Europe · Destination guide
Go home and go exploring at the same time.
For British expats in the UAE, a UK trip usually starts as a family visit — and becomes a proper holiday with a little planning. Bolt a Cotswolds cottage, a Cornish beach week or a Highlands road trip onto the London leg, and the annual pilgrimage turns into the best trip of the year.
We plan the UK the way we plan anywhere else: the right base in the right village, tables booked, cars and trains arranged, and the school-holiday crowds designed around. December works too — Christmas markets, pantomimes and log fires do half the work.
Where to go
Theatre, museums and the world’s best free attractions — the anchor of every UK trip.
Honey-stone villages, farm shops and gastropubs an easy drive west of London.
Surf beaches, harbour towns and cream teas — England’s family summer at its best.
Edinburgh’s festivals, Highland lochs and single malts (see our dedicated Scotland golf trips too).
England’s mountain country: lake steamers, fell walks and literary villages.
Seasons
Long evenings, garden season and every festival worth attending. July–August is school-holiday peak — book cottages early.
Christmas markets, lights on Regent Street and country-house festive breaks. Cold, dark and completely magical.
April, October: half the crowds, moody light, cosy-pub weather.
Things to experience
Matinee and dinner, planned around the shows worth flying for.
Croquet lawns, tasting menus and spas in converted stately homes.
Cornwall’s clifftops between beach days — pasty at the halfway point.
Glencoe, Skye and the North Coast 500 in a comfortable self-drive loop.
Match tickets and stadium tours arranged around your fixture list.
Bath, Edinburgh and York in full festive dress.
Where to stay
Self-catering character for families — Aga included.
Boutique bases in Marylebone, Chelsea and Covent Garden.
The great British weekend: gardens, dogs welcome, serious kitchens.
We recommend specific hotels once we know your dates and party — availability and rates are always confirmed by a specialist.
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