London Stratford-Upon-Avon

Shakespeare was born here. This fluke of fate has made Stratford-upon-Avon a major stop on the tourist superhighway. Proprietors tout the dozen-odd properties linked, however remotely, to the Bard and his extended family; shops and restaurants devotedly stencil his prose and poetry on their windows and walls. Beyond the sound and fury of rumbling tour buses and chaotic swarms of daytrippers, there lies a town worth seeing for the beauty of the River Avon and riveting performances in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

To Bard...

SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE. The only in-town sight directly associated with him includes an exhibit on his father’s glove-making business, a peaceful garden, and the requisite walkthrough on the Bard’s ...more

...or Not To Bard

STRATFORD BUTTERFLY FARM. Europe’s largest collection of butterflies flutters through tropical surroundings. Less beautiful creepy-crawlies—like the salmon pink bird-eating spider—dwell in glass ...more

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