Day 02: Upon arrival in Edinburgh, we will be meet our coach and driver, and transfer to our central Edinburgh hotel, where we will be staying for the next three (3) nights. The rest of the day is free for you to relax after your flight or take a leisurely stroll around this beautiful city. We will meet tonight as a group for our welcome dinner. (D) 

Day 03: Today we will spend the day exploring Edinburgh on foot with a Blue Badge Guide. We will visit famous and historic Edinburgh Castle and walk the Royal Mile, ending up at the Royal residence of Holyrood House Palace. En route we may visit St. Giles Cathedral and perhaps some of the smaller but fascinating museums of Edinburgh life. In the evening you may take an optional Ghost Walk! (B, D) 

Day 04: Today we enjoy a full day guided tour from Edinburgh along the “Rosslyn Trail”, following the Golden section of the Rose Line, which starts at Arthur’s Seat and ends at the Rosslyn Chapel. The chapel contains beautifully intricate stone carvings depicting Knights Templar, Masonic, Jewish, Egyptian and both pagan and Christian symbols. Here Robert discovers information on the past hiding place of the Holy Grail and picks up the next clues on the trail, whilst Sophie finds her lost brother and the secret of her bloodline. The Trail explores some of the other fascinating Templar and St. Clair family sites. Return to Edinburgh. (B, D)

Day 05: Today we head south from Edinburgh to the great city of York, with its Roman, Viking and Middle Ages remains. Visit the great York Minster. Stay overnight in York with dinner at the hotel. (B, D)

Day 06:  Today we continue our journey south from York to our hotel in central London; where we will be staying for the next three (3) nights, with dinner at the hotel each evening. (B, D)

Day 07: Day 7 will be spent exploring London by coach with a Blue Badge Guide. You will drive by the most famous sights and stop for visits to some of the most important. These will include The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and St. Paul‘s Cathedral. (B, D)

Day 08: Today we have a guided tour of London’s “Da Vinci Code” sights. These include the Temple Church, which dates back to 1185 and is one of the oldest and most important Templar sites in London. It is also London’s only circular church. Here Robert and Sophie started their London search for clues to the where abuts of the Grail. The crypt contains many effigies of knights and an ancient penitential cell. Continue via Fleet Street and King’s College, where Robert consulted a researcher. Then to magnificent Westminster Abbey for a visit with a guide to Poets Corner, the Tomb of Sir Isaac Newton, where Robert discovered important clues about the “Truth” and the Chapter House, where Sir Leigh Teabing reveals that he is “The Teacher”. Robert discovers the secret code to open the Grand Master’s cryptex.  After lunch continue via St. James’s Park (where Sir Leigh disposed of Remy Legaludec), to the National Gallery to view the painting of the Virgin on the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci.  Time permitting continue to see more of London’s mediaeval past including the Priory of the Knights Hospitallers, The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Bart’s Hospital and St. John’s Gate. (B, D)

Day 09: After breakfast, we with transfer to London Heathrow Airport for flight to Paris, or transfer to the train station to catch the Eurostar and have a Chunnel crossing. Transfer from the Paris airport to an excellent hotel close to the Louvre, where again you will spend three nights. (B, D) 

Day 10: General sightseeing tour of Paris with a guide. This will include all the famous sights including the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysee, the church of the Madeleine, the Paris Opera House, Notre Dame, the Gare du Nord (where Sophie bought tickets for Lille to confuse Captain Bezu Fache) and ending at the Sacre Coeur, where the Rose Line starts on its way to the church of Saint-Sulpice. (B, D)

Day 11: In the morning we will visit the church of San-Sulpice where the search for the Grail started and where Silas broke the paving stone by the Egyptian obelisk and then to the Louvre for a visit with guide. See the Grand Gallery, where Jacques Sauniere was brutally murdered, the Mona Lisa, and The Madonna on the Rocks, the Pyramid, and the Inverse Pyramid etc.  This afternoon we will drive to the Chateau Villette, featured in the novel as the home of Sir Leigh Teabing, for a guided tour. (B, D)

Day 12: Regretfully, it’s time to bid au revoir and transfer to the airport for our flight home. We return, however, with memories of lovely landscapes, breathtaking castles and mysteries solved. Welcome home! (B, in-flight meals)