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Coach Trips & Excursions 2024

Sim's Travel have a wide range of coach excursions and day trips available to popular UK resorts and events. Please see below for a full list of upcoming coach tours with details of dates, prices and destination.

If you have any questions regarding any of the following then please do not hesitate to give us a call on 019467 23227 .

All coaches will have hand sanitiser for passenger use and will be cleaned & disinfected between groups.

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• All tours and excursions operated with executive coaches fitted with seat belts, double-glazing and toilet, subject to availability
• Entrance fees to certain attractions may be included in the price of some of the tours.

All tour details and prices are subject to alteration at the company's discretion. All the tours are subject to a minimum number of passengers booking. Smoking on board the coach is not permitted on any of the tours or excursions for the comfort of the all passengers. All tours are fully protected in line with the ec directive 90/314/eec article 7.

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February 2024  -  26 years of Day Excursions

Welcome to our website.  We hope that you enjoy browsing the wide variety of trips that we have on offer.  We started operating our own Day Excursion Programme called "Destinations" in 1998, offering a variety of days out 12 months of the year, and we mark our 26th Anniversary with a special excursion in February. Our day excursions programme is now in place right through to the end of October, packed with ideas for days away in the Spring, through the Summer and Autumn.  Our printed brochure is called "Destinations" and the latest copy has an ORANGE cover, you can get a copy from any of the places listed here .  The full programme is also listed on this page of our website and you can book any of these day trips either direct with us or at any of our Booking Agents .  Our excursions vary considerably throughout the year and include Scenic Drives, Historic Properties, Popular Market Days, Meal Venues, Towns and Cities, Antique Fairs, Crafts, Christmas meals and markets, Gardening and Flower Shows, Railways, Coastal Venues, Special Event Days, River and Canal Boat Cruises, Food and Drink Festivals, and Zoos.  We are immensely proud of the variety of excursions that we have on offer, and are pleased that we can continue to bring you new days out alongside some of your favourites. Our aim is to always provide a warm welcome and a friendly service to all our passengers, with allocated seats and the services of an on-board hostess.  We pride ourselves on being able to offer you a wide choice of day excursions on clean, comfortable modern coaches fitted with upgraded Hispacold "eco3" Air Purifier units within the air conditioning systems for enhanced ventilation.  Both of our Mercedes Tourismo coaches seat 51 passengers and have Euro VI engines which meet the latest, toughest emissions regulations - the exhaust is actually cleaner than that from a car!  You can see our fleet on the Coach Hire page of our website. With a choice of free local pick up points around the Castleford, Pontefract, Rothwell, Garforth, Kippax, Wakefield and south Leeds area of West Yorkshire you should find it easy to join us for an enjoyable day out.  We now operate two separate pick up routes with a limited number of joining points on each route to minimise the time taken to pick passengers up, but you can join all of our excursions in both Wakefield and Castleford town centres.  

For a full list of our Booking Agents where you can book seats for any of our day excursions click here , or to book direct with Kee Travel call 01924 223646. Kee Travel Gift Vouchers are also available which make an ideal present, call us for further details.

All of the Kee Travel team look forward to welcoming you on board.

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5 interesting day excursions from Moscow

Sergeyev Posad.

To get a glimpse of Russia’s vastness and diversity, you don’t have to travel all the way to Siberia. A few places are easily accessible for day trips from Moscow

Sergeyev Posad

Located 70 km (43 miles) northeast of Moscow, the town of Sergeyev Posad is home to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the most important Russian Orthodox monastery in the country.

Few places in the country demonstrate the architectural journey that Russian churches undertook from the 14 th century to the present day. St. Sergius of Radonezh, a venerated Russian saint, founded the monastery in 1345. Numerous structures were built in the compound in the subsequent centuries.

Trains leave every 30 minutes for Sergeyev Posad from Moscow’s Yaroslavskiy Railway Station. You can also take Bus Number 388 from the VDNKh metro station.

A pilgrimage spot for fans of Anton Chekhov , Melikhovo, 74 km (46 miles) from Moscow, is the former estate of the great playwright.

Chekhov moved to the estate in 1892 from Moscow and lived there till 1899. This is where he wrote classics such as The Seagull and his famous trilogy: The Man in a Case, About Love, and Gooseberries.

“My estate’s not much, but the surroundings are magnificent,” Chekhov wrote about Melikhovo.  The estate has been converted into a museum where the main house has preserved the 19 th century ambience. You can visit Chekhov’s study as well as the cottage where he wrote The Seagull.

Each May the estate hosts a weeklong theatre festival.

Suburban trains (elechtrichkas) run regularly from Moscow’s Kursky Railway Station to the town of Chekhov. From Chekhov take bus number 25 to the estate.

Nobody would ever visit the otherwise nondescript town of Monino, 33 km (20.5 miles) east of Moscow, if it didn’t have one of the world’s greatest open-air aviation museums.

