Scotland Tours are speciality and we take delight in arranging a memorable tour of Scotland for you using our local knowledge. Scotland is a very friendly place and the locals always want to have a chat and help in any way they can.
In Scotland travel is easy and will arrange your Scottish vacation to suit you. One, two, or ten days in hotels or private house bed and breakfast and as many people in your party as you wish.
Tour Scotland to see our scenery, castles, gardens, where your folks came from and to feel a bit of our history while maybe seeing how whisky is made. Scottish scenery is very varied and roads in Scotland are easy.
There are many places to go to suit visitors of all ages - couples, family groups or larger groups.
For some special places and things to do see Special things
Your first day could be in Edinburgh Castle, Royal Mile, Palace of Holyrood , Princes Street Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Yacht Brittania, Art Exhibitions, Museums, Dynamic Earth presentation.
After that, see our mountains, lochs and hills, Scottish Highlands and Lowlands, palaces, abbeys, castles by the hundred, Scotch whisky distilleries, Islands of Orkney, Shetland, Mull, Skye and the Outer Hebrides - lots and lots of them!
Take an imaginary day tour from Edinburgh.
Head west to Linlithgow Palace where Mary Queen of Scots was born. On to Stirling Castle, the subject of the main battles between the Scots and the English (William Wallace 1297, Robert the Bruce 1314.) Have lunch and then go north through the Highland Fault into the hills and lochs of Perthshire. Then east along the shore of Loch Earn to St. Fillans and Crieff. Maybe tour the Glen Turret Whisky Distillery. South a bit to Drummond Castle Gardens and then pass Gleneagles with its superb golf courses and through Glendevon over the Forth Road Bridge (famous railway bridge just to the east) and back to Edinburgh. An easy day tour.
3 day tour Example1 - Day 1 Stirling and its great castle. Perthshire hills and lochs. Rannoch Moor. Buchaille Etive Mhor (a mountain guarding the atmospheric Glencoe). Through to Ballachulish and Loch Leven - a Scottish sea loch (like a fiord). Pass Fort William to and north by the Great Glen. the Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness. Overnight in Inverness, the capital of the Highlands. Driving time to Inverness- say 4 hours in a car. Day 2 - Inverness to Isle of Skye - day tour on Skye. Day 3 Return by ferry to Mallaig - see silver sands of Morar and Prince Charlie's memorial at Glenfinnan. Back by Loch Lomond to Edinburgh. Can reduce the tour to Two days if necessary.
Loch Maree...............................................Brodie Castle....................................................Crail Harbour
Orkney, Skye, Speyside, Mull of Kintyre, and whisky. It means a ferry crossing but Orkney is magic with its ancient Standing Stones, Brochs, Burial chambers, earthhouses and perhaps best of all, Skara Brae where you see houses which are 5000 years old. Skye can be reached by one of two ferries or by bridge. Playing golf at Macrihanish is a great experience after quite a long drive down the Mull of Kintyre. You can tour a whisky distillery in many places in Scotland - Glen Turret near Crieff, Macallan or Glenfarclas or Glenlivet in Speyside, Glenmorangie at Tain, Highland Park in Kirkwall in Orkney, Talisker on Skye. Sample the malt whisky where it is made using the right water.
The Castles of Scotland. Blair Castle, ancestral home of the Duke of Atholl who has the right to have a private army, Scone Palace, the ancient coronation place of the monarchs of Scotland and home to the Earl of Mansfield, Cawdor Castle, ancestral and current home of the Thane of Cawdor, Balmoral Castle, the Queen's holiday home in Royal Deeside, Inveraray Castle, home of the Duke of Argyll (head of the Campbell Clan), Dunvegan Castle on Skye - home of the Chief of the Clan Macleod.
For further details please see :- Single Day Tours and Multi Day Tours
We listen to you and :-
------- work out where to go and the best way of doing it.
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agree an itinerary with you by e mail.
------- prepare a detailed itinerary for your visit.
------- prepare a route map.
------- arrange accommodation to your requirements.
------- arrange meals as required.
------- arrange transport either self drive or with a driver to suit the party.
Itineraries We will prepare itineraries to suit the time you have available and the way you are travelling. See above examples or others at Book A Tour
Car Rental : If you wish to drive yourself, we will arrange a suitable car or people carrier usually with satellite navigation and will provide a detailed route map.
Driver/ Courier. for a more relaxing tour we willarrange a driver/courier who will talk you through Scotland. Throw in some golf clubs and some can have a game whilst others see the sights.
Accommodation : We will arrange hotel, Guest House or private house Bed and Breakfast to suit your needs and will ensure this fits with your itinerary. In busy months we do a juggling act to integrate the itinerary and the accommodation - but we get there!!
Some examples of places to visit
Stirling Castle |
Perthshire Lochs and Hills |
Trossachs |
St Andrews |
Loch Lomond |
Royal Deeside and Balmoral |
Glencoe |
Inveraray Castle |
Loch Ness |
Roslyn Chapel |
Soutra Aisle Medieval Hospital |
Traquair House and Gardens |
Branklyn Gardens |
Royal Yacht Britannia |
Whisky distilleries |
Ancestral Homes |
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Duke of Atholl - Blair Castle |
Earl of Mansfield - Scone |
Thane of Cawdor - Cawdor |
Duke of Roxburgh - Floors |
Duke of Argyll - Inveraray |
Earl of Rosebery - Dalmeny |
Add a day or two, takes you away into the North West Highlands Highlands, the Isle of Skye or the Orkney Isles.
Your own special tour : Travel for scenery, golf, history, activity, wildlife or any other type of tour - part day, day, or longer.
And we enjoy doing it!!
E-mail : info@scotlandtoursandgolf.com