The Southampton area tour would start normally with a walking tour of the city walls and the Bargate (a sight of special interest) taking in the development of the town from Saxon times through the medieval Norman period of wine and wool trades, the brief periods when Jane Austen lived in the town, to the development of Southampton as a liner port. 

Southampton's link to the Titanic is explained and the tour passes Canute Chambers which were the Southampton office of the White Star Line.

We then move east to visit the ancient village of Titchfield and its abbey before moving to Wickham and the Chesapeake Mill, then Lunch at Southwick where we talk about the village's connection with D-Day. In the afternoon we return to the ship taking in the magnificent views from Portsdown Hill overlooking the Solent and the fortifications known as Palmerston's follies. 

A visit to HMS Victory and Portsmouth would start from the liner's side calling at Burseldon to give a brief explanation of 18th century shipbuilding before moving onto Portsmouth Dockyard to Nelson's famous flagship HMS Victory and the Warrior.

The Naval Museum is well worth a visit and is included in the price.

We would lunch at the popular Gun Wharf Quay's complex near to the harbor entrance before making our way back to Southampton via the sea front.