Tour Scotland through great movie locations (8 days)

Lothian – Argyll – Glencoe – Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park – Highlands – Stirlingshire – Loch Ness – Aberdeenshire – Lochaber – Isle of Skye – Inverness Shire – The Kingdom of Fife – Cairngorms National Park – Dundee & Angus – The Caledonian Canal and much more!

DAY 1: Historical day; Castles and Palaces!
Regions: Lothian, Stirlingshire & Trossachs National Park!
On our first day from the start you will be left with your mouth open, the amount of architectural treasures that we are going to visit today such as castles and palaces of legend will leave you surprised and with an initial knowledge of the country already enough to have a base for everything that we are going to teach you. To give you some examples we will visit the castle Where was he born Maria Estuardo “Queen of Scots” or the chapel where part of the famous movie ‘The Da Vinci Code” was signed, as well as the most historically important castle in Scotland, the stirling castle and the monument to the national hero William Wallace.

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• Monty Python the Holy Grail. (1975)
• Braveheart (1995)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• Game of Thrones. (2011)
• Outlander (Scotland’s famous historical series), (2014)

DAY 2: Lakes & Mountains!
Regions: Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, Argyll!
Like every day of our Tours are amazing and wonderful this is not going to be less. From the region of the great loch lomond; the largest freshwater lake in the whole of the UK and the Trossachs national park the first of two national parks created by the Scottish Parliament and the second largest in Scotland, we will travel to the West Coast. On this day we will sail on a bucolic walk through the lake katrina which served as the inspiration for the novel by the great Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott “The Lady of the Lake” and we will see many of the landscapes of the film about the history of the Chief of the Clan MacGregor: Rob Roy, an area where he was really born and that shows all his character. We will not miss another great castle to visit: that of inveraray, where some chapters of the famous series have been filmed: Downton Abbey. We will rest in Oban the beautiful starting town for the bucolic Inner Hebrides islands.

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• From Russia with love. (1963)
• James Bond 007: The Spy Who l Love. (1977)
• Rob Roy(1995)
• My Monster and Me. (2007)
• Downton Abbey. (2010)

DAY 3: Lakes, Valleys & Mountains!
Regions: Argyll & Glencoe: the valley of tears!
Today our third day we already carry a lot of history, landscapes, wonderful sensations and information about films and Scotland in our memory and retina. Well, we will continue to surprise you! Again between lakes, coastal landscapes and mountains of such beauty that they take your breath away, we will continue to make you feel scotland, until today you already feel part of the landscape, country and culture. We will travel from the coast of Oban to the outdoor sports capital of the whole of the UK: Fort William: important historical point of the country in the outcome of one of the most dramatic episodes in all of Scottish history and that we will tell you about: the Glencoe Valley Massacre where have they been shot films , the Braveheart, 007, Harry Potter and many others that we will tell you while we visit their Locations. Today we will probably have time for a more relaxed, relaxed dinner and meeting and time to enjoy it at this beautiful meeting point that is Fort William for mountain lovers, since here, is the highest in the whole of the United Kingdom: Ben Nevis: the snowy mountain.

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• The immortals (1986)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Rob Roy (1995)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2003)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. (2005)
• The Eagle (2011)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 (2011)
• James Bond 007, Skyfall. (2012)

DAY 4: Lagos & Mar; To the Isle of Skye!
Regions: Highlands; Lochaber & the Isle of Skye!
We continue; we continue to live a movie dream! Not only do we say it, Scotland es one of the largest outdoor settings for filmmakers.

Since yesterday we are in the famous Highlands, name given by its location to the north of Scotland and by its many mountains; munros: as they are called in Scots to the mountains over 900 meters of altitude and with rounded peaks or Ben: as they call here the most important and imposing ones above 1.000 meters, with rocky and more rugged peaks (Ben Nevis).

