Tour Overview:
From the buzz of Edinburgh across the highlands, Scotland offers castles, palaces, pubs and more. We’ll spend two days in Edinburgh and then travel through the Kingdom of Fife enroute to St. Andrews, Aberdeen and Inverness. The romantic landscapes, the traditional music, the Scottish Whisky and the quaint hotels will give you a fabulous taste of Scotland and its varied regions.
Tour Highlights: We’ll meet up and start in Edinburgh, where we’ll see The Royal Mile, the Necropolis and the National Museum. Then we’ll stroll St. Andrews Old Course, visit a fishing museum in Anstruther and visit a number of distilleries. Plus we’ll have more than one chance to look for the Loch Ness Monster. The Culloden Battlefield offers the history of the Scots, and the castles in Stirling, and Dunluce will give a detailed look into the royal past. We’ll take a Whisky tour that is accompanied by the Grammy Award-winning musician, Bruce MacGregor, enjoy tea with the Highland Cows and stay in some remarkable hotels.
What’s Included:
Transportation once you arrive at the hotel in Edinburgh
Hotels and breakfast every morning
Four dinner experiences
Whisky tasting in Inverness
Entry to all activities and events listed
Itinerary:
Day 1: We all arrive in Edinburgh, enjoy a ‘Welcome to Scotland dinner’ and stay near the Royal Mile.
Day 2: Hop-on Hop-off tours of Edinburgh, the Royal Mile, national galleries and the Necropolis.
Day 3: Today we meet up with our private coach and head through the Kingdom of Fife to St. Andrews, and on to Aberdeen.
Day 4: We’ll head toward Inverness with a stop at Cawdor Castle and gardens.
Day 5: Just north of Inverness we’ll visit the Culloden Battlefield and then have dinner and a whisky tasting with a grammy-award winning fiddler.
Day 6: A busy day ahead. We’ll tour Urquardt Castle, learn all about the Loch Ness Monster, have tea with the Highland cows and make our way to Fort William.
Day 7: In Fort William we’ll see a railroad museum, eat at a train cafe and visit the tiny Harry Potter museum in Glenfinnan.
Day 8: From Fort William we’ll head to Sitrling Castle and Distillery and stay at the stunning Inglewood Hotel and Spa.
Day 9: On our way back to Edinburgh, we’ll stop to see the Kelpies in Falkirk and windf up our tour in Edinburgh with a farewell dinner.Day 10: Everyone flies home.
Day 10: We all fly out!
* Itinerary subject to change