An excursion from Portsmouth or Southampton – Isle of Wight?  If you landed in a foreign port you would investigate a island just off shore with a wonderful micro climate.Some of the best beaches in the UK. So, from Portsmouth or Southampton this is a genuine tour. The Isle of Wight greets you with a very familiar looking train, it is the old original Central Line Tube train which they have purchased to take you through the island. It has many stops but here we concentrate on a particularly pleasant set of gardens that are up above a very British beach. Ventnor Botanical Gardens is quite a day out, great fun for the family and it is also set in a village that sports a great summer comedy and dramatic festival as an alternative to Edinburgh. The long steep steps down to the beach will take you back in time, as does much of the Isle of Wight. It is not to be ignored, this little island, with very British bed and breakfast is a great pre-show to a cruise. As you can see they do weddings here, so if you wanted to have a wedding at sea, but the family are not wanting to go to sea, you could have a wedding here, with all the family, then step on board on your honeymoon.

Our other film on the Isle of Wight takes you round the island, and takes you to Portsmouth by train. You can get the ferry back to Southampton and change terminals to meet your cruise ship. Our film on Southampton shows you how to get to Southampton by coach from Victoria.