From Fort William we are going to visit the famous Harry Potter movie viaduct, we will walk about fifteen minutes to take the best possible photograph of the famous viaduct and lake shiel where it is located, along with the Loch Morar, the Deepest Lake in all of Scotland (310 meters) that also we will visit today, the magic school Hogwarts. Historically most important area due to the landing of the Prince Bonnie Charlie or Charles Edward Stuart in wars Jacobites Scotland and which is also referred to in the famous series of Outlander. Today is a day when you have to be prepared for the excursion and activity; we have a beautiful journey left in ferry even the wonderful Isle of Skye or with a Boat tour by Atlantic Ocean to see seals and one of the best views of the climbs and famous ones too cullins mountains, where we will rest this well-deserved night at the foot of the same in an environment and natural environment that we do not even dream of, there we will have dinner next to the fire of a home, Isle of Skye !.

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• Harry Potter (All the films in the saga have locations and lakes that we are going to visit today).
• Rob Roy (1995)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Prometheus (2001)

DAY 5: The mysterious and famous island of SYE in depth!
Regions: The cinematic and mystical island of SYE!

Everybody talks about the SKYE island, Everyone wants to know it and many tours visit it in one day, but this perhaps you did not expect, we do not, we are not going to do only that but in this Tour between yesterday and today complete let’s get to know in depth since it well deserves it Scotland’s most famous island: SKYE! We are going to enjoy and develop different activities on the island in addition to sleep two days in it, for something is known by many of the most famous film directors and it is said that loved by the camera. The games of lights, colors and cliffs that this island offers seem taken from a story, with bad or good weather, the lights and scenes that we are going to see here will give you the answer to why so many movies have been filmed on it. To give an example to create the movie BFG “My Friend the Giant”, Steven Spielberg He studied and shuffled the possibilities offered by such idyllic landscapes as the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the Scandinavian countries, he stayed with SKYE! Where most of the movie is filmed, with this we tell you everything. We will walk by the pools and Valley of the Fairies, Old Man of Storr, Neist Point, Dunvegan Castle, Kilt Rock etc…. .. and we will sleep in its picturesque capital with colorful houses Portree!

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• The Wicker Man, with Christopher Lee. (1973)
• The land that time forgot (1975)
• Stardust (2007)
• Prometheus (2012)
• Snow white and the hunter (2012)
• 47 Ronin (2013)
• Macbeth (2015)
• BFG My Friend the Giant (2016)
• King Arthur; the legend of the sword (2017)
• Transforms; The last king (2017)
• And we could continue …….

Day 6: We continue in the Highlands; Castles, Lakes and Legends!
Regions: Lochaber & Inverness Shire. Lake Ness!
Wake up, rub your eyes! We have to wake up, we have to continue even though we have already been to heaven. Today we leave this movie island but, we are still in movie castles, never better said literally: Eilean Donan Castle, the most romantic and filmed castle in Scotland par excellence and image of almost all the advertising of the tourist office in brochures and magazines is going to be ours today, we are going to “conquer” it. Surely you have seen it in many images, it is only accessible on foot by an old bridge surrounded by water completely at the confluence of three lakes with access to the sea. Ancient defense fort against Vikings and refuge of Spanish soldiers in the wars Jacobites Scottish in the XNUMXth century. This is not all for today, it really is another day to not give credit. We talk about movies? We are going to look for the most photographed and famous monster in cinema: THE NESS LAKE MONSTER and be careful, let’s surf in its waters, in the house of NESSIE, we will look for it or perhaps we will find the same one. We will go in ship even the famous Urquhart Castle! and from here today we will have time to enjoy in a local Scottish pub, perhaps with live typical music, from the friendly Scottish of Inverness, capital of the Highlands without known limits.

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• Bonnie prince charlie (1948)
• The Lord of Ballantrae. With Errol Flynn (1953)
• The New Avengers (1976)
• The immortals! With “El Espanol” (1986)
• Rob Roy(1995)
• The Loch Ness Mystery (1996)
• James Bond The World is Never Enough (1999)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

