Land at Heathrow, and your chauffeur takes care of five unhurried days in the Cotswolds villages.
Two country hotels you choose, one Mercedes, one driver.
- From £2,350 (≈ $3,150) · whole car, all five days
Licence PHOP950A 5-day Cotswolds tour from Heathrow is the relaxed way to see England’s best-known villages. Tripyana’s chauffeur meets you in arrivals, then spends three touring days with you in Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, the Slaughters, Broadway and Chipping Campden, waiting at every stop, before Blenheim Palace and your flight home. One price per car covers it all, and the tour runs all year, Christmas included.
How many days do you need in the Cotswolds?
Five days is enough to see the famous villages at walking pace instead of through a car window. The region covers almost 800 square miles, so the plan uses two hotels rather than one.
Two bases, short drives
Two nights in the south near Bibury and Cirencester, two in the north near Broadway. Most stops are then 10 to 30 minutes apart.
No wasted travel days
Your chauffeur collects you at the airport on landing and returns you to Heathrow on the last afternoon. Both travel days carry sightseeing too.
Your luggage never moves twice
On the day you change hotels, the cases stay locked in the boot while you explore. You check in that evening with nothing to carry.
- Two days from London
One night in the hills. Break the drive west in Oxford for a college quad, then Burford and an evening at Bourton-on-the-Water. Day two takes in the Slaughters, Chipping Campden and Broadway Tower before the drive back. It is a first taste; gardens and longer walks need the full plan.
- Three or four days
Keep one hotel near Stow-on-the-Wold and fold day two into the others. Bibury and Bourton-on-the-Water then share a day, and Blenheim stays on the way to Heathrow.
- A week or more
Add Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon or Sudeley Castle from the options below. Each extra night away from London adds the chauffeur’s hotel at £100, and you receive one written price for the whole car.
Only one day to spare from London? Take our private Cotswolds day tour from London instead; it covers Bibury and Bourton-on-the-Water in about nine hours.
What does a 5-day Cotswolds itinerary look like?
This is the day-by-day plan our guests travel. Touring days start at 10:00; on day three you check out at 09:30 to change hotels, and on day five at 08:30 for Blenheim. Your chauffeur adjusts every stop to your pace and to the opening times of your dates.
Heathrow to the southern Cotswolds
- Landing Your chauffeur waits in the arrivals hall with a name sign.
- +30 min Luggage into the car and the drive west, about 1 hour 45 minutes to a hotel near Malmesbury, Tetbury or Cirencester.
- Evening Check in and rest. Any landing time between 05:00 and 23:30 works.
Bibury, Barnsley and Cirencester
- 10:00 Pick-up at your hotel.
- 10:30 Bibury: Arlington Row, the weavers’ cottages, and the trout stream beside them.
- 13:00 Lunch at THE PIG-in the Cotswolds in Barnsley, ten minutes away, cooked from its walled kitchen garden.
- 15:30 Cirencester, the Roman town once called Corinium, for its parish church and market square.
- 17:30 Back at your hotel.
Bourton, Stow and the Slaughters
- 09:30 Check-out. Your cases stay in the car all day.
- 10:15 Bourton-on-the-Water and its low stone bridges over the River Windrush.
- 13:00 Lunch at The Old Stocks Inn on the market square in Stow-on-the-Wold.
- 14:45 Lower Slaughter and its mill, then the short walk or drive to Upper Slaughter.
- 17:15 Arrival at your second hotel, in the north near Broadway.
Broadway Tower, Broadway and Chipping Campden
- 10:00 Pick-up at your hotel.
- 10:30 Broadway Tower, the folly on the escarpment, with views across several counties.
- 11:45 Broadway village and a long lunch among its tea rooms and old stone inns; on a Sunday, a traditional roast.
- 14:30 Chipping Campden, fifteen minutes away, and its curving street of honey-stone houses.
- 16:30 Back at your hotel.
Blenheim Palace and Heathrow
- 08:30 Check-out and pick-up.
- 09:30 Blenheim Palace, about an hour away: a walk in the park first, then the palace when it opens at 10:00.
- 13:00 The drive to Heathrow, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- 14:15 Drop-off at your terminal, in good time for a flight from about 16:30.
Prefer one more village? Your chauffeur can swap Blenheim for Castle Combe on the way to the airport.
Book the two lunches ahead at weekends and in summer. Want the car for dinner too? Add hours when you book, and your chauffeur drives you to the restaurant and back.
Where should you stay for a Cotswolds tour?
Split the nights between the south and the north of the region. You book the hotels yourself, and we plan each pick-up around them.
Nights 1 and 2: the south
Stay near Malmesbury, Tetbury or Cirencester. Whatley Manor, a country-house hotel with gardens near Malmesbury, is one our guests have chosen.
Nights 3 and 4: the north
Stay around Broadway or Chipping Campden. Dumbleton Hall, a Victorian manor near Evesham, and The Lygon Arms on Broadway high street both suit the plan.
Tell us the names
Send both hotel names when you book. Your chauffeur checks the drive times and confirms each morning’s pick-up.
