Scotland, Spring 2025: April 9-April 18
From the Royal Mile to the Highlands and from the Kingdom of Fife to Inverness, Scotland's majestic palaces and lively pubs are hard to rival. This tour will highlight the different regions of Scotland, including the Isle of Skye. And the fun to be had at Bruce MacGregor's Pub will keep you going all night. Learn the history, see the sites and feel the magic of Scotland. This 9-day tour is April 9-April 18 and includes 4 amazing dinner experiences, a Whiskey tasting and tea with the Highland cows.n The price of this tour is $4799. A $500 deposit holds your spot.The balance is due end of February 2025.
Tour Overview:
From the buzz of Edinburgh through the highlands, Scotland offers castles, palaces, pubs and more. We’ll spend two days in Edinburgh and then travel through the Kingdom of Fife enroute to Inverness. The romantic landscapes, the traditional music, the Scottish Whiskey and the quaint hotels give you a fabulous taste of Scotland and its varied regions.
Tour Highlights: We’ll meet up and start in Edinburgh where we’ll see The Royal Mile, the Necropolis and the National Museum. Then we’ll stroll St. Andrews Old Course, visit a fishing museum in Anstruther and visit a number of distilleries. Plus we’ll have more than one chance to look for the Loch Ness Monster. The Culloden battlefield offers the history of the Scots, and the castles in Stirling, the Isle of Skye, Fort William and Pitlochry give a detailed look into the royal past. We’ll take a Whiskey tour that is accompanied by the Grammy Award-winning music of Bruce MacGregor and enjoy tea with the Highland Cows. .
What’s Included:
Transportation once you arrive at the hotel in Edinburgh
Hotels and breakfast every morning
Four dinner experiences
A day tour of the Isle of Skye
Whiskey tasting in Inverness
Entry to all activities and events listed
Itinerary:
Day 1: We all arrive in Edinburgh, enjoy a ‘Welcome to Scotland dinner’ and stay near the Royal Mile.
Day 2: Hop-on Hop-off tours of Edinburgh, the Royal Mile, national galleries and the Necropolis.
Day 3: Today we meet up with our private coach and head through the Kingdom of Fife to St. Andrews, through Dundee to Pitlochry.
Day 4: We’ll tour the stunning Blair Castle and it’s fabulous gardens and enjoy lunch. Then we’ll go through the Blair Atholl Distillery before heading back to our rooms.
Day 5: The drive through the highlands will take us by Loch Ness. And then it’s on to Inverness where we’ll explore the town and attend Bruce MacGregor’s Whiskey Tour.
Day 6: After yesterday’s relaxing day, we’ll use today to tour. We’ll see Urquardt Castle, the Culloden Battlefield and museum, and Loch Ness and the Cairns.
Day 7: It’s a two and half hour drive from Inverness to the Isle of Skye and then we’ll spend the day seeing the harbours, the castles and the waterfalls.
Day 8: Today we head to Fort William where we’ll see Neptune’s Staircase, tour a 13th century castle and enjoy tea with the Highland cows.
Day 9: On our way back to Edinburgh, we’ll stop in Stirling, to tour the Stirling Castle before heading back to Edinburgh for a farewell dinner and our last night in Scotland.
Day 10: Everyone flies home.
* Itinerary subject to change