Itinerary

Balmoral Castle

Sunday, May 24

Up to the Highlands

Your Day Includes

  • Pitlochry - the gateway to the Highlands; time at leisure to explore the many boutique shops specializing in Scottish crafts
  • Balmoral Castle - the Scottish home of the Royal Family since 1852

Overnight

The Kingsmills Hotel – Inverness

Culloden Battlefield

Monday, May 25

Inverness

Your Day Includes

  • Speyside Cooperage (optional) - an option to experience first-hand as the Coopers shave and shape casks with an expertise that takes years to master at this working Cooperage
  • Culloden Battle Field - the powerfully emotive and atmospheric site of the bloody last battle of the Jacobite Rising

Overnight

The Kingsmills Hotel – Inverness

Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle

Tuesday, May 26

Loch Ness

Your Day Includes

  • Loch Ness Cruise - a two-hour cruise on the famous Loch Ness
  • Urquhart Castle - on the shores of Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle has seen some of the most dramatic chapters in Scotland’s history and is featured prominently in the Scot’s struggle for independence

Overnight

The Isle of Eriska Hotel – Oban

Iona Abbey

Wednesday, May 27

Iona

Your Day Includes

  • Ferry to Iona
  • Isle of Iona - a holy isle described as the birthplace of Christianity in Scotland, St. Columba and 12 companions came here from Ireland in AD 563 to found one of the most important and influential monasteries in the British Isles
  • Ferry to Oban

Overnight

The Isle of Eriska Hotel – Oban

Glasgow Cathedral

Thursday, May 28

Back to Edingurgh

Your Day Includes

  • Trossachs National Park - the first of the two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament in 2002
  • Luss on Loch Lomond - a beautiful village, set in breath-taking scenery on the shores of Loch Lomond
  • Glasgow Cathedral -  a parish church of the Church of Scotland, it is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland and the oldest building in Glasgow

Overnight

The Balmoral Hotel – Edinburgh

Friday, May 29

Homeward Bound

With heart-changing memories of our walk in the footsteps of history, we arrive back home. May we never be the same!

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*Itinerary is subject to change. To best serve the group, the schedule may be altered or substitutions made at the discretion of your tour leader and guide.