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Coast and Country Hotels offer a wide choice of accommodation in 15 locations throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Set in stunning locations, they offer a complete range of facilities and options, as well as warm, friendly service offered by highly trained staff.

Each Coast & Country Hotel is different. Each has its own character and heritage. Each offers a unique experience to the leisure traveller.

What all our hotels share is a consistently high standard of hospitality. Whichever Coast & Country Hotel you choose, you’ll find the comfort and value you’d expect.

Due to customer demand, we are pleased to offer a brand new brochure that's dedicated to River Crusing arriving by coach, air or rail.

For 2009, we have several river cruises throughout some of the most spectacular rivers of Europe including the Moselle, Danube, Elbe, Douro and the Rhine that are exclusive to Shearings Holidays with a special launch discount of £50 per person when you book before 31st October 2008.

We are offering more exciting destinations than ever before, so whether you have travelled with Shearings before or are thinking about a Shearings Holiday for the first time, our new River Cruises brochure will have something new and exciting for everyone to enjoy.

You can book all river cruises by coach online, so why not take advantage of the great early booking offer today!

The once in a decade Oberammergau Passion Play is due to take place in Oberammergau at the heart of the Bavarian Alps in Germany throughout 2010 and now you can now book your place onto this fantastic holiday with Shearings Holidays.

The play takes place because nearly 100 people in Oberammergau died during the Black Death of 1634 and to remember the terrible events of that year the remaining villagers vowed to God that they would re-enact the Crucifixion of Christ every ten years. From that moment on there were no more casualties.

The Passion Play is performed on an open-air stage, amidst some of the most spectacular mountain scenery anywhere in Europe. The 2000 actors are all from the village, and by the beginning of the season they will have been rehearsing for well over a year to give you a memorable spectacle, which, together with a large choir and an orchestra performing music especially composed for the play, all adds to a truly unique experience.