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 / Ceilidh Evening and Dinner at Ghillie Dhu

• 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 / Pitlochry, Visit of Blair Castle

• Continue your journey to the tragic battlefield of Culloden.
• Pay tribute to the brave men who lost their lives in the Jacobite Uprising, then travel past Scotland’s infamous Loch Ness.
• Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at the Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, to learn about the preservation of the fragile Caledonian pine forest and rare animal species.
• The solitary beauty of Eilean Donan Castle will leave you speechless before you continue to the coast and cross to the Isle of Skye.
• Board your ferry in Armadale and cross to Mallaig, back on the mainland.

Included Experience: Scenic Drive Through the Scottish Highlands, Highlands Culloden, See Eilean Donan Castle

• Our first stop today sees us commemorate World War II history at the Commando Memorial near Fort William.
• We journey through the volcanic ruins and precipitous mountains that lie just beyond Glencoe to see the ‘Glen of Weeping’.
• Continuing towards the River Clyde, we arrive at our final stop for the day – Glasgow.

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

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

• Begin your day seeing Glasgow’s iconic sights.
• Enjoy views of the Necropolis, the regal George Square and River Clyde, for over 200 years the centre of shipbuilding.
• Later, Dive Into Culture at a whisky distillery and enjoy a wee dram.
• Continue to Stirling, to see its hilltop fortress, which stands as a symbol of national pride.
• Stirling Castle was once the seat of Scottish kings and queens, including Mary, Queen of Scots.
• View the Wallace Monument from the castle walls, paying tribute to the Scottish hero who fought for Scotland’s independence.
• Tonight, join a Be My Guest experience.

Included Experience: Glasgow Orientation, Stirling Visit, Visit Clydeside Distillery, 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