The Central Air Force Museum, which is in Monino’s airfield, has 173 Russian aircraft and over 100 aircraft engines. The facility was an airbase from 1932 to 1956, when it was converted into a museum.

Along with aircraft from the Second World War, the Mi-12 Homer double rotor helicopter and the Bartini Beriev VVA-14 amphibious aircraft, the museum also has exhibits related to military aviation history such as the uniform of captured U2 pilot Gary Powers.

There’s no better way to learn about the history of Russian military aviation than taking a guided tour conducted by ex-pilots. Media reports indicate that the museum will be closed to the public from July 2016, so make a dash for it, if you’re a military aviation enthusiast.

Suburban trains (elechtrichkas) leave regularly for Monino from the Yaroslavskiy Railway Station.  The airfield is surrounded by defense installations and is not a walking distance from the station. Take a taxi from the station to avoid bus routes that pass through military areas.

You can also take bus number 322 to Monino from the Partizanskaya Metro Station.

The historic city, which is at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosi rivers, is about 250 km (155 miles) northeast of Moscow. A part of the Golden Ring , the historic city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The city center, which is compact and can easily be explored by foot, has around 140 protected monuments. The riverfront houses several old and famous monasteries.

The Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, which is believed to have been founded in the 12 th century, is one of the city’s most well preserved religious complexes. Visitors are allowed to enter the 32-meter high bell tower, which was built in the mid-16 th century. The views are absolutely stunning from the top.

There are several nice cafes with views of the river in the city center.

Long-distance trains depart regularly for Yaroslavl from the Yaroslavskiy Railway Station.  It is a four-hour journey on most trains, although there is one fast service.

For a daytrip, you should ideally take a train from the capital at 7:35 am (reaches Yaroslavl at 10:51) and take one back at 7:32 pm (reaches Moscow at 10:53 pm).

If a find a journey to Yaroslavl too tiring for a day trip, a good alternative is the Tver , which is 162 km (100 miles) north of Moscow.

The city, which is at the confluence of the Tvertsa and Volga rivers, was founded in 1135.  Most of the ancient buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1763, after which it was redesigned for Empress Catherine the Great as a “road palace” to rest on the journey between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The riverfront has a nice collection of 18 th and 19 th century building and churches. The city center is also compact and can easily be explored by foot.

One of the most popular gathering places in the city is the square housing the statue to Afanasy Nikitin, one of Tver’s greatest sons.  Nikitin, a 15 th century merchant was one of the first Europeans to travel to and document his visit to India.

Another popular hangout is the embankment from where you can see the Starovolzhsky Bridge.

Trains regularly depart for Tver from the Leningradskiy Station. The faster trains take a little over an hour to get to Tver.

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Day trip to Yasnaya Polyana from Moscow: transport, sights, tips, advices

Main Sights

Of course the main sight here is the Yasnaya Polyana estate itself. Located within the estate are the house where Tolstoy lived plus the auxiliary buildings of the estate which now contain exhibits dedicated to the work of peasants in running the estate.

The natural surroundings of the estate are also a highlight and don't forget to visit Tolstoy's simple grave on the territory of the estate.

During the low season from November until April, it is possible to visit the main house by yourself and take an audio guide (Russian, English, French or German). However from April until November you can only join a Russian group excursion.

Excursions around Yasnaya Polyana are held about every hour - tickets are bought at the ticket office next to the main gates. Excursions start there as well.

During the excursion, you will visit the central part of the estate, the Tolstoy House, and the exhibition in the Kuzminsky House.

Some exciting activities are offered by the museum including horse riding, carriage rides or sleigh rides, and tea drinking at the Coachmen's house with an interactive tour of a traditional Russian peasant's hut. In summer, excursions on bikes around places connected with Tolstoy are also organised. Activities should be booked in advance by email.

There is a little cafe called Prishpekt located just opposite the main gates where you can buy tea, pies and some hot dishes. Two kilometres from the Yasnaya Polyana estate, there is a restaurant and cafe and places where you can spend the night.

Visiting Tula

Three to five hours is enough to see all the sights and museums of the estate. So you should have time to go back to Tula and have a quick look around before heading back to Moscow. You could also make the trip into a weekend trip by spending the night and next day in Tula, which is worth a day-trip in itself as the city has a nice Kremlin and is associated in Russia with samovars, weapons and the Russian equivalent of gingerbread known as a 'pryanik'. To find out more about Tula visit our Tula pages.

Suggested Timetable

Here is our suggested timetable for making the most of a day-trip to Yasnaya Polyana. All train and bus times are approximate as the exact time may change.

There are a few souvenirs shops near the car park for the estate where you can buy standard Russian souvenirs such as Russian dolls and some local ones dedicated to the estate, Tolstoy and his work.

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