Click here to print this page   How to get here If you're coming from England or Wales, please click here for route and transport options. From Ireland, Scotland and many places in Europe, you can catch a flight to Bristol airport. Then catch a taxi or get a lift from a friend to Glastonbury (40km) or take an airport bus to Bristol bus station, then a 376 bus to Glastonbury. From Europe you can also catch EuroStar to London, then a train from London Paddington to Castle Cary (then an 18km lift or taxi), or to Bristol Temple Meads (then a 376 bus to Glastonbury). By air, there's a direct bus from London Heathrow to Glastonbury leaving late afternoon. Otherwise, catch the RailAir link from Heathrow to Reading, then a train to Bristol or Castle Cary. From Gatwick, catch a train to Reading, then another train to Bristol or Castle Cary. From London Stansted you must catch a train into London, then take a train from London Paddington to Castle Cary or Bristol, or a late-afternoon bus from London Victoria coach station direct to Glastonbury. See How to get to Glastonbury for maps, details and booking links.

Longer visits to Glastonbury

People come to stay in Glastonbury from all over the world. For some, it's as significant as visiting Jerusalem, the Pyramids or Benares.

It's a great place to stay to sort yourself out, imbibe the atmosphere, traditions and a taste of the future. Mix with interesting people, cultivate your dreams and lift up your heart!

It has been a pilgrimage place for millennia, and the 21st Century is no exception. (See Glastonbury Culture and History and Traditions).

A general tip

Leave your plans and intentions flexible when you come to Glastonbury. Visitors who try to fit reality around their plans tend to come unstuck and have a tricky time. People who come with an open mind and heart will find all they're seeking and more.

What to do

It depends which season you visit. In July-August there are lots of events and plenty of people around. In spring and late summer it's less frantic and rather nice. In winter it's great here if you need to get some space from your ordinary life, be creative or learn things.

It's a good base for visiting other places - Avebury, Stonehenge, the Dorset coast, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Tintagel or the mountains of Wales.

Glastonbury has many healers, counsellors, therapists, courses, conferences and other events.

Or take a walk amongst the trees, or watch the swans and herons down on the Somerset Levels. Blow your aura clean on Glastonbury Tor. It's a spiritual oasis, with far more inhabitants than the human popualtion. In Celtic tradition it's called Caer Sidi - city of the fairy people.

Glastonbury has all the shops, banks, cafes and places to stay that you'll need. It's best to arrange your accommodation early. While you're here, Clarks Village in the neighbouring town of Street has lots of cheap bargains in clothes, shoes and other bits.

Bristol, our regional city, is 27m/40km or a 90-minute bus ride away. If you can get a lift to and from Castle Cary (12m/18km) you can catch a train to London and back in one day - or it's a three-hour drive by car.

Information and help

Click through the links on the left, where you'll be introduced to the options and passed on to comprehensive listings of accommodation and events at Glastonbury Online.

Click here for events, gigs and the Glastonbury Festival.

When you arrive in town, visit the Tourist Information Centre at the old Tribunal on the High Street for conventional tourist info.

Check out the noticeboards in some cafes, look out for The Oracle, our local monthly what's on listing, or just keep your ears open and antennae up. Magic happens.

If you are staying for a while it is worth contacting one of the organisations that serve pilgrim visitors. You might become a companion of Chalice Well, join the Library of Avalon, enrol for a course with the Isle of Avalon Foundation or make contact with the Glaston Group.

Where to stay

Glastonbury has a fine range of B&Bs, a few hotels and a campsite, and there are further options within a few miles of town too. Some B&Bs welcome vegetarians, sensitives or meditators, or who seek special treatment or nice vibes. Click here for more details.

However, if you're coming in a spirit of pilgrimage for more than a week, try this: arrange a place to stay for a few days, and there's a good chance you'll soon find something different that's really right for you. This usually cannot be arranged in advance. Come here, make friends, make yourself useful and... a door might well open. This is an exercise in trust.

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