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DAY
1; Arrive at Glasgow
airport, we meet you and transfer to Glasgow
city. Either relax at hotel, or use this
half day as free time to enjoy
Glasgow,
our largest city. We will offer a city tour
by coach. O/N Glasgow.
DAY 2;
A second day Glasgow based. A
coach trip to Burns
country, pay a visit to learn about
Scotland’s Bard. In the afternoon calling at
Kilwinning Lodge.
Return to
Glasgow.
DAY 3;
Our tour starts in earnest
today – as we depart Glasgow for the
Highlands, west coast, with our first stop
at Loch Lomond then heading west to the
mountain pass “rest and be thankful” On to
Loch Fyne where we stop overnight.
Inveraray. This wee loch side town has a
Victorian Jail to visit, castle, floating
museum, wee shops and very nice walks.
DAY 4;
Today we tour,
Kilmartin Glen, with more ancient
monuments than anywhere in Scotland, 5000
year old standing stones, burial cairns,
Templar and Masonic graves in the kirk, a
wee museum, excellent village pub, From here
to Oban,
seafood capital of Scotland. Time here to
visit Oban distillery. Return via one more
stop; St Conan’s
Kirk a unique kirk to
Inveraray overnight.
  
DAY
5; Depart after breakfast
for Rannoch Moor
and
Glencoe, where we stop briefly to
take in the “magic and tragic” scenery.
Continue to Fort William and stop at
Inverlochy castle (ruin). From here a wee
drive to Spean Bridge, where we stop for
refreshments etc at the woollen mill. On to
Loch Ness and
Inverness.
DAY 6; We
travel east again today as we head into
"Whisky country".
Speyside has more distilleries than the rest
of Scotland together! We shall visit an
excellent distillery Glenfiddich, a wee cafe
here for light lunches and drinks of course.
Then see how the casks are made at the
Speyside Cooperage. Travel back to
Inverness,
via Cawdor Castle. We shall have a
whisky dinner tonight,
with 4 drams from around Scotland.
 
DAY
7; First visit;
Culloden
Battlefield. Then ...Och well, we drive
south, stopping at
Pitlochry in highland Perthshire.
Here we have time for a lunch break and if
you wish, another distillery visit, to one
of the smallest in the country. From here
passing through Perth direct to
Edinburgh.
Arriving as soon as we can to give you a
city tour by coach. Overnight here