DAY 7: Castles and Scotch Whiskey; The Kingdom of Fife!
Regions: Inverness Shire, Cairngorms & Fife National Park!
Our last dream day. We have visited castles, palaces, we have Navigated by Atlantic Ocean, By the Lake Ness, We have seen seals maybe some dolphin or whale, Highland Cows, Pipers, Walking Tours, Movie Mountains, Local Taverns and many more things and places but we are not finished. Scotland is a country from a movie and our purpose is to show it to you and that you know it and you lived like another Scotsman. Today, it is once again a very interesting day with different activities and visits. We are going to visit the the origin from the famous series Outlander, the point where everything started, in addition to a famous Scotch whiskey distillery that not many know, one of the most expensive and hidden among the mountains and forests of the Cairngorms national park, the largest and coldest in the whole of the UK, close to the famous balmoral castle. We cannot leave the country that produces the best whiskey in the world without visiting one of its most representative distilleries and learning about its process. Are we still talking about movie movies? We are going to take you to a mystery castle, an ancient settlement on a peninsula on a cliff; the castle and dunnottar citadelWhere Disney-Pixar was inspired to locate the home of Princess Merida in the famous animated film “Indomitable – Brave” and also filmed on film Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Mel Gibson and Glenn Close. And it is that our cultural and fun vacations through this Movie Tour have no end. There is still more; We are going to take you to the cradle of golf, sport born in Scotland, in St. Andrews specifically where we will show you your old cathedral, its famous university, castle and golf course oldest in the world for which there are records, at least his club, plus the immense Playa where the mythical film work was filmed “Fire cars”. We are not done, we go through Falkland, representing Inverness in the series of Outlander to get to the capital of Scotland from where we left before this dream come true and where we will have to rub our eyes several times, we will not believe what we have seen because it is incredible, only your photos and memory will remind you of the rest of your life that it has been real, that you have known it, lived it and have been there, like another Scotsman in the Middle Ages. It is a country and Dream tour. We have our wonderful Edinburgh World Heritage and farewell, for now!

Some of the great movies filmed in the locations that we are going to visit today:

• Fire cars (1981)
• Hamlet (1990)
• Indomitable – Brave (2012)
• Outlander (2014)
• Harry Potter. Several.
• The Avengers; Infinity war (2018)

DAY 8: “The Athens of the North”, World Heritage Site!
Regions: The beautiful Victorian city of Edinburgh, Capital of Scotland!
On our last day until you decide to return to enjoy this beautiful country with us again, and after our incredible film trip through the land of dreams, today we are going to visit Edinburgh world heritage site and capital of this wonderful country called Scotland or Alba in Gaelic, its original language. Edinburgh is seated on 7 volcanic hills, two good examples of this that we will see are the two volcanic hills that are at the two ends of the famous “Royal Mile” or “Royal Mile”; the rock on which the Edinburgh castle and the mountain “Arthur Seat” or “Throne of Arthur” . In addition to visiting the castle, we will also visit the remains of the ancient city us underground. We will walk through the Old and New Towns seeing incredible Victorian buildings for which Edinburgh is a World Heritage Site, the writers museum since this is a city with a very large university and literary tradition with writers like Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe, Rob Roy), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Robert Louis Stevenson (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde) the famous poet Robert Burns and the monument to a tallest writer in the world: sir walter scott monument! Among others. We will walk the Royal Mile to see the exteriors of the Royal Palace or Holyrood Palace. But, in case we have not had enough surprises and visits yet, this is only half of this surprising day. We will enjoy the views of the capital from the mountain of Calton Hill, two impressive cathedrals and the “darkest” corners of medieval Edinburgh in the Ghost bus tour in addition to the breathtaking and famous cemetery of Greyfriar’s. Incredible, we will end the day with a great friendship dinner in one of the restaurants traditional emblematic from the city. We do not say goodbye, after this wonderful trip we hope to see you again here, in Scotland, the earth Celta dreamlike!

The Jewels of our Tour.

