Stratford Upon Avon

Born and buried here in this hopelessly romantic 16^th-century town in the heart of England is the great bard himself, William Shakespeare. Understandably there’s a lot centred around the scribe from its three theatres to the half-timbered Tudor homes and cottages of his and his significant others. You can’t come here and avoid it – nor should you. But there’s also plenty to do once you’ve done all that. The question is whether it’s paddle boarding to ghost touring, raising a glass to its pretty fine gin distillery or taking the Shakespeare Distillery’s produced spirit aboard on a cruise and toasting the whole thing– what to see or not to see, that really is the question.