October 2026 - Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th - 8 days
Tour Reference 195BW - Wonderful Isle of Wight - seat 13
Booking Ref: QZH50 - room: Cozy Double + Sea View
Balance due £681 29/08/2026
Buses: Southern Vectis
Trains: Island Line
SUN - Donkey Sanctuary (half day) - Sandown
MON - free day - Ryde & Hovercraft
TUE - free day - Steam Railway
WED - Osborne House (half day) - Ryde
THU - Carisbrooke Castle & Quarr Abbey
FRI - free day - Sandown & Shanklin
Donkey Sanctuary (Morning)
Free Afternoon - Sandown - Real Ale Pubs
Flanagans 1R 1C - near hotel
The Castle Inn 3R 3C - 4 min 0.14 mile uphill walk
Buses from Melville Street adj Fitzroy Street (walk 4 min 0.1 miles uphill) to Ryde Transport Interchange
9:18 8 Ryde arr 10:30 (hourly) via Yaverland 9:29, Bembridge 9:47, St Helens 9:55 & Seaview 10:09
9:23 3 Ryde arr 10:02
9:39 2 Ryde arr 10:21
9:49 8 Yaverland (hourly)
9:56 3 Ryde arr 10:38
10:12 2 Ryde (30 mins)
10:19 8 Ryde (hourly) via Yaverland, Bembridge, St Helens & Seaview
10:27 3 Ryde (30 mins)
Fares: Single £3.00, 24 Hour £11.00, 48 Hour £19.80, 7 day Freedom £32.50
10:00 Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum (open Mon/Wed/Thu)
12:00 The Star Coffee & Ale House (CAMRA Discount/Voucher) 2C
S Fowler & Co (Wetherspoon) 3R 6C
3:00 The Solent Inn (CAMRA Discount) 3R 1C
Harry's Bar - Esplanade Hotel Bar (CAMRA Discount) 1R 1C
Hovercraft flight to Portsmouth
Bus 23 to South Parade Pier - every 10 mins - travel 10 mins
Explore: Canoe Lake, Model Village, Gardens, Fort, Monuments, Cumberland House (Natural History Museum)
return option - walk 1.8 mins - approx 40 mins, from Model Village
Day Return £34.00 - advance £30.60
Free day
9:05 High St - Bus 2 - 10:03 Newport Bus Station
9:16 Pier St - Bus 8 - 9:48 Long Lane Newport - 9:55 Bus 9 - 10:00 Wootton Station
9:08 adj Fitzroy St - Bus 2 - 9:40 - Union St Ryde - 9:49 Bus 9 - 10:05 Wootton Station
8:54 adj Fitzroy St - Bus 3 - 9:24 - Union St Ryde - 9:29 Bus 9 - 9:45 Wootton Station
IOW Green Timetable - dep 10:30 Wootton (arr 10:21)
10:36 arr Havenstreet dep 10:44 12:10 2:07 to Smallbrook Junction (return journey 22 mins)
dep 12:49 14:52 to Wootton arr 12:55 2:58 (journey 6 mins)
3rd Class Ticket - online £26.00 - gate price £29.50 - unlimited day travel
Osborne House - 10:30-2:00 - 3.5 hours - Gardens & Swiss Cottage
walk less than 10 mins 0.4 miles to bus stop
to Union Street Ryde - walk 6 mins 0.3 miles to Harry's Bar
12:30 - bus 4 - arr 12:51 Ryde (21 mins)
12:41 - bus 5 - arr 12:46 Binfield Corner (5 mins) - arr 1:00 Newport
- 12:48 Binfield Corner - bus 9 - arr 1:06 Ryde
12:56 - bus 5 - arr 1:01 Binfield Corner - arr 1:15 Newport
- 1:08 - bus 9 - arr 1:26 Ryde
- 1:28 - bus 9 - arr 1:46 Ryde (18 mins)
1:11 - bus 5 - arr 1:30 Newport
1:30 - bus 4 - arr 1:51 Ryde
Carisbrooke Castle - 10:30-12:30 - 2.0 hours
Quarr Abbey - 1:30-3:30 - 2.0 hours
Free Day
admission £17..50
Bus 8 (walk 3 min + bus 6 min + walk 3 min) or 1 mile (20 min) walk
Bus 2/3 Sandown to Shanklin (approx 3 min walk + 23 min bus + 8/5 min walk)
admission £12.95 (card only)
1st September to 1st November: 10am – 9pm (last entry 8:30pm).
Please Note: Last exit from The Top Entrance, known as the Old Village Entrance, is 15 minutes before the Chine closes. After this time, there is no access out of Shanklin Chine via the Top Entrance. The exit is via the Bottom Entrance, known as Esplanade/Accessibility/Family Entrance.
We may close on days when the weather is bad for health and safety reasons. This will be communicated on our Facebook page.