How much does a 5-day Cotswolds tour with a private driver cost?
You pay per car for the whole tour, never per person. The total covers the arrival day, three touring days, and the Blenheim and Heathrow day.
Mercedes E‑Class
3 seats · 2 bags
£2,350(≈ $3,150)
Mercedes V‑Class
7 seats · 7 bags
4 large cases? Choose V
£2,800(≈ $3,800)
Mercedes S‑Class
3 seats · 2 bags
£3,600(≈ $4,850)
Your own programme
More days, Bath or Oxford added, or a London stay first. A fixed price per car within the hour.
Extra hours on any day can be added on the booking form.
Dollar figures are approximate; you are charged in GBP.
Couples choose the E‑Class, whose boot takes two large suitcases plus hand luggage. The S‑Class has the same space with a quieter, roomier rear cabin, and the V‑Class seats a family with all its cases.
Need only the drive from the airport, without the touring days? Book our Heathrow to Cotswolds transfer on its own.
What is included in the Cotswolds tour?
Everything the car and the chauffeur need for five days is in the price. You pay only for your hotels, meals and entry tickets.
Meet & greet at Heathrow
Your chauffeur waits in arrivals with your name, helps with the trolley, and tracks the flight so a late landing costs nothing.
One chauffeur all week
The same driver stays with you for the five days, sleeping nearby, so mornings start on time and your routine is known by day two.
Fuel, parking and the driver’s hotel
Motorway miles, village car parks, and the chauffeur’s four nights away from London are all part of the total.
Free waiting at every stop
Lunch runs long or a garden is too lovely to leave? The car waits, within each day’s eight hours.
Because the car is yours, each day bends around you: reach Bibury before the midday visitors, linger in Chipping Campden when the light is good, or take the single-track lanes to Upper Slaughter and Stanton.
Not included: your own hotels, meals, and tickets such as Blenheim Palace and Broadway Tower. The villages themselves are free to explore.
What do our guests say?
Enrico travelled with us in the Cotswolds in October 2026. The other two reviews are from guests on our other private trips, quoted as written.
“A very positive experience; perfect organization prior to the trip, and our driver was highly knowledgeable, courteous, and discreet. We will certainly use them again for our next trip to the Cotswolds.”
Review published on Trustpilot“You provide to us the best experience ever and we enjoyed our time in every single trip we had. Thank you for making our trip memorable.”
Review published on Google Maps“They truly care about their customers and maintain excellent standards of cleanliness…Their punctuality is impeccable”
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When is the best time for a Cotswolds tour?
Every season works, because the car keeps you dry between stops. Gardens and houses open fully from spring to autumn, and we check every opening against your dates before the tour.
- Spring, April to May
Lambs in the fields, wisteria on the cottage walls, and quieter villages before the summer holidays. Hidcote’s Arts and Crafts garden rooms near Chipping Campden reach their best from May.
- Summer, June to August
Long evenings and gardens in full flower. The lavender fields at Snowshill open from mid-June to early August, deepest purple in July, and Sudeley Castle’s roses peak in June.
- Autumn, September to November
Golden trees along the Windrush and warm pub fires; October is many guests’ favourite month. Sudeley Castle closes for the winter at the start of November.
- Winter and Christmas
Light fades by about 16:00, so the villages fill the morning and early afternoon, and several gardens close or open only at weekends. From 13 November 2026 to 3 January 2027 Blenheim Palace holds its Christmas event, 10:00 to 20:00, with timed tickets; its market runs until 20 December.
- Cirencester Advent Market
On Saturday 28 November 2026, 10:00 to 18:00, the Market Place fills for the light switch-on and the town-centre roads close, so your chauffeur sets you down at the edge.
- Highgrove, near Tetbury
The King’s garden opens only for pre-booked guided tours from April to September. Tickets go on sale in early spring and sell out fast, so book before you fly.
- A rainy day
Swap a walk for the Corinium Museum in Cirencester or longer inside Blenheim Palace. The tea rooms make a wet afternoon cosy.
What can we add to a Cotswolds tour?
Any touring day can take a detour. Tell your chauffeur the evening before, and the day is rearranged around it.
- Bath, Oxford or Stratford-upon-Avon
All three sit just outside the Cotswolds, on its edges. Bath lies at the southern tip, where the Cotswold Way ends; Stratford is about 25 minutes from Chipping Campden, for Shakespeare’s Birthplace; Oxford is about 40 minutes east of Burford.
- Quieter villages
Blockley and its old silk mills, Stanton’s single street and hilltop Snowshill all fit day four. Painswick, with its clipped yews, is an easy drive from the southern hotel.
- The Downton Abbey village
Bampton played the village of Downton on screen, and St Mary’s Church its village church. It is under half an hour from Bibury, so fans add it to day two.
- Walks with the car meeting you
Lower to Upper Slaughter is about a mile by the river, and Bourton-on-the-Water to Lower Slaughter a mile and a half of meadow. From Broadway Tower the Cotswold Way runs downhill to the village. Light waterproof boots are enough.
