The Flagship Tour, Portsmouth
A uniquely designed tour to the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's flagship
The Ship Hall, containing Henry VIII's flagship is closing for reconstruction on 18 September for three years. Tudor History Tours has compiled an escorted day tour to Portsmouth to give you the last opporutnity to see the Mary Rose and experience the life and times of Tudor England in Portsmouth.
This never to be repeated day allows you to spend time exploring the Mary Rose before it closes for public viewing in mid-September. You will also have an unrivalled opportunity to see behind the scenes with a private, guided tour of the museum, allowing you to handle some of the artifacts brought up from the sea and used by sailors nearly 500 years ago! You will have access to all of the wonderful sights in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard and if you run out of time our ticket allows you to return at any time within the following 12 months. A spectacular Tudor Banquet ends this action packed day.
For those who wish to experience the banquet but perhaps are not so nautically minded, there is the opportunity for retail therapy at Gunwharf Quays designer outlets next door to the Historic Dockyard.
The tour includes:
- Return coach travel from Eastbourne to Portsmouth
- Special timed entry with guide to the Spinnaker Tower for a panoramic view of the Solent and explanation of the sinking of the Mary Rose
- Entry into the Historic Dockyard and all the attractions
- Special timed entry to HMS Victory
- A superb evening at the award winning Mary Rose Museum with a private guided tour
- A private talk about the life and times of Portsmouth sailors and their families
- Tudor Banquet served by wenches in costume, with a glass of spiced wine beforehand and a goblet of mead with the meal.