Tour All the flavors of Scotland, Isle of Skye & Edinburgh (6 days)

The Caledonian Canal – The Moray Fjord – Cairngorms National Park – The Kingdom of Fife – The Isle of Skye – The Royal Deeside – Dundee & Angus – Loch Ness – Edinburgh – The Highlands – Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park – Perthshire – Lochaber – Aberdeenshire and much more!

DAY 1: Historical Day; Castles and Palaces!

Regions: Lothian, The Kingdom of Fife, Dundee & Angus, Perthshire.

Here we go, we set off for adventure and discovery!. Our first stop is under the three beautiful bridges of Edinburgh, which cross the Firth of Forth in the North Sea and one of them is a World Heritage Site due to its impressive structure. The three bridges are among the longest in the world within their characteristics. Towards the Kingdom of Fife!, do you want to visit another ancient Capital of Scotland and the place where the body of the most famous king of Scotland—with his own role in the famous movie Braveheart—is buried? well, we take you to visit the tomb of Robert The Bruce, the king who recovered the sovereignty of Scotland from the hands of Edward I of England. Filming locations for the famous television series about Scotland, Outlander? we take you there too, we visit one of the towns that appear most often in the famous series and we enter its ancient Palace. Ships? ancient wooden vessels? We enter the Discovery Ship, the oldest preserved wooden three-masted ship in Scotland. Intense day today, we haven’t finished, there are more flavors to taste. St. Andrews, the city that gave origin to the flag of Scotland, the cradle and mecca of Golf, movie beaches and the oldest university in Scotland and third in the entire English-speaking world, the ruins of its Castles and Enormous Cathedral. Today we are going to rest well, we will dine and review all this wonderful and intense day in Pitlochry, the Victorian Scottish village par excellence.

DAY 2: Forests and Whisky Distilleries!

Regions: Cairngorms National Park & Aberdeenshire.

Impressive day today as well, you are going to see it and taste it; impressive! We leave to cross through its center the immense and green Cairngorms National Park, the largest National Park in the entire United Kingdom in the heart of Scotland where the British Royal Family has its official residence in Scotland; Balmoral Castle. As soon as we wake up in this bucolic and beautiful Scottish village, we are going to gather strength not only with our full and typical breakfast, but with the smells and flavors of the best Whisky in the world; the Scotch. Scotland is the country par excellence for many things we cannot even imagine, not only one of the most important countries in the Age of Enlightenment or for its literature with works such as “Sherlock Holmes”, “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”, or its impressive Victorian buildings, or being the cradle of Golf among many other subjects, but also for being the country of whisky or “Water of Life” as the ancient Pictish Celts called it; well, we are going to visit and taste one of its beautiful distilleries. We continue heading into the forest and the mountains and another bucolic Scottish village; Braemar. A citadel / castle on a huge cliff going into the cold North Sea? there we go, home to dark movies, today it awaits us. The huge Granite City; Aberdeen and its “dark” buildings, we will show you the second Escorial of the world and we rest here with its welcoming people.

DAY 3: A busy day of ancient legends!

Regions: Aberdeenshire & Moray Firth!

Well, we have taken you to numerous typical and hidden places and visits already upon reaching this wonderful day. You have visited many of the most touristy corners and others of the most hidden ones along with our little secrets in one of the most beautiful countries in the whole world; Scotland. Well, you still have many more varieties and hidden corners to see, we are mixing for you with the best possible taste, the different facets of this romantic country. Today it is our turn for another busy day, do you want to see where one of the most famous whiskies in the whole world is manufactured? we are going to take you to the most important village / distillery in Scotland, not only for the manufacturing of said whisky but for how the beautiful distillery is itself, beautiful, as if taken from a story. Ancient Celtic villages? as you know, the Picts were the first Celtic inhabitants of Alba, as this land was called in their times. We visit what was the largest Celtic settlement in all of Scotland. To give you an idea of the variety of images and places we are going to visit today, we are going to anticipate some of them; colored houses on an immense beach, fishing taverns on the edge of the harbor, the tallest Pictish Dolmen in all of Scotland, the Bronze Age dolmens that make the protagonists of Outlander travel through time….. the views of the largest military fort in the entire United Kingdom, the field of the saddest battle in the entire history of Scotland and finally, exhausted today, we reach the capital of the beautiful Highlands; Inverness, we are going to dine and rest deservedly today.

DAY 4: Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye!

Regions: Highlands; Inverness-shire & Skye.

There we go again, we are conquering Scotland, we wake up with strength. We head today to search for the monster of Loch Ness; Nessie, on a cruise to her Urquhart Castle across the lake that contains more fresh water in all of UK and from there to the Isle of Skye, the island where more directors have filmed exterior scenes; Skye!. Its magnificent plays of light and colors make it, for example, the island chosen by Steven Spielberg to film his movie “The BFG” or other ones like “Prometheus”, “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”, “Macbeth”, “Transformers: The Last Knight” and well, a very long list. We travel and walk today through the most characteristic points of this mysterious island; Kilt Rock, Old Man of Storr and its capital Portree or “King’s Port” with its famous bay surrounded by picturesque colored houses. Today we dine and Sleep here, inside the island to feel more the country formed by 790 islands and firths; Scotland.

DAY 5: Castles, Lakes and mountains!

Regions: Lochaber, Glencoe and Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.

