Heathrow Airport 2 hr 40
The Garlic Farm (12 min.) home-grown garlic plus garlic-inspired products and fare in a specialist farm shop with restaurant. Adj Fitzroy Street (4 min) Shanklin Chine (10 min.) leafy wooded ravine with waterfalls and abundant wildlife plus arts heritage centre. Isle Of Wight Steam Railway (18 min.) outfit preserving railway history via exhibits train stations & rides on steam-powered locomotives. Blackgang Chine (25 min.) cowboys pirates dinosaurs and fairies in themed spaces along with roller-coasters and rides. Shanklin (7 min) New Street (1 min) The Heights (3 min) Brading Roman Villa (6 min.) excavated roman courtyard villa with well-preserved mosaics and displays of finds from the site. Robin Hill (17 min.) family rides tractor train nature trails falconry and events plus a woodland tree house. Spinnaker Tower (56 min.) landmark tower with an on-site cafe and a glass-floored platform overlooking portsmouth harbour. Carisbrooke Castle (23 min.) fine medieval castle and museum where charles i was imprisoned by cromwell s roundheads. Osborne (23 min.) italian-inspired mansion amid lush gardens and filled with victoria and albert s former possessions. Ventnor Botanic Garden (21 min.) an unusually warm climate for britain allows sub tropical planting in these naturalistic gardens. Mary Rose Museum (59 min.) museum for 16th-century tudor warship & king henry viii s favourite built in 1510 & sunk in 1545. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (58 min.) nelson s hms victory plus hms warrior and the mary rose museum with simulators and harbour tours. Dinosaur Isle (14 min.) animatronic dinosaurs and 1000 of the island s best fossils in a pterodactyl-shaped building. Amazon World Zoo (8 min.) conservation-minded venue with over 200 species including tropical birds and meerkats. |