Tour Scottish Highlights
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Starts in Glasgow
Ends in Glasgow |
USA departure Saturdays
From May 5 to Sep 29
2007 |
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8 days
9 days incl. air
c9070 |
Tour price land only- - - - -
- - from $ 1060 to $
1160
Airline tickets from your home city also
available
Your Travel Package Includes:
SIGHTSEEING:
Visits to Inveraray, Oban, the center of Celtic Christianity on the Isle of Iona, Culloden battlefield,
Braemar, St. Andrews, Edinburgh Castle, tickets for Edinburgh Military Tattoo (tour numbers 0805, 0812, 0819),
Stirling, Aberfoyle; orientation drive in Glasgow
SCENIC HIGHLIGHTS:
Loch Lomond, Scottish Highlands, the Isles of Mull and Iona, Loch
Linnhe, the "Road to the Isles", Isle of Skye, Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Ness, Royal
Deeside, The Trossachs
Inside visits are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges when applicable
GUIDES:
Local Guide for a visit to a malt whisky distillery
and for city sightseeing in Edinburgh. Professional Tour Director while touring
TRANSPORTATION:
Scheduled transatlantic flights and airport transfers in London if
Tour Operator issues the tickets; Private first-class air-conditioned motorcoach. Ferries to the Isles of Mull and Iona and to the Isle of
Skye.
MEALS:
7 full Scottish breakfasts (FB); 5 three-course dinners (D) with choice of menus and coffee
AIRPORT TRANSFERS:
Airport transfers may be included when you make your flight
arrangements with Tour Operator.
OPTIONALS:
Choice of optional excursions at reasonable prices to customize your
own experience. Please find a detailed list in your travel documents
Itinerary - Scottish Highlights
Day 1 Sat. BOARD YOUR OVERNIGHT TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.
Day 2 Sun. ARRIVAL IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to relax before joining your traveling companions for dinner. (D)
Day 3 Mon. GLASGOW-OBAN. Your tour of Scotland starts in earnest this morning with an orientation drive through Glasgow, taking in the fine 12th-century cathedral, imposing university buildings, and elegant Georgian squares built by the wealthy tobacco barons. Then head for the "Bonnie Banks" of Loch Lomond and enter the Highlands. Follow the road known as "Rest and be thankful" to Inveraray and Loch Awe and Loch Etive before reaching the pretty fishing port of
Oban. (FB,D)
Day 4 Tue. OBAN. EXCURSION TO THE ISLES OF MULL AND IONA. Take the ferry to the Isle of Mull. Land at Craignure and enjoy the scenic drive to the departure point of the passenger ferry across to the beautiful and fascinating Isle of Iona. This is the burial place of many Scottish kings and chiefs, including
Macbeth. And it is here that in 563 A.D. St. Columba established one of the first Christian monasteries in the British Isles. Time to visit the cathedral and explore the religious settlement before returning to
Oban. (FB,D)
Day 5 Wed. OBAN-AVIEMORE. A day of spectacular Highland scenery: follow the shores of Loch Linnhe to Fort William beneath Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain; take the "Road to the Isles" and at Mallaig board the ferry to sail across the Sound of Sleat to the Inner Hebridean Isle of
Skye. Cross the bridge back to the mainland and after photos of romantic Eilean Donan Castle, follow the shores of Loch Ness, keeping a lookout for the mysterious monster. Continue via Inverness, the Highland capital, and on the way to tonight's mountain resort destination stop at the battlefield of Culloden Moor, with its memories of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
(FB,D)
Day 6 Thu. AVIEMORE-EDINBURGH. On this morning's visit to a whisky distillery, let your guide explain the ancient art of converting barley, water, and yeast into a heart warming liquor. At Royal
Deeside, where the Queen is an annual visitor, enjoy a break in Braemar, home of the Royal Highland Games for over 900 years. In the afternoon, travel via Dundee to St. Andrews whose Royal and Ancient Golf Club, founded in 1754, has given us the rules of golfing. Continue through Fife and over the mighty Forth Road Bridge to spend the next two nights in the Scottish capital. For tour numbers 0805, 0812 and 0819 tickets are included for tonight’s performance of the world-renowned Military Tattoo: a vast spectacle of massed Scottish pipe bands, which takes place in an arena on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle (due to time constraints, the visit to the whisky distillery will be omitted on these three departures).
(FB)
Day 7 Fri. EDINBURGH. A full day to enjoy this "Prince of Cities." Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old "New Town" and famous scientists, inventors and novelists. In the "Old Town", drive up the narrow Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle to admire Scotland’s Crown Jewels. Afternoon at leisure. Don’t miss our optional Scottish night out featuring Highland dancers, bagpipers, and of course the Ceremony of the Haggis.
(FB)
Day 8 Sat. EDINBURGH-GLASGOW. An interesting last day on the road taking photos first at historic Stirling of Braveheart fame. Then into The
Trossachs, an area of outstanding natural beauty celebrated in Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake, to enjoy a break in the pretty resort of
Aberfoyle. Back in Glasgow, time for last-minute shopping before joining your traveling companions for dinner at the end of a great tour.
(FB,D)
Day 9 Sun. YOUR HOMEBOUND FLIGHT ARRIVES THE SAME DAY. (FB)
Quality Hotels:
Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel taxes, porterage, tips, and service charges
GLASGOW Quality (ST), OBAN Regent (ST), AVIEMORE Aviemore Inn (ST), EDINBURGH Jurys Inn (ST)
Hotel Rating Abbreviations:
F = First Class
ST = Superior Tourist Class
T = Tourist Class
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