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Tour Code: GJ
Tour Length: 15 days
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SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
Overview Click map for larger sizeThis is our most comprehensive Scotland vacation! After an overnight in Glasgow, head south to the Lowlands to see poet Robert Burns' birthplace in Alloway and Gretna Green. Cross into England for a guided visit of 11th-century Carlisle Castle and to see a section of Hadrian's Wall. Back in Scotland, see the house of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Jedburgh Abbey ruins, Sir Walter Scott's Abbotsford House, and spend two nights in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, with visits to its castle and Holyrood Palace. Heading north, stop at St. Andrews, home of golf, and Braemar, home of the Royal Highland Games. In the Scottish Highlands, drive through the Grampian Mountains, visit a whisky distillery, and the Highland capital of Inverness. An included excursion takes in Culloden Moor and Cawdor Castle, setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth. Also visit majestic Dunrobin Castle before boarding a ferry for the Orkney Islands. Here, a Local Guide shows you the unique sites, including a 5,000-year-old Neolithic village and the Ring of Brodgar, the area's own Stonehenge. Stunning scenery delivers you to the isles of Skye and Mull for 2-night stays on each. Return to Glasgow for the completion of your vacation.
Special Departures:
Tickets for the world-famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo are included for tours departing Aug 6th, Aug 13th & Aug 20th. City Highlights
Glasgow:
Welcome dinner; orientation drive; farewell dinner
Alloway:
Visit Robert Burns' birthplace
Gretna Green
Carlisle:
Guided tour of the castle
Jedburgh:
Take pictures of the abbey ruins
Abbotsford:
Guided tour of Sir Walter Scott's house
Edinburgh:
Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace
St. Andrews:
Visit the home of golf
Braemar
Highlands:
Guided tour of a whisky distillery
Inverness:
Visit the Highland capital
Culloden Moor:
Visit the battle site's visitor center
Cawdor:
Visit the castle and gardens
Dunrobin:
Visit the castle, see a falconry display
Dunnet Head:
Take pictures of the British mainland's northernmost point
John o'Groats:
Take the ferry to and from the Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands:
Board a local coach for a driver-guide commentary and visits to the Churchill Barriers, Italian Chapel, Skara Brae and Skaill House, and Kirkwall
Ullapool
Isle of Skye:
Visit Portree, Dunvegan Castle and the Museum of the Isles at the Clan Donald Centre
Armadale-Mallaig:
Cross the Sound of Sleat by ferry
Glenfinnan:
Take pictures of the monument
Lochaline-Fishnish:
Take the ferry to the Isle of Mull
Isle of Mull:
Visit Tobermory
Isle of Iona:
Take the ferry to the island and visit the center of Celtic Christianity
Craignure-Oban:
Take the ferry back to the Scottish mainland
Inveraray
Loch Lomond:
Take photographs of this stunning beauty spot |
