Registration Deadline: January 30, 2026
The 2025 tour was more than I could have ever anticipated. It was a pilgrimage of the imagination, the intellect, and spirituality. We heard lectures by Lewis scholars, reflected in small groups on how "place informs belief," and pressed into the subliminal spaces between memory and myth. Seeing Dunluce Castle from a sea cliff, reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Giant's Causeway, or pausing beneath Magdalen's Tower all offered a strange, luminous mutualism with the main, his life, and his works.
June 20 - June 28, 2026
Purpose: To explore on-site the land, culture, and faith of C.S. Lewis, a disciple of Jesus Christ, and one of the greatest Christian writers and apologists of the 20th century, with an aim toward personal spiritual growth in the areas of discipleship and apologetics.
Tour Package: Includes hotels, 2 Meals/Day, Guided Tour of Lewis’s Belfast, Northern Ireland, all transportation from Belfast to Oxford, and Tour of Lewis's Oxford. It also includes teaching on C.S. Lewis – his life and thought - by C.S. Lewis scholars Dr. Michael Ward, Dr. Simon Horobin, Dr. John Gillespie, and C.S. Lewis Institute Staff.
(Participants will arrange their own flights to Belfast and travel from the airport to The Leonardo Hotel. Tour ends in Oxford, where participants are free to return home or travel elsewhere.)
Dates: Saturday, June 20, 2026 – Sunday, June 28, 2026
Pricing: $4499 – Double Occupancy (2 people per room)
$5499 – Single Occupancy (1 person per room)
Payment Schedule: Final balance is due March 1, 2026. Click HERE to make a payment.
Limited space available on a first-come, first-served basis!
FLIGHT INFORMATION:
Flights to Belfast: Flight from place of your choice with the goal of arriving in Belfast by mid-day on Saturday, June 20, 2026.
Airport options: Belfast City Airport (BHD), ~ 3 miles to hotel | Belfast International Airport (BFS), ~ 19 miles from hotel | Dublin (DUB), ~ 100 miles; take the bus or train to Belfast.
Belfast City Airport to Leonardo Hotel (Starting Location of Tour): Taxi rank outside terminal, approximate cost is £15.00.
Eastgate Hotel (End Location of Tour) to Heathrow: Take The Airline Coach, operated Oxford Bus Company, located in front of Queen’s College, across the street from Mercure Eastgate Hotel, to Heathrow Airport. The journey is 90 minutes. To book tickets, visit theairlineoxford.co.uk. Or take a private car from the Mercure Eastgate Hotel to Heathrow.
ITINERARY SUMMARY*:
Saturday, June 20: Start at Leonardo Hotel/Orientation/ Dinner
Sunday, June 21: Belfast – Tour of Lewis’s Belfast/ Lunch
Monday, June 22: North Coast, NI – Tour of “Narnia” North Coast/Dunluce Castle/ Dinner
Tuesday, June 23: Belfast – Titanic Museum/Free Afternoon/Dinner
Wednesday, June 24: Belfast to Oxford – Flight to London/Coach to Oxford/Dinner at Eastgate Hotel, Orientation to Oxford
Thursday, June 25: Oxford– Tour of The Kilns, Picnic Lunch at Kilns, Lecture by Dr. Michael Ward /Holy Trinity Church & Cemetery
Friday, June 26: Oxford – River Walk/Dinner at The Perch
Saturday, June 27: Oxford –Magdalen College Tour/ Final Dinner
Sunday, June 28: Departure Home/Other
*Itinerary is subject to change depending on British holidays, opening, and closing of sites, weather, and unknown circumstances. This itinerary is planned to make the best use of our time and to provide an enjoyable and enriching tour experience.
Here's what previous participants had to say about the tour:
I spent the most glorious week with the C.S. Lewis Institute. It was seriously the best! We spent the first half in Ireland visiting places and learning about Lewis’ childhood. That included visiting the Titanic museum in Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway. Stunning! I loved eating lunch on the rugged north coast of Ireland overlooking the ocean, visiting ancient castles, and hanging out with the new friends who came on the C.S. Lewis study tour with me. We ended the week in Oxford, England where we visited places and studied about Lewis’ adulthood, teaching career, and conversion to Christianity. I grew in my admiration for C.S. Lewis’ humility, intellect and sincere faith. I’m so thankful to the Institute for making such a rich experience possible.
We just wanted to thank you for the best travel and study experience of our lives. Everything was on point – the speakers, the venues, even the weather!
You kept us moving at a decent pace, and you kept us meaningfully engaged at every point. We will never forget the readings at Dunluce Castle, and the sudden realization that we were actually at Cair Paravel!
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C.S. Lewis Institute, in the legacy of C.S. Lewis, works to develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Christ who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in personal and public life. Founded in 1976 by Dr. James Houston and James R. Hiskey, the Institute provides leading teachers who address important issues of the day from the perspective of Biblical orthodoxy, while also providing discipleship for individuals in small groups.
