Discover the Rothschild heritage of the Vale of Aylesbury with expert guidance from Nicholas Merchant, featuring guided visits to Stowe House, the Natural History Museum in Tring and Waddesdon Manor, plus a curator talk and time in Capability Brown’s celebrated Stowe Landscape Garden.
  • Visit Natural History Museum Tring, once Lionel Walter Rothschild's museum.
  • Explore Grade I listed Stowe House on a guided tour.
  • Walk Stowe Landscape Garden, Capability Brown's Georgian vistas, lakes, and temples.
  • Discover Windmill Hill's art, architecture and views over the Vale of Aylesbury.
  • Explore Ascott House's Jacobean architecture and collections of paintings and porcelain.
  • Stroll Ascott House's gardens with specimen trees and herbaceous borders.
  • Visit Waddesdon Manor's French 18th-century decorative arts collection.
  • Hear Mia Jackson discuss Waddesdon Manor's furniture collection.
Accommodation for this tour is at the Holiday Inn Aylesbury, which serves as our base during the itinerary. You will stay here on Days 1, 2 and 3, with the same hotel listed each night before departure on Day 4 as per the schedule.