense of their scale up close.
Next you drive to Salisbury, the historic cathedral and market town that grew up after the hilltop settlement of Old Sarum relocated here in 1220. On arrival, you enjoy a walking tour of the city, laid out from the start as a market town with different streets historically dedicated to different trades, such as Fish Row, Butcher Row, and Poultry Cross. Many timber framed houses from that era still stand in the area, in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral.
After your walking tour you have free time for lunch (meal not included). You then visit Salisbury Cathedral, built in just 38 years between 1220 and 1258, a rare feat that gives it an unusually unified early English Gothic style, set within 8 acres of lawn and Britain's largest medieval Close. The Cathedral holds one of only four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta, widely considered the best preserved, along with Britain's tallest spire at 404 feet and Europe's oldest working clock, dating to 1386.
Depending on timing, you may have some additional free time before returning to the pier in Southampton.
Review Location- Southampton (Round Trip) 
