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Tour Suggestions - Scotland
Touring Suggestions by Region
From the great Georgian city of Edinburgh, to the highlands there is something for everyone to enjoy in Scotland. Come with us to visit castles, whisky distilleries, great houses and beautiful hills, lochs and mountains.
Outlander Tours
Our Scotland guides are now offering customised ‘Outlander’ tours visiting the stunningly beautiful Scottish locations which feature in the popular series televised in the USA and is based on the novels by best-selling American novelist, Diana Gabaldon. The first series which featured Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall was a resounding success and a second series is already being filmed (but no word of when this might appear on mainstream British TV.)
East Coast
Edinburgh (the capital), Firth of Forth, Fife & East Lothian
The old and new Georgian towns of Edinburgh with outstanding architecture; the capital of finance, law and home of the new Scottish Parliament; Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood House; museums and galleries; The royal yacht Britannia; shopping; numerous taverns; Queensferry and the Forth Bridges; Hopetoun House and Linlithgow Palace.
Fife
Dunfermline, St Andrews (old university town, beautiful beaches and world famous golf courses and museum). The picturesque old fishing villages and museums of the East Neuk (east corner) of Fife.
East Lothian
Coastal resorts and golf links; North Berwick & The Bass Rock; Haddington & Lennoxlove
Edinburgh (the capital), Firth of Forth, Fife & East Lothian
The old and new Georgian towns of Edinburgh with outstanding architecture; the capital of finance, law and home of the new Scottish Parliament; Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood House; museums and galleries; The royal yacht Britannia; shopping; numerous taverns; Queensferry and the Forth Bridges; Hopetoun House and Linlithgow Palace.
Fife
Dunfermline, St Andrews (old university town, beautiful beaches and world famous golf courses and museum). The picturesque old fishing villages and museums of the East Neuk (east corner) of Fife.
East Lothian
Coastal resorts and golf links; North Berwick & The Bass Rock; Haddington & Lennoxlove
South-East
The Borders
Soft rolling hills, agriculture, Sir Walter Scott's beloved River Tweed and Abbotsford House; tales of the rievers (the border bandit families); the abbeys of Melrose, Jedburgh, Dryburgh and Kelso; market and rieving towns; fine country houses, castles and gardens such as Traquair, Floors, Mellerstain, Thirlestane.
West Coast
Glasgow, the Clyde & Ayrshire
Glasgow is Scotland's largest city (international airport), with its outstanding Victorian and modern buildings and shopping; art galleries & museums (entrance free); nearby Loch Lomond (largest fresh water loch in mainland UK); New Lanark (mill museum).
The coastal towns of Greenock and Gourock with their fascinating shipbuilding history; the Clyde Coast islands of Bute (Mount Stuart House), Isle of Arran (rugged and fertile), Largs and Cumbrae.
Ayrshire
Prestwick (airport for Ryanair and other charter flights); Rabbie Burns country Burns Cottage & Museum and nearby gardens and visitor centre; Culzean Castle; golf courses of renown.
Glasgow, the Clyde & Ayrshire
Glasgow is Scotland's largest city (international airport), with its outstanding Victorian and modern buildings and shopping; art galleries & museums (entrance free); nearby Loch Lomond (largest fresh water loch in mainland UK); New Lanark (mill museum).
The coastal towns of Greenock and Gourock with their fascinating shipbuilding history; the Clyde Coast islands of Bute (Mount Stuart House), Isle of Arran (rugged and fertile), Largs and Cumbrae.
Ayrshire
Prestwick (airport for Ryanair and other charter flights); Rabbie Burns country Burns Cottage & Museum and nearby gardens and visitor centre; Culzean Castle; golf courses of renown.
Central Scotland
Stirling and the Trossachs
This area is associated with the great historical characters of Sir William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Rob Roy. The Trossachs is reputed to be Scotland in miniature with many lovely fresh water lochs and monuments of interest.
Perthshire & Angus
Perth (Scone Palace), Crieff (distillery), Pitlochry (Victorian town & Festival Theatre), Blair Castle, Dunkeld (Cathedral), Aberfeldy & Killin; Lochs Tay, Tummel and Rannoch, rolling fertile valleys and agriculture, mountainous glens and wonderful trees.
Stirling and the Trossachs
This area is associated with the great historical characters of Sir William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and Rob Roy. The Trossachs is reputed to be Scotland in miniature with many lovely fresh water lochs and monuments of interest.
Perthshire & Angus
Perth (Scone Palace), Crieff (distillery), Pitlochry (Victorian town & Festival Theatre), Blair Castle, Dunkeld (Cathedral), Aberfeldy & Killin; Lochs Tay, Tummel and Rannoch, rolling fertile valleys and agriculture, mountainous glens and wonderful trees.
West & North-West Coast
Rugged and mountainous with fjord-like sea lochs; numerous islands; freshwater lochs and waterfalls; outstanding gardens, small isolated villages and ports; wildlife in abundance; island castles; hill forts; archaeological sites and standing stones; sheep and highland cattle; fresh fish, seafood, highland beef and venison.
North-west
Loch Lomond, Argyll area: Georgian town of Inveraray, Islands of Islay and Jura (whisky distilleries), Colonsay & Gigha, Mull o
Rugged and mountainous with fjord-like sea lochs; numerous islands; freshwater lochs and waterfalls; outstanding gardens, small isolated villages and ports; wildlife in abundance; island castles; hill forts; archaeological sites and standing stones; sheep and highland cattle; fresh fish, seafood, highland beef and venison.
North-west
Loch Lomond, Argyll area: Georgian town of Inveraray, Islands of Islay and Jura (whisky distilleries), Colonsay & Gigha, Mull o
Farther North-West
Fort William to Mallaig "Road to the Isles", Ross-shire, Torridon, Outer Hebridean Islands - Isles of Skye, Lewis and Harris. Outstanding mountains and glens, lochs, wild and rugged moors, geology, archaeology and beautiful coastline.
The Highlands
Inverness (capital of the highlands); Beauly, The Black Isle, the Morayshire coast (Culloden, Cawdor & Brodie Castles), Nairn & Elgin; Cairngorms region; The Grampian region (whisky distilleries, gardens & castles); Balmoral, Braemar and The River Spey.
Fort William to Mallaig "Road to the Isles", Ross-shire, Torridon, Outer Hebridean Islands - Isles of Skye, Lewis and Harris. Outstanding mountains and glens, lochs, wild and rugged moors, geology, archaeology and beautiful coastline.
The Highlands
Inverness (capital of the highlands); Beauly, The Black Isle, the Morayshire coast (Culloden, Cawdor & Brodie Castles), Nairn & Elgin; Cairngorms region; The Grampian region (whisky distilleries, gardens & castles); Balmoral, Braemar and The River Spey.
Farther north and more remote
Caithness and Sutherland (wild and rugged), Tain, Dornoch and Helmsdale, Dunrobin Castle; the ferry port of Scrabster to reach the intriguing Orkney Islands rich in Viking and neolithic sites.
Caithness and Sutherland (wild and rugged), Tain, Dornoch and Helmsdale, Dunrobin Castle; the ferry port of Scrabster to reach the intriguing Orkney Islands rich in Viking and neolithic sites.
North-East Coast
The coastal route north to Aberdeen - Dundee, Montrose, Arbroath, St Cyrus, Stonehaven (Dunnottar Castle). Old fishing villages, agriculture, hill-forts, sculptured stones.
The coastal route north to Aberdeen - Dundee, Montrose, Arbroath, St Cyrus, Stonehaven (Dunnottar Castle). Old fishing villages, agriculture, hill-forts, sculptured stones.
