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Timetable for Isle of Man holiday
OK, so what does the holiday consist of? Well, on day one you’ll arrive in time for a short introduction by
your tour manager, followed by dinner in the hotel. The dining room looks out at the
river
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, close to
where it flows into the harbour, and there’s usually plenty of activity going on.
On day two you’ll take the coach to the small town of Peel, on the way calling in at the Tynwald Exhibition.
The Isle of Man isn’t part of the United Kingdom, and it has its own parliament, called Tynwald. It’s claimed
that this is the world’s oldest parliament that’s still functioning, and that it dates back to 979. However, the
earliest surviving reference to it is from
1422
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, so perhaps it isn’t quite as old as it claims!
Day three we have a trip to the mountain Snaefell. This begins with a leisurely ride along the promenade
in Douglas in a horse-drawn tram. Then you board an electric train which takes you to the fishing village
of Laxey. From there it’s an eight-kilometre ride in the Snaefell Mountain Railway to the
