Best of Scotland – A Journey Through History, Culture, and Natural Beauty
Embark on an unforgettable 9-day journey through Scotland, a land steeped in history, breathtaking landscapes, and timeless traditions. From the enchanting Edinburgh to the majestic Scottish Highlands, this tour offers the very best of Scotland’s natural beauty and cultural heritage.
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✓ Your Trip Includes:
- Dining: 9 breakfasts and 3 dinners
- First Class Travel Highlights
An expert Travel Director and professional Driver. - Hotel tips, restaurant tips for included meals, and local taxes.
- A group airport transfer on the first and last day of your guided holiday.
- Audio Headsets for flexible sightseeing.
- Luxury air-conditioned coach with WiFi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys).
- Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and Trusted (Hotels listed to be used as a guide only and are subject to availability.
- If the quoted hotel is unavailable, we will secure another hotel in the same category).
✕ Your Trip Does NOT Include:
- International air, passports and applicable visa flees
- Laundry, phone calls, items of a personal nature,
- Beverages, meals and sightseeing not detailed on the itinerary, tips and gratuities to the Travel Director
- Bus drivers and local city guides, excess baggage, optional experiences and travel insurance.
- Travel Insurance is highly recommended.
Trip Details:
Cost:
$3,299.00
* price per person
Dates:
Oct. 5-13, 2025
Days: 8
Departure:
LAND-ONLY, BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
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Trip Itinerary:
DEPART USA: SUN, OCT. 5, 2025
Board your overnight flight from the USA to Edinburgh (flight not included).
DAY 1: MON, OCT. 6, 2025
WELCOME TO EDINBURGH (2 NIGHTS)
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. On arrival, take your one group transfer to your hotel. Spend 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 a Welcome Dinner.
Meal: Welcome Dinner
Hotel: Holiday Inn Hotel Edinburgh or similar
DAY 2: TUE, OCT. 7, 2025
DISCOVER ENCHANTING EDINBURGH
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 (subject to availability). Stroll through the Old Town along the Royal Mile and see the stunning Palace of Holyroodhouse before enjoying time at leisure to soak up the city’s festive atmosphere.
Meal: Breakfast
DAY 3: WED, OCT. 8, 2025
VENTURE INTO THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS (1 NIGHT)
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 on your own, enjoy some free time to explore its riverside setting or join an Optional Experience to Blair Castle, the ancestral home of the Clan Murray. Our day in beautiful surrounds comes to an end with a cozy dinner at our hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Hotel Dinner
Hotel: The Craiglynne Hotel Grantown on Spey or similar
DAY 4: THU, OCT. 9, 2025
EXPLORE CULLODEN, LOCH NESS, THE ISLE OF SKYE AND ON TO FORT WILLIAM (2 NIGHTS)
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 Center, 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. Heather-clad peaks provide a stunning backdrop for our scenic drive across the Sleat Peninsula. Board your ferry in Armadale and cross to Mallaig then continue to Fort William for your two-night stay.
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: The Alexandra Hotel Fort William or similar
DAY 5: FRI, OCT. 10, 2025
JACOBITE TRAIN JOURNEY
Travel from Fort William to Mallaig and back, all aboard the Jacobite Express, described as the greatest railway journey in the world (tickets subject to availability). Starting near the highest mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis, it visits Britain’s most westerly mainland railway station, Arisaig; passes close by the deepest freshwater loch in Britain, Loch Morar and the shortest river in Britain, River Morar, finally arriving next to the deepest seawater loch in Europe, Loch Nevis. Meal: Breakfast
DAY 6: SAT, OCT. 11, 2025 JOURNEY TO THRIVING GLASGOW
(2 NIGHTS)
Our first stop today sees us commemorate World War II history at the Commando Memorial near Fort William, from which we admire spectacular views of Britain’s highest peak – Ben Nevis. We journey through the volcanic ruins and precipitous mountains that lie just beyond Glencoe to see the ‘Glen of Weeping’. Here we remember the MacDonald clansmen who were massacred in 1692. Continuing towards the River Clyde, we arrive at our final stop for the day – Glasgow.
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Ibis Hotel Glasgow City Centre or similar
DAY 7: SUN, OCT. 12, 2025
WALK THE WALLS OF STIRLING CASTLE
Our first stop today sees us commemorate World War II history at the Commando Memorial near Fort William, from which we admire spectacular views of Britain’s highest peak – Ben Nevis. We journey through the volcanic ruins and precipitous mountains that lie just beyond Glencoe to see the ‘Glen of Weeping’. Here we remember the MacDonald clansmen who were massacred in 1692. Continuing towards the River Clyde, we arrive at our final stop for the day – Glasgow.
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Ibis Hotel Glasgow City Centre or similar
DAY 8: MON, OCT. 13, 2025 FAREWELL GLASGOW
The rugged beauty and warmth of Scotland’s people forever in your memory, enjoy one last hearty breakfast with your travel companions before transferring as a group to the Glasgow airport.
Meal: Breakfas