- Sudeley Castle and Lacock
Sudeley at Winchcombe has ten gardens and the tomb of Queen Katherine Parr. Lacock and Castle Combe suit a morning from the southern hotel.
- With children
Bourton has its model village and Birdland, the Cotswold Farm Park is about 15 minutes from Stow, and Blenheim adds a maze and a miniature train.
How do I book the 5-day Cotswolds tour?
Book in this order: your two hotels as soon as flights are fixed (earliest for summer weekends, October and Christmas week), then the car, then dated tickets such as Blenheim Palace, and the lunch tables last.
Choose your arrival date and landing time
In the form below, the date is day one and the time is when your flight lands. Type your Heathrow terminal as the pick-up. The next four days follow on their own.
Choose the car and see one total
Select the E‑Class, V‑Class or S‑Class. One figure for the whole tour appears. Add your flight numbers and both hotel names in the notes, then pay by card or choose cash to your chauffeur.
Receive your 5-day plan
Your confirmation email lists all five days with their times. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Booking at short notice? Send your landing date anyway; we reply within the hour and say plainly which parts of the plan still fit. Starting with a few days in London? Add our 4-day London programme by car first, or tour more widely with Bath and Stonehenge on our multi-day England tour with a private driver.
Questions at any hour? Our assistant in the corner of this page answers straight away. After booking, open “Change my booking” in your confirmation email to change the date, time, address, trip or passengers; cancellations go to our team.
Questions about touring the Cotswolds with a private driver
Is 5 days enough for the Cotswolds?
Yes, for a first visit. Five days covers the arrival, three full touring days for Bibury, Bourton-on-the-Water, the Slaughters, Broadway and Chipping Campden, and a last morning at Blenheim Palace. With two hotels, most drives between stops take 10 to 30 minutes.
How much does a private Cotswolds tour cost?
The 5-day tour from Heathrow costs £2,350 in a Mercedes E-Class, £2,800 in a V-Class and £3,600 in an S-Class. The price is for the car, not per person, and includes the Heathrow meet and greet, fuel, parking and the chauffeur’s four nights away. In US dollars that is about $3,150, $3,800 and $4,850; you are charged in pounds sterling.
Where are the Cotswolds?
The Cotswolds are a range of limestone hills in south-central England, about 90 miles west of London. The protected area spreads across six counties, mostly Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, from Chipping Campden in the north to the edge of Bath in the south, and is known for its villages of honey-coloured stone.
How far are the Cotswolds from Heathrow?
The southern villages are about 1 hour 45 minutes from Heathrow by car, and Broadway in the north about two hours; from central London, add around half an hour. That is why a day trip covers two or three villages, while five days with two hotels keeps every stop close.
Which airport is closest to the Cotswolds?
Birmingham and Bristol are the nearest large airports, each roughly an hour from the northern or southern villages. Most long-haul flights land at Heathrow, which is why this tour starts there. Landing at Birmingham or Bristol instead? Send us your flight, and we quote the same programme from that airport.
Can the tour start in London instead of Heathrow?
Yes. Your chauffeur can collect you from any London hotel on day one at the same price, and drop you back in London on day five. Choose your London address as the pick-up when you book, and the rest of the programme stays the same.
Do you book the hotels, and can we stay in just one?
We provide the car and chauffeur; you book your hotels directly and send us their names, and we gladly suggest well-placed ones. One base also works: a hotel around Stow-on-the-Wold keeps Bibury and Broadway within about half an hour, though some mornings start a little further from the first village.
Is the chauffeur also a tour guide?
No. Your chauffeur is a professional driver who knows the lanes, car parks and best viewpoints, and shares tips on the way, but does not guide inside the sights. Blenheim Palace offers its own guided options on the day.
What if our flight is delayed?
Nothing changes for you. Your chauffeur tracks the flight and waits in arrivals at the real landing time, with no extra charge for the delay. The rest of the programme starts the next morning as planned.
Can I cancel, and how do I pay?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, with any card payment refunded in full; inside 24 hours the fare is charged. Pay by card on the booking form, or choose cash and pay your chauffeur in pounds sterling on the first day.
Can we travel with young children on a private Cotswolds tour?
Yes. Child seats are free for every age, from baby seats to boosters, and are ready in the car when you land at Heathrow. Add each child’s age in the notes when you book. Families of up to seven travel together in the V-Class, and any day can be shortened or given a park stop when young legs tire.
Can wheelchair users or guests who cannot walk far join?
Yes, if the guest can move onto a car seat, as our cars have no ramp or lift. A folding wheelchair or walker rides in the boot all week, and your chauffeur sets you down as close to each sight as parking rules allow. Blenheim Palace has a lift to the state rooms and hires out wheelchairs booked 24 hours ahead.
Five days in the Cotswolds, from the arrivals hall to your flight home, with one car and one chauffeur.
Choose your landing date and your car. Every village after that is planned for you.
Tripyana Ltd is a UK-licensed company — private hire operator licence PHOP950 · Company No. 16308293 · based in London.