Journey westward through the verdant Teign Valley and the small town of Moretonhampstead and up to the open moor. Settle into Prince Hall, a country house with beautiful grounds and scenic views. You and your fellow travelers will have the inn all to yourselves, complete with catered meals prepared by your guide. You'll visit the Dartmoor Prison Museum and roam an American graveyard. In the evening, if the weather is clear, you'll have the option of a local night hike.

Chart the course of the River Dart, which flows across our country estate. Follow its winding path down to where it leaves the moor, stopping to appreciate this unique landscape's sights, sounds, and scents. You'll pass Bronze Age settlements, lonely graves, and locations that inspired "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sherlock Holmes. Dinner will be at the Rugglestone in Widecombe, one of the jewels of the moor. Once a simple one-room pub for working folk from the farms, the Rugglestone is now slightly larger but still retains a charm that is totally unique.

Today, lace up your hiking shoes for a two-mile hike through fairytale-esque Wistman's Wood, one of the last remaining tracts of Dartmoor's ancient gnarled oak forest. Wander in the quiet stillness of these trees and witness a legendary example of nature and landscape. Savor lunch at a local inn, settling in next to a fire said to have been burning nonstop since 1845. For the afternoon, you can choose to explore the town of Chagford's cafes and galleries or visit Bronze Age stone circles unchanged for millennia.

After breakfast at Prince Hall, return to Exeter for one final highlight: a tour of the city's magnificent medieval cathedral. Enjoy one last lunch and a parting pint in a riverside pub, then catch the train back to London or extend your time in Exeter.