Special Group Tours

23/05/2021

GUIDED VILLAGE WALKS

Step back in time, walk in Jane Austen's footsteps and discover the village she knew and loved...

This Summer, we will be running a series of fun and relaxed guided walks around Chawton, the charming country village where Jane Austen lived and wrote.

Learn about Jane's love of nature, village life, houses and views she knew, and the importance of village life in shaping her writing. Throughout the walk, short readings from Austen’s letters and novels will bring her world to life.

Book your tickets: https://buff.ly/3v8vyar

15/05/2021

in 1918, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts became the first Americans to win the Croix de Guerre, Frances highest honor, for their service in .

Within a month after the 369th entered the trenches, the two men distinguished themselves in combat. New Jersey native Needham Roberts was on sentry duty with Johnson during an attack. Seriously wounded and incapacitated, Roberts was nearly captured by German soldiers.

After fighting off a reported two-dozen Germans, they became the first African American Croix de Guerre recipients. The French called them “a magnificent example of courage and energy.” General Pershing’s “official communiqué” read, “Two soldiers of an American colored regiment … should be given credit for preventing, by their bravery, the capture of any of our men.”

14/04/2021

A bill has been proposed to award the Harlem Hellfighters with a Congressional Gold Medal.

02/11/2020

29/09/2020

About 3,000 patriotic men volunteered for Merrill’s Marauders in the Second World War, heeding the call of US President Roosevelt for a greater cause in a place worse than hell. Only 200 woul…

27/09/2020

23/09/2020

31/08/2020

Bless

Seattle-born Edy Hideyoshi Horikawa received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Congressional Gold Medal for his Army service in World War II. "America was my country, my father always put that in my head," he reflects.

31/08/2020

Freewheelin' London Bike Tours around Notting Hill, Chelsea and Soho/Covent Garden are fab choices for Bob Marley fans. https://www.specialgrouptours.com/freewheelin-london-bike-tours

26/08/2020

Tickets will go on sale on 1 September

26/08/2020

According to a new study, the risk of contracting the virus on a full flight is just 1 in 4,300, and the odds lower to 1 in 7,700 if the airline is adopting the middle seat open policy.

26/08/2020

Personalised battlefield tours off the crowded tourist path, designed for your family. Follow in the footsteps of the 100th/442nd.

20/08/2020

Explore the homes that inspired some of the best literary minds of the past two centuries.

13/08/2020

A nonprofit organization founded by former Nisei Week Queens focused on giving back to the Little Tokyo and Nikkei community. The heart of NWLA’s mission is to preserve and promote Nikkei history and culture with a primary focus on women.

08/08/2020

‪It’s good to be back! We are absolutely loving welcoming our wonderful visitors back today. Come and see us soon: https://bit.ly/2XE9jKQ

08/08/2020

08/08/2020

The only working windmill remaining in London. You can still buy freshly ground flour when you visit. At one time, there were 12 windmills in just Lambeth alone!

02/08/2020

https://www.specialgrouptours.com/freewheelin-london-bike-tours

24/07/2020

in 1817, was laid to rest in Wi******er Cathedral. In the days that followed, Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra wrote “Never was human being more sincerely mourned by those who attended her remains than was this dear creature.”

16/07/2020

That old saying when life hands you lemons - well, a whole lotta lemons for everyone lately!
Special Group Tours is on hiatus until spring 2021, so, not one to sit about, may I offer up a batch of fresh lemonade: introducing The Freewheelin' London Bike Tour Company.

https://www.specialgrouptours.com/freewheelin-london-bike-tours

These are leisurely paced, naturally socially distanced, London neighbourhood-centric 2 and 3 hour half day tours. All welcome and no Lycra required! Inspired by the Dylan album, these small group London 'softie' cycling adventures are carefree, fun and informative. Explore the capital from a new perspective, discover side streets, mews, canal paths and more, places you maybe passed before but never took the time to really see. Themed to music, gardens, literary heritage...

PLUS these tours support London theatre, GBP5.00 of each ticket sold will be donated to Shakespeare's Globe.

So, c'mon London, get on your bike, get your hair blowin' in the wind, please join us on a Freewheelin' London Bike Tour!

14/11/2018

The things you can get up to on a Special Group Tours custom tour!

18/05/2018

An unexpected treat for SGT-PHS guests: head gardener Fergus Garrett shows off a few corners of Great Dixter with unbridled enthusiasm.
Thanks to Kimberley who worked in their summer program!

14/02/2018

Fly Eagles Fly -- all the way to London!! See the Super Bowl Champs Philadelphia Eagles play the Jaguars in London in October, 2018.


http://www.specialgrouptours.com/super-bowl-champs-philadelphia-eagles-in-london

PLEASE NOTE! THE GAME DATE HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED. The Eagles v Jaguars play Wembley either 21-October or 28-October. PLEASE DO NOT confirm non-refundbale airfare until the game dates have been finalized. Thanks!

23/01/2018

Julia Browne speaking about an African American soldier from World War 1 buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, at the foot of Belleau Wood, France.

17/01/2018

Celebrating 100 years of these American Heroes, the Harlem Hellfighters

http://www.specialgrouptours.com/walking-the-spirit-of-jazz-age-paris-the-harlem-hellfighters-heroes-of-wwi

"I don't think I ever thanked you for organizing the WWI Harlem Hellfighters excursion...absolutely loved it and were so touched especially by being able to assist in taking down the flag at the American Cemetery."

17/01/2018

Wild about Harry...and Meghan!

http://www.specialgrouptours.com/royal-britain-tour-edinburgh-to-london

Pomp, pageantry and centuries of royal tradition. Steeped in history and full of finery, art, unique objects and incredible craftsmanship, the royal family's houses across the UK are truly magnificent. Buckingham Palace. Windsor Castle. Hampton Court Palace. Sandringham. Holyrood. So many treaures t...