Visiting Stonehenge and Salisbury

Would you like to travel to Stonehenge? If you’re in London or even in another city in England, then it can easily turn into a nice day trip. This article will help you figure out the details of how to arrange your trip to Stonehenge, how to get to Stonehenge, how much it cost to visit Stonehenge and what else there is to do once you arrive there.

First of all, getting to Stonehenge from London Waterloo, you just take a train to Salisbury in Wiltshire. The trip is a fast one, only one hour and a half. Upon arrival you can jump on a bus to Stonehenge itself. The cost of taking the train will depend on how early you book your tickets. But the price of the bus is only 7.5 British pounds per person. You can ride on the top level of the double decker bus and observ lots of beautiful country scenery. Lots of cows, sheep, horses, hay and beautiful forest patches.

Once you arriv at Stonehenge, jump off the bus and buy your entry tickets, which will run you up another 6 British pounds per person. The price is definitely worth it! With your tickets in hand, head over across the street to Stonehenge. Be ready to be taken aback by its sheer size and powerful presence. From far away on the top level of a bus it looks small, but now that you are standing beside it, you should really feel its magnificence.

There are still tons of legends and mystical ideas behind Stonehenge and no one today knows what it was really used for. One thing is for sure, it served as a calendar and could tell the seasons by having the sun shine through a different “doorway” for each month of the year. There are even markers for each of the four seasonal equinoxes. I loved this Pagan or possibly Druidic symbol of power and in my opinion the cycle of life. I also learned that perhaps 40% of Stonehenge had been stolen or chipped off over the thousands of years during which it was abandoned, mostly by pillagers and random visitors.

Head back into Salisbury and be ready to discover a bustling and happening little town! Lots of historic spaces, bridges, churches, and all. I suggest you visit the Salisbury church, which is 800 years old and is where one of the original Magna Carte is kept. We also saw the oldest working clock in the world, which was made in the 1300s. Then we sat outside of the church in the beautiful sunshine and just enjoyed talking together.

Enjoy your trip!