BEST OF SCOTLAND

• Get lost in the narrow lanes of Edinburgh – the Scottish capital with a mystical air that combines ancient heritage with the verve of a modern city.
• pend your day at leisure delving into its rich history and embracing the warm culture of the Scots, before joining your travel companions and Travel Director for dinner.

Arrival Transfer: Depart the airport at 09:00, 11:30, 14:00

Welcome Meet your Travel Director at 17:00

• Join your Local Specialist this morning for an intriguing sightseeing tour of the city.
• Ascend Castle Rock and visit Edinburgh Castle, which watches over the surrounding city from its elevated vantage point.
• Stroll through the Old Town before enjoying time at leisure to soak up the city’s festive atmosphere.
• Tickets to see the spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo are included on departures that coincide with performance dates.

Included Experience: Edinburgh City Tour

Optional Experience: Rosslyn Chapel / Dinner and Drive to Historic Torphichen

• Tread in the footsteps of the world’s golfing greats and head to St. Andrews en route to the glorious Scottish Highlands.
•  A scenic drive takes us north and across the Firth of Tay, past the city of Dundee to Pitlochry.
• After lunch, explore Pitlochry’s vibrant High Street at your leisure or join an Optional Experience to Blair Castle, the ancestral home of the Clan Murray.
• Your day in beautiful surrounds comes to an end with a cosy dinner at your hotel located within the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands.

Included Experience: Visit the University Town of St. Andrews

Optional Experience: Highland Farm Experience

• This morning, meet a passionate Local Specialist and learn how the preservation of Highland cattle and native woodlands is helping protect Scotland’s cultural and ecological heritage on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience.
• Continue to Culloden, where you’ll walk the battlefield and reflect on the events that shaped the Jacobite Rising.
• Follow the Great Glen and view Loch Ness—keep watch for signs of ‘Nessie’.
• See the striking silhouette of Eilean Donan Castle before crossing the bridge over Loch Alsh to the Isle of Skye.
• Stop in Broadford for lunch and take in views of the island’s traditional thatched blackhouses before returning across the bridge to your hotel for the night.

Included Experience: Rothiemurchus Estate & Hairy Coos, Scenic Drive Through the Scottish Highlands

• Your first stop today is to commemorate World War II history at the Commando Memorial near Fort William, from which you admire spectacular views of Britain’s highest peak – Ben Nevis.
• Journey through the volcanic ruins and precipitous mountains that lie just beyond Glencoe to see the ‘Glen of Weeping’.
• Here you remember the MacDonald clansmen who were massacred in 1692. Continuing towards the River Clyde, arriving at your final stop for the day – Glasgow.

Included Experience: Fort William World War II Commando Memorial, See Glencoe

Optional Experience: Loch Lomond Boat Trip / Glasgow City Evening / Bagpipes at the Corinthian

• Journey to Stirling to visit the iconic hilltop fortress.
• Stirling Castle, once home to Scottish royalty including Mary, Queen of Scots, offers a glimpse into the lives of those who shaped the nation.
• See the towering Wallace Monument, a tribute to William Wallace and then immerse yourself in Scotland’s cultural essence with a visit to a traditional whisky distillery.
• This evening, your Be My Guest experience unfolds at Craufurdland Castle, where the castle’s hosts will share stories and traditions, offering you a genuine farewell to Scotland’s warmth and spirit.

Included Experience: Visit Clydeside Distillery, Glasgow Orientation, Stirling Visit, Be My Guest Farewell at Craufurdland Castle

• The rugged beauty and warmth of Scotland’s people forever in your memory, we enjoy one last hearty breakfast with our travel companions before wishing them and your Travel Director a fond farewell.

Departure Transfer: Arrive at the airport at 06:30, 09:00