Stratford-upon-Avon

Visit this famous town of Stratford Upon Avon. The house in the picture above is William Shakespeare’s birthplace (1564-1616) in Henley Street. Discover its  beautiful countryside - The Cotswolds.Remember to take your camera !

Stratford-upon-Avon is the town where the famous writer/poet William Shakespeare was born in 1564. He married a lady called Ann Hathaway, and had three children. Soon afterwards he left the town to work for a successful theatre company in London, sending money back to support his wife and children. He wrote 37 plays - these were usually performed first in the Globe Theatre.

His plays were:

All's Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter's Tale

When Shakespeare retired he moved back to Stratford, and died there in 1616.

Before Anne Hathaway married Shakespeare, she lived in a pretty farmhouse in the village of Shottery (about 1 mile - 1.6 kilometers - west of Stratford-upon-Avon). There is an entry charge to see the gardens and inside the cottage, where some of the family's furniture is displayed.

Tour Price: £240

Includes upto 6 passengers.