The goose quill, the cut, the ink, the 1611, the scribe copying the “The Tempest,” the “O brave new world, that has such people in it!”, the last play that the Shakespeare wrote alone, and the words that are the most famous in the English language. The William Shakespeare (the 1564–1616, the Stratford-upon-Avon, the 38 plays, the 154 sonnets, and the most important writer in the English language) is the essential English figure, and the Shakespeare’s world, the Stratford-upon-Avon, the London of the Globe, and the castles where the history plays were the set, is the essential literary-travel experience in the UK. Here are the top travel ideas from the Bard.

William Shakespeare’s World, Top Travel Ideas

• The Stratford-upon-Avon, the essential Shakespeare: The Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of the Shakespeare and the most important literary pilgrimage site in the English-speaking world: the Shakespeare’s Birthplace (the Henley Street, the 16th-century half-timbered house, the museum, the First Folio, the 1623, the collection of the plays, the most important book in the English literature, and the garden, the actors performing the sonnets. ~£20 for the Birthplace, and the essential strategy: the Shakespeare’s Story ticket, the 3 houses, the Birthplace, the Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the New Place, the £25, and the best value), the Anne Hathaway’s Cottage (the Shottery, the 1 mile from the centre, the 1463, the thatched, the most beautiful house in the Stratford, the garden, the sculpture trail, the orchard, and the essential Stratford experience), the New Place (the Chapel Street, the house that the Shakespeare bought in the 1597, the largest house in the Stratford, the only house the Shakespeare owned, the restored garden, the sculptures, and the best small attraction in the Stratford. ~£15), and the Holy Trinity Church (the 13th century, the burial place of the Shakespeare, the chancel, the monument, the bust, the inscription: “Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare / To digg the dvst encloased heare / Bleste be the man that spares thes stones / And cvrst be he that moves my bones”, and the most important grave in the England. The free, and the essential: the glimpse of the ledger-stone). More UK →
• The London of the Globe and the Warwickshire castles: The Shakespeare’s Globe: the Bankside, the 1997 reconstruction of the 1599 Globe, the thatched, the open-air, the £5 groundling ticket (the standing in the yard, the essential Shakespeare experience and the best-value theatre in the London), the tour (the £25, the 1-hour, the exhibition), the season (the April–October, the essential: the A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the June, and the best evening in the London). The Warwick Castle, the history plays: the 30-minute drive from the Stratford, the 1068, the most touristy castle in the England, the Merlin Entertainments, and the essential for the family (see #827). The essential Warwick Castle Shakespeare connection: the Henry VI and the Richard III, the Wars of the Roses, are the set in the Warwick Castle and the region. The Kenilworth Castle: the 14-minute drive from the Stratford, the red sandstone, the Elizabethan gardens, the best in the England, and the Shakespeare connection: the Queen Elizabeth I visited the Kenilworth in the 1575, the 19 days, the most elaborate royal visit in the Tudor history, and the 11-year-old Shakespeare in the Stratford, the 12 miles away, may have the seen the procession.