Honey-stone villages in rolling hills
3 days · 134 km · by car, two people
Real routes and published prices — no guesses
Fuel: the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, week of 2026-10-25. Tolls, vignettes and ferries: the operators' and authorities' published prices. Nights and food: typical prices in each country for the kind chosen.
Only official sellers are linked.
Priced for budget hotels: typical prices in each country, not a booking.
Sources: EU weekly fuel bulletin · operators' published tariffs · Wikipedia · map © OpenStreetMap contributors
Windsor Castle
Day 1 · 33 km into the day · a morning stop
During the First World War, the historic estate inspired the naming of the royal House of Windsor.
Wikipedia · Diliff · CC BY 2.5
Bodleian Library
Day 2 · 38 km from Bourton-on-the-Water
Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.
Wikipedia · Remi Mathis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blenheim Palace
Day 2 · 28 km from Bourton-on-the-Water
Blenheim Palace is a country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England.
Wikipedia · Jvhertum · Public domain
Ashmolean Museum
Day 2 · 37 km from Bourton-on-the-Water
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum.
Wikipedia · Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire
Day 2 · 17 km from Bourton-on-the-Water
It stands above the village of Broadway on Broadway Hill, the second-highest point of the Cotswolds, at an elevation of 1,024 feet.
Wikipedia · The author is Newton2 (cropped by Yummifruitbat) · CC BY 2.5