10th January 2019
Dream Escape are welcoming the new year with a celebration of film. From Mary Poppin’s London to the stunning Scottish locations featured in the new Mary Queen of Scots movie released this weekend, we have it all covered with 2 amazing featured itineraries.
Dream Escape are the experts in designing unique and innovative itineraries featuring special interests and the diverse and individual preferences of clients. There are many unique experiences we can offer as part of a ‘set-jetting’ programme. A movie exploration of the UK and Ireland can take you from carriage rides and a Mary Poppins guided tour of London to the regal splendour of Downton Abbey and a behind the scenes tour, exploring locations featured in Outlander and Harry Potter or perhaps a Game of Thrones pilgrimage to Ireland.
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Scotland continues to be an inspiring destination for filming. The new Mary Queen of Scots showcases Scotland’s finest locations whilst highlighting the fascinating and dramatic history, events, people and places which have shaped this wonderful country.
Take an alternative tour of Edinburgh in a 007 James Bond themed challenge around the city centre featuring character actors and 4×4 vehicles. Enjoy a traditional treat of fish and Chips in the Worlds End, an Outlander location and Dougal Mackenzie’s favourite haunt. See the real Pictish crosses and Viking tombstones in Abercorn church and explore Hopetoun House and Castle Leoch with our in-house expert Head of Guiding who had unique studio and set access during filming.
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South of the border indulge in a Mary Poppins afternoon tea, 007 James Bond scavenger hunt on the River Thames or take a ‘muggles’ walking tour and delve into the magical world of Harry Potter.
With many TV and filming credits including the British classic, Poldark, Cornwall boasts many beautiful locations and a heritage coastline characterised by fishing villages, inlets and cliff top panoramas. Pay a special visit to Chavenage House where the series was filmed for an off the beaten track experience. Learn the history of the house and its connections with past and present royalty, ghosts and great stories with a tour and lunch in the beautiful private apartments with the family.
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The Game of Thrones Touring Exhibition is making it’s UK debut this year in Belfast, from 1 April – Sept 1st 2019 at the Titanic Exhibition. Visit this vibrant city and explore the rugged northern Irish Antrim coast and take in the dramatic landscapes including the Giant’s Causeway with movie locations steeped in local myth and legend. Immerse in the magical and mythical the worlds of Westeros and Essos ahead of the release of series 8.
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We are honoured to have been nominated by Luxury Travel Advisor in their Awards of Excellence in the Best Lo...
We are very proud of David Tobin for being awarded MVP (Most Valuable Person/Player) Award for Excellence at the recent Brownell Academy.
Nominations and voting for this award are by Brownell Travel advisors themselves based on demonstration of the core values of Brownell – Passion, Integrity, Graciousness, Innovation and Excellence. To have received this award is fantastic and reflects Dream Escape's commitment to it's agencies and advisors.
A big thank-you to Brownell Travel for their incredible support, it means a huge amount to the Dream Escape team.
(Dream Escape Owners David Tobin and Holly Tobin pictured with Brownell Leisure Operations Coordinator, Ashley Pate and VP of Leisure Sales, Beth Flowers)
Congratulations David!
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Our very own Sally Strange had a wonderful day yesterday showing Susan Boehnstedt around London - the Dream Escape Way!
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Dream Escape Blue Badge Guide’s Sally and Rosie met in London today for a chinwag and catch-up at Dominique Ansel Bakery. Visited the truly dazzling and spectacular TUTANKHAMUN: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh at the Saatchi Gallery, there until 3rd May 2020. More than 150 original objects from the tomb, 60 of which are travelling out of Egypt for the first and final time before they return for permanent display at the Grand Egyptian Museum which is currently under construction at Giza. Not to be missed is Enter the Tomb: Virtual Reality Experience showing the enormity of Howard Carter and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon’s discovery as they enter the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Creative Planner Louise Murray and Blue Badge Guide Sally Strange, based in Dream Escape’s London office, have been exploring in the city!
They went on a ‘Behind the Scenes’ tour of St Pauls Cathedral and stepped into the world of Harry Potter. The Geometric Staircase in the South West Bell Tower of St Pauls Cathedral features in the Harry Potter movies – initially in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The students at Hogwarts had to climb to the top of the ‘Divination Staircase to gain access to Professor Trelawney’s Divination classroom. ⚡️
In the world of Harry Potter the ‘Divination Staircase’ is a narrow, spiralling set of stairs accessible from a corridor on the seventh-floor. At the top of the staircase is a small landing with a trap door on the ceiling, by which a ladder gave access to the Divination Classroom!⚡️
Dream Escape team members experiencing and enjoying ‘Scotland in Miniature’ in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park on the shores of the ‘Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond’. A wonderful day which Dream Escape can offer clients which includes a very special whisky experience, a trip on a luxury motor cruiser on Loch Lomond, lunch at The Boathouse, Cameron House and a Bird of Prey experience. What could be a better day out from the office!
