Find your next holiday
Filter Holidays
A Festive Rendezvous in the Yorkshire Dales
Get into the festive spirit early on this 5-day tour as we experience the best of Yorkshire in the build up to Christmas! Enjoy a unique boat ride into Skipton aboard the Graceful Swan – the Rendezvous Hotel’s own boat and the UK’s only electric powered dining canal boat – and visit destinations brimming with festive cheer including Hawes, Saltaire and Ilkley. Perfect for a spot of Christmas shopping and relaxing amongst the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales, this charming break is sure to leave you feeling merry and bright.
Itinerary
Please choose your preferred 5 day itinerary
Local departure by coach or Home Connect service, then on to the Rendezvous Hotel on the waterside just outside Skipton for four nights.
Included Meals
- Dinner
Our festive tour begins with an exhilarating excursion north into the Yorkshire Dales. Our route takes us through Settle, then high into the Pennines. Spot the famous Ribblehead Viaduct before we reach Hawes in Upper Wensleydale, home to cheese and a thriving local Tuesday market.
After dinner tonight, we enjoy a Yorkshire quiz at the hotel.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Included Highlights
- Yorkshire Dales
We board the hotel's own boat, Graceful Swan, which is also the UK's only electric powered dining canal boat. With no engine, Graceful Swan simply glides into the market town where you'll have free time to visit Skipton market or its castle. Sandwiches, scones, tea and coffee are served on board as we gently sail back to the hotel.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Included Highlights
- Skipton
Enjoy a trip to UNESCO World Heritage Saltaire, the Italianate village built by textile magnate and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt for his workers. Be sure to wear a hat as our return journey is punctuated with a visit to Ilkley, where free time may allow a visit to Betty's Café Tea Room.
Back at the hotel our stay reaches its climax with live entertainment after dinner.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Included Highlights
- Saltaire
Our rendezvous in Skipton ends with fond farewells, as we make our way home.
Included Meals
- Breakfast
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton. The Rendezvous Hotel's 96 rooms are spread across five floors (with lift access). Many rooms look out over the Leeds Liverpool Canal (a small supplement applies) and the foothills of the Yorkshire Dales beyond.
-
Our customers rate us 4.4 out of 5 -
Book with
confidence - your money is
100% secure Book any tour for
only £25 deposit per person-
Travel with an
award-winning
company
-
Over 500 local coach
joining points
Summer is on the horizon!
Book today
while places
last – 100s of
holidays from
only £339pp
