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Founded in 1972, Our activities exclusively involve group travel and we provide quality British, Irish, European and Worldwide tours by coach and by air.

13/12/2024

🎄 It's Christmas!!! 🎄

So, we picked Friday the 13th for our company festivities this year. More on tonight's event later. But for now, here's Dilay winning best Christmas jumper and the rest of the team with their secret Santa gifts.

28/10/2024

🚌 Steve Reed Showcase 🚌

We hope to see as many people as possible, today, at Coventry Transport Museum.

Come and see us to discuss your 2025 tour requirements, and beyond.

27/09/2024

🍰 Macmillan Cancer Support 🍰

A big thank you to everyone who organised, baked, donated and ate cake at Norman Allen Group Travel's Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning, today at our offices in Hereford.

25/03/2024

🚌⛱ Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2024 Finalists ⛱🚌

We have great pleasure in announcing that we have been chosen as finalists in the Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2024, in the category Best Coach or Tour Operator - UK Tours.
Voting in all categories can be found through the links below and it would be wonderful if you were able to vote for us.

https://awards.groupleisureandtravel.com/yandellpublishingltd/form/GLTAwards2024FinalistsVotingForm/formperma/0g5mNiZl8aaiKQ9VO5AvGT8GdSwf0jVM0zrUKX3RbRo

Thank you for all your support over the years.
The Private Groups Team
Norman Allen Group Travel

25/03/2024

🚌⛱ BTTS 2024 ⛱🚌

It was great to see and meet so many friends at the NEC Birmingham last week.

19/03/2024

🚌⛱ British Tourism & Travel Show 2025 ⛱🚌

Come and see us on Wednesday and Thursday at BTTS at the NEC Birmingham stand D34.

06/02/2024

🚌✈️ Excursions 2024 ✈️🚌

Saturday 27 January 2024 saw Norman Allen Group Travel once again exhibiting at the Excursions Travel Show. The event, run by Tourism South East, was celebrating its 50th anniversary and was held at Wembley Stadium in the Great Hall. A very successful day saw us meeting many old friends and making many new ones.

We are looking forward to next year's event already and hope to see you there!

11/12/2023

✈️ Osaka, Japan ✈️

After a little more wandering and a little more shopping, it was time to say goodbye to Osaka and to Japan as we caught the bus to the airport and began the journey home.

Sayonara Nippon san!

11/12/2023

✈️ Osaka, Japan ✈️

Lunch in Osaka was a local speciality, Okinomiyaki, at the famous Chiba Okinomiyaki restaurant, where the queue was unusually short and we got virtually straight in.

https://www.chibo.com/en/

11/12/2023

✈️ Osaka, Japan ✈️

Next stop was Dotonburi / Shinsaibashi-Suji Shopping Street.

https://www.shinsaibashi.or.jp/

11/12/2023

✈️ Osaka, Japan ✈️

Next stop in Osaka was Kuromon Ichiba Market (Black Gate) where many local delicacies could be found including Kobe beef, fugu (puffer fish), and king crab.
https://kuromon.com/en/

11/12/2023

✈️ Osaka, Japan ✈️

Thursday morning in Osaka began with a visit to Osaka Castle. The castle park sits on a peninsula once surrounded by the sea. Here the first settlement of small houses was established 3000 years ago.
https://www.osakacastle.net/

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

On Wednesday night we took the overnight ferry "Sunflower" from Beppu to Osaka. The journey takes approximately 12 hours on a new ferry which entered service in March this year.

https://www.ferry-sunflower.co.jp/en/

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

Wednesday's final visit was another experiential one. At the Usukiyaki porcelain manufacturer where Koki Tamada gave us a brief tour before introducing us to Kitsugi, the Japanese art of decorative porcelain repair.

https://usukiyaki-global.com/

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

After lunch we visited another of Oita's National Treasures, the Usuki Stone Buddhas. Most date from around the 12th century and are carved from soft stone formed from the ash of a volcanic eruption 100km away some 20/30 thousand years ago.

https://sekibutsu.com/

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

Lunch in Usuki was at Kyozen Usami. Definitely space for a group lunch here at just over £10 per person!

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

Our next stop was Kotegawa Sake Brewery (since 1855) where our guide explained how sake and shoju are made before tasting and the opportunity to purchase. The brewery's original 19% sake was definitely the highlight for me.

11/12/2023

✈️ Oita, Japan ✈️

Wednesday morning saw us visiting the Samurai district in Usuki. After donning our kimonos at Akouya, a 357 year old rental shop, our guide explained the history of the town and its samurai families before tea at his wife's tea house.

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