• MACDONALD ARMADALE CASTLE (admission included)
• ROSSLYN CHAPEL (ticket included)
• GARELOCHHEAD
• STIRLING CASTLE (admission included)
• THE FAIRY POOLS (Skye)
• CRUISE ON LAKE KATRINA (included)
• OBAN
• LINLITHGOW PALACE (admission included)
• LAKE EILT
• KILCHURN CASTLE (walk)
• PASS OF THE DUKE
• OLD MAN OF STORR (Skye)
• INVERARAY CASTLE (admission included)
• NEIST POING (Skye)
• LOCH MORAR
• DOUNE CASTLE
• PORTREE (Skye)
• MONUMENT TO WILLIAN WALLACE (admission included)
• CLAVA CAIRNS
• RANNOCH MOOR views
• DUNNOTTAR CASTLE (admission included)
• FORT WILLIAM
• UNDERGROUND CITY OF EDINBURGH (admission included)
• MALLAIG
• LAKE TULLA
• QUIRAING (Skye)
• FALKLAND
• KILMAHOG & COWS OF THE HIGHLANDS
• URQUHART CASTLE (admission included)
• PLOCKTON
• GLENFINNAN VIADUCT & SHIELD LAKE
• INVERNESS
• FERRY TO THE ISLAND OF SKYE
• EDINBURGH CASTLE (admission included)
• GLEN & LOCH ETIVE
• ABERFOYLE
• BOAT TRIP TO LAS CULLINS ON THE ISLAND OF SKYE, ELGOL (included)
• GLEN NEVIS & STEALL FALLS
• LAKE CRAIGNISH
• SLIGACHAN, (Skye)
• GLEN COE
• DUVENGAN CASTLE (admission included)
• CALLANDER
• CRUISE ON LAKE NESS (included)
• KILT ROCK CLIFF (Skye)
• GLENCOE LOCHAN
• UIG (Skye)
• EILEAN DONAN CASTLE (admission included)
• CULLODEN MOOR
• ROYAL LOCHNAGAR DISTILLERY (Tour included)
• ST ANDREWS CATHEDRAL AND CASTLE
• GRANTOWN ON SPEY
• EDINBURGH GHOST BUS TOUR (included)
• Detailed itinerary before the start of the Tour.

No additional costs.

All the activities and visits indicated are included in our closed price, in this way the only expenses you have to add are your travel and flight insurance.

• TRANSFERS FROM AND TO THE AIRPORT.
• TOUR OF 8 DAYS AND 8 NIGHTS.
• ACCOMMODATIONS IN DOUBLE SUITE WITH 3 STAR PRIVATE BATHROOM.
• 8 COMPLETE SCOTTISH BREAKFAST.
• COMFORTABLE MID-HIGH RANGE VEHICLE.
• LOCAL GUIDE AND DRIVER SERVICES IN ENGLISH.
• EXPLANATIONS, ACCOMPANIMENT AND GENERAL CULTURAL INFORMATION OF THE GUIDE.
• VISITS AND INDICATED ACTIVITIES.
• ALSO WE PICK UP AND TAKE YOU TO YOUR HOTELS.

Option to include dinners.

• Travel or personal insurance (mandatory)
• Flights.
• Own purchases or not described in the included section.
• Personal assistant or porter service. (Our guides always ready to help).

• Single suite: add to the price £50 per night.
• 5-star luxury accommodation: increase depending on requirements.
• Personalized tours: + 15% before discounts and taxes.
• Airport transfers: if not included + £ 15 per adult/children under 16 years free. Prices per trip.

TRAVEL REGIME OPTIONS TO CHOOSE

• Accommodation in 3 star hotels in double suite, near or in the centre of the town.

Note regarding accommodation: the substantial difference is in the services offered by the type of accommodation and the distance from the town centre. The type of room is always en suite with private bathroom and full breakfast included. We will drop you off and pick you up at the accommodation itself.

Optional Dinners

Open dinner service provided for your comfort, to choose from the restaurant menu.
Price: supplement of 30 pounds per adult and 25 children under 16, per person and night (not cumulative). To choose from the restaurant menu up to these amounts. Above them, the client will pay the difference directly at the premises.

Normally our selection of restaurants is in the same hotel or close to it, depending on our great selection of regulars in each location and their availability.

• Dates upon request from just 2 people
• For more than 8 people contact us

Prices are in a double room (other options may incur napplements), please select the number of 1k)ple coming tcether.
On the dates you want from two people and subject to availability. Anticipation counts in your favor.
Low season: January, February, March, October, November, December:
• Adults: E 2,246
(In Open Group. Age 18 9)
• Seniors: E 2, 143
(In Open Group. Age 65+)
• Youngsters: E 2,102
(In Open Group. Age 5 – 17)
• From 4 to 8 ‘H)ple: E 2,041
(In Open Group. Groups and Families. All ages)
Tour: E 2,752
(From 2 people. All ages)
“Just the Tour”: E 4,400
(Price per group of I to 8 people in Groucx
No accommodation or tickets included)
Middle season: April, May, June, September:
• Adults: E 2,426
(In Open Group. Age 18 +)
• Seniors: E 2,314
(In Open Age 65+1
• Youngsters: E 2,270
(In Open Group. Age 5 – 17)
• From 4t08people:EZ199
(In Open Group. Grups and Families. All ages)
(From 2 people. All ages)
“Just the Tour”: E 4,840
(Price per group of 1 to 8 people in Group.
No accommcxiation or tickets included)

High season: July, August, Christmas, Easter. (December 15 to 31):
Adults: E 2,586
(In Open Group. Age 18 +)
• Seniors: E 2,466
(I n Open Group. Age 65+)
• Youngsters: E 2418
(In Open – 17)
• From 4 to 8 ‘Eople: E 2,347
(In Open Group. Groups and Families. All ages)
• Private Tour: E 3, 143
(From 2 people. All ages)
• “Just the Tour”: E 5,324
(Price per group of 1 to 8 people in Open Group
No accommodation or tickets included)

• Recommended minimum age for children: 5 years. More young people consult.
• Children under 5 years: not recommended, under the responsibility of the parents and option only available in Private Tours. Children will travel for free if there are places available and the Tour meets the conditions for them. They will sleep in a shared room with at least one adult in their family. Meals not included. One child under 5 per family is free, from the second the price corresponding to “Children between 5 and 15 years old” will be applied. Consult.
• Up to 18 years old: it is necessary to come accompanied by at least one adult.
• Dinners: possibility of hiring or not this service for a value of up to 30 GBP from 16 years of age and up to 25 Pounds for children under 16, per person and night (not cumulative).
• Historic Edinburgh Walking Tour Pack: most of our programs include this day with entrance to Edinburgh Castle, plus a visit to the underground city, ghost bus tour and other guided tours. If it is not included in the chosen program, there is the possibility of adding this day. Prices on our website.
• It is possible to choose the lowest price applicable to each person even within a group.
• Routes: super studied, optimized and selected to enjoy the spectacular landscapes. In the event of major causes outside our company such as extreme weather and impassable works or other unavoidable events, our guide will decide an alternative route of equal beauty as far as possible.
• Accommodation: at “ScotlandTrips International” our selection of usual accommodation is above the average in the same rating scales that other companies offer. The two options are subject to availability and options of the beautiful towns to visit. Especially in wonderful Scotland, our B&B and Guest House selection are at the same level of quality and comfort within our excellent selection, being able to be even more comfortable than a hotel, although a hotel offers more services such as restaurant or bar. Depending on the availability on the dates of the contracted services, the accommodation may be located at a greater or lesser distance from the local centre or even in the closest locations with availability, without thereby stopping any content of the program or itinerary, therefore, the longer the reservation is in advance, the better the conditions and situation of the accommodation, as is usual in the tourism sector due to the supply, demand and dates.
• Possibility of 5-star luxury accommodation and personalized tours: see supplements.
• Baggage: unless otherwise notified, it is allowed to bring one cabin or medium-size suitcase per person. Since we usually operate to improve the quality and attention of our services in vehicles or minibuses, space for suitcases is limited and we operate under safety and weight regulations.
• DNI or Passport: it is necessary to send us this document for reservations and show it to the Guide for security reasons.
• Travel Insurance: it is mandatory to have your travel insurance up to date, it is very economical and can cover any eventuality. It is also recommended that in the unforeseen event that you have to cancel the trip due to any eventuality that may happen to you, this section covers you. Our company has all the relevant insurance.

With everything prepared and in order, you are ready to enjoy a wonderful vacation with our company, we are waiting for you, we are waiting for you!