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The Duchess
The Duchess

The Duchess

Famous socialite and fashion icon looses millions gambling, can't keep her extra-marital affairs a secret and her best friend is sleeping with her husband! Sound like a modern day celeb you know of? Well, this ravishing socialite is Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, the original "It Girl" played by Keira Knightley in the new film The Duchess, based on a true story and set in 18th-Century England.

» See what else this ancestor of Princess Diana was up to...
Vacations on Location

Step into a cinematic landscape

Stately homes, gorgeous landscapes. If you feel like you're in a Jane Austen novel, that's because you are. Step into the landscapes that were featured in Pride and Prejudice with our cinematic itinerary.

» Experience a "vacation on location"
Beaulieu

For Your Eyes Only

You don't need to be a secret agent to enjoy this Bond-themed itinerary in honor of the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth.

 

» Your instructions await

Movie Map

Download the Elizabeth: The Golden Age Movie Map (2.15Mb PDF)

View the image gallery

View the image gallery for Brideshead Revisited.

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