We truly believe that you continue to rub your eyes, today you are saving in your retina, memory, palate, and soul all the wonderful and different images of Scotland that we have visited and lived, and it is for good reason, it is impressive. Today you don’t have to feel a certain sadness because we are going to head towards the beautiful capital of Scotland, but on the contrary, each of the days of this impressive Tour is that, impressive and wonderful, today too, you have images left to see of the most beautiful visited and characteristic ones of Scotland, let’s go for the first one. We leave the Isle of Skye to “conquer” the magnificent castle and cover of most of the advertising of the Scottish Tourist Board: “Eilean Donan Castle”, where great movies in the history of cinema have been filmed such as “Highlander”, “James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough” and others. Here a Spanish regiment took refuge from the attacks of the British army in the 18th century, in this remote place that can only be accessed by walking across a narrow bridge. Well, what to tell you about today, well, you are going to be amazed again; we descend along the beautiful Caledonian Canal, we see the Harry Potter train viaduct and the lake of the Hogwarts school of magic, Fort William, the Valley of Tears and its stately mountains; Glencoe. We visit the most extensive lake in the entire United Kingdom: Loch Lomond in the Trossachs National Park to reach our Capital: Edinburgh; dinner and rest because the next day we will visit it!! You will have to wake up from this trip to another time, from this wonderful incursion into the past to return to the present! We assure you that you will remember this trip with longing all your life and we will be here, in Scotland waiting for you again.

DAY 6: “The Athens of the North”, World Heritage Site!

Regions: The beautiful and Victorian city of Edinburgh, Capital of Scotland!

After our incredible movie trip through the land of dreams, today we are going to, of course, visit Edinburgh, a World Heritage Site and capital of this wonderful country called Scotland or Alba in Gaelic, its original language. Edinburgh is settled 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”; the rock on which Edinburgh Castle is built and the mountain “Arthur’s Seat”. In addition to visiting the castle, we will also visit the remains of the ancient city today underground “Mary King’s Close”. 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 great university and literary tradition with writers such as 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 tallest monument to a 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 and we will end the day with a great friendship dinner in one of the city’s most emblematic restaurants. We do not say goodbye, after this wonderful trip we hope to see you again here, in Scotland, the dream Celtic land!

The Jewels of our Tour.

• CRUISE ON LAKE NESS AND URQUHART CASTLE (both included)
• CATHEDRAL & CASTLE OF ST. ANDREWS (Free Cathedral, Castle Exteriors)
• DISCOVERY BOAT (admission included)
• STRATHISLA WHISKEY DISTILLERY; Chivas Regal (Tour included)
• ISLAND OF SKYE
• FORT WILLIAM
• DUNKELD
• UIG (Skye)
• DUNNOTTAR CASTLE (admission included)
• FINDHORN
• CULLODEN BATTLEFIELD
• BRAEMAR
• VISIT CELTIC SETTLEMENT
• CLAVA CAIRNS
• EDINBURGH CASTLE (admission included)
• GLENFINNAN VIADUCT
• BURGHEAD
• DUNFERMLINE ABBEY (admission included)
• PORTREE (Skye)
• FORT GEORGE (exterior)
• QUIARING VIEWS (Skye)
• PALACE OF FALKLAND (admission included)
• WHISKEY ROYAL LOCHNAGAR DISTILLERY (Tour included)
• GLENFINNAN VIADUCT & SHIELD LAKE (Harry Potter)
• KILT ROCK CLIFFS (Skye)
• CULLODEN MOOR
• ABERDEEN
• EILEAN DONAN CASTLE (admission included)
• PITLOCHRY
• KYLEAKIN (Skye)
• EDINBURGH GHOST BUS TOUR (included)
• GLEN COE
• OLD MAN OF STORR (Skye)
• LUSS & LOCH LOMOND
• THREE SISTERS, Glen Coe
• FORRES
• INVERNESS
• UNDERGROUND CITY OF EDINBURGH (admission 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.

• TOUR OF 6 DAYS AND 6 NIGHTS.
• ACCOMMODATIONS IN DOUBLE SUITE WITH 3 STAR PRIVATE BATHROOM.
• 6 COMPLETE SCOTTISH BREAKFASTS.
• 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.
• WE ALSO PICK YOU UP AND TAKE YOU TO YOUR HOTELS.

Option to include dinners.

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

• Single suite: +£ 50 per room and night.
• Superior room or 4 stars: +£50 per person and night.
• 5-star luxury accommodation: increase depending on requirements.
• Transfers from and to the airport: +£100 per transfer and vehicle from 1 to 8 people.
• Personalised tours: + 20% to the total price of your booking, before discounts and taxes.

Travel options to choose

• Accommodation; 3 star double suite hotels 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 a 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. Over 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 per person in a double room (other options may incur supplements), please select the number of people coming together.
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: £1,680
(In Open Group. Age 18 +)
• Seniors: £1,603
(In Open Group. Age 65+)
• Youngsters: £1,572
(In Open Group. Age 5 – 17)
• From 4 to 8 people: £1,527
(In Open Group. Groups and Families. All ages)
• Private Tour:£2,059
(From 2 people. All ages)
• “Just the Tour”: £3,300
(Price per group of 1 to 8 people in Open Group.
No accommodation or tickets included)

Middle season: April, May, June, September:
• Adults:£1,815
(In Open Group. Age 18 +)
• Seniors: £1,731
(In Open Group. Age 65+)
• Youngsters: £1,698
(In Open Group. Age 5 – 17)
• From 4 to 8 people: £1,648
(In Open Group. Groups and Families. All ages)
• Private Tour: £2,214
(From 2 people. All ages)
• “Just the Tour”: £3,630
(Price per group of 1 to 8 people in Open Group.
No accommodation or tickets included)

High season: July, August, Christmas, Easter. (December 15 to 31):
• Adults: £1,935
(In Open Group. Age 18 +)
• Seniors: £1,845
(In Open Group. Age 65+)
• Youngsters: £1,810
(In Open Group. Age 5 – 17)
• From 4 to 8 people: £1,759
(In Open Group. Groups and Families. All ages)
• Private Tour: £2,352
(From 2 people. All ages)
• “Just the Tour”: £3,993
(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!