Summer on the Riviera customer favourite
Monday 07 July 2025 to Friday 11 July 2025
£675pp
- Destination
- Itinerary
- Full inclusions
- Hotel
- Booking request
Why visit Devon? Let Devon captivate you with its rolling green hills, rugged cliffs, charming coastal towns and rich naval history. The people of Devon are known for their warmth and hospitality, making you feel right at home, and at this time of year, we’d hope the weather is just as warm too. Enjoy scenic coastal views as you stroll along Paignton’s golden sands or atop the nostalgic pier, knowing that you’re in a great central location for exploring the English Riviera. Just down the coast, the harbour towns of Brixham and Dartmouth await. Brixham is a picture-perfect and authentic Devonshire maritime town with a beautiful harbour surrounded by colourful hillside homes and tempting local shops and cafés. Dartmouth has a fascinating and fierce naval history, its lengthy bustling harbour is surrounded by winding streets, quaint homes and delightful local shops. Dartmouth crab is a local speciality and team member Tory can also highly recommended ice cream from Salcombe Dairy on the Quay.
Why visit with us? In 2024 99% of our holiday customers said they would book again and 99% also said they would recommend us to a friend. Shaws Coaches has a strong reputation for a dependable service, with a proven track record for punctuality and professionalism. Our friendly booking team and highly-rated tour drivers are ready to welcome you. 99% would book again!
What do our customers say? “A nice mixture, Dartmouth trip enjoyable. A very big thank you for an enjoyable week” • “Please put this Paignton holiday in the brochure again” • In 2024 customers rated this tour 4.2/5 based on content, overall satisfaction and value for money • In 2024 customers rated the Queens Hotel, Paignton 4.1/5 based on its food & drink, staff & service and bedroom comfort.
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Tour code: C3480
Monday
After being collected from home, get comfy in your reserved, executive class seat as you make your way to England’s southwest coast. Check in to your 3* hotel with tea/coffee awaiting on arrival, before dinner this evening.
Tuesday
Spend a summer morning at leisure on the English Riviera, perhaps take a wander along Paignton’s long stretch of beautiful and easily accessible beachfront, with a traditional promenade and 240m Victorian pier. A twenty-minute walk through town will take you to the public gardens at Oldway Mansion – these grade II heritage gardens are maintained by volunteers and full of colour in summer. Spend the afternoon amongst Georgian treasures at Saltram House, overlooking the River Plym within a rolling 18th-century landscape. Go celebrity ‘tree’ spotting along Lime Avenue – can you find the English oak used in Sense & Sensibility? A visit to the ‘Great Room’ is a must – here you can see one of the country’s most complete Robert Adam rooms dating back to 1772.
Wednesday
All aboard for one of the finest steam train journeys in the country, from Paignton to Kingswear, along the coast of Torbay and through beautiful Devonshire countryside. At Kingswear take the traditional foot passenger ferry across the River Dart before boarding a glorious river boat for a 60 minute circular estuary cruise. Pass castles, grand naval buildings and the home of late Dame Agatha Christie, look out for seals, dolphins and kingfishers along the way! Enjoy free time in Dartmouth before returning to Paignton in the same unique style in which you arrived.
Thursday
Soak up the buzz of Brixham this morning as you enjoy free time in this beautiful fishing town. A stroll along the harbour walls are a must, perhaps pausing for a take away coffee or ice cream as you go? Sit and watch the heritage trawlers busy at work and the colourful houses glistening in the summer sun on the hillside. Back to Paignton for an afternoon of relaxation, make use of the hotel pool or take the level walk to the seafront for one final glimpse of the Riviera.
Friday
After breakfast it’s time to head home.
- 4 night stay with breakfast
- 3 course dinner with tea/coffee every evening (min 3 choices)
- Return journey on the Dartmouth Steam Railway
- River Dart Cruise (one hour)
- Entry to Saltram House (NT)
- Free time in Paignton, Dartmouth and Brixham
- Ferry across the River Dart
- Welcome tea/coffee at the hotel
- Hotel entertainment every night
- Porterage (for arrivals before 5pm)
- All travel including home collection*
- International Passenger Protection
- Reserved coach seat
- 18kg suitcase pp
- Executive touring coach featuring a refreshment station, reclining seats, reading lights, curtains, foot and arm rests, toilet, safety belts, air suspension and individual air-flow controls
- An experienced, friendly, highly-rated and professional tour driver
- Friendly booking team on hand to answer any questions you might have in the run up to your holiday
- DEPOSIT OFFER! Book before 31 July 2025 and pay just £25pp with the balance due 8 weeks prior to departure (deposit rises to £50pp thereafter)
- LOYALTY DISCOUNT! Book 3 holidays (in any calendar year) and save £15pp, book 4+ and save £20pp, just let us know in special requests that you'd like to redeem your discount
- SAVE £10PP by meeting the coach at Maxey, Stamford Bus Station or Peterborough Extra Services
- £5PP DISCOUNT for National Trust Members
- Book early to guarantee no single supplement, available on a limited number of rooms
- *Providing you live in Bourne, Stamford, Peterborough, Uppingham, The Deepings, Spalding, Whittlesey, Oakham and most of the villages between them and Maxey (we're happy to collect from outside of our free pick-up area with a small additional charge)
The Queens Hotel, Paignton 
- A short level walk to Paignton town centre and the seafront
- Family run
- Rated 4.1/5 by Shaws’ customers in 2024 based on its food & drink, staff & service and bedroom comfort
- Ensuite bedrooms with TV & radio, phone, hairdryer, free WiFi and complimentary tea/coffee tray
- Restaurant and lounge/bar with patio
- TV lounge with pool table
- Indoor pool
- Two lifts to all floors (one is suitable for wheelchairs)
ACCESS: Lots of walk-in showers but some rooms have baths, limited ground floor rooms, a few steps on lift exit to front facing rooms, five steps to the restaurant and pool (ladder access to the pool)
Please ask us about upgrade options which may be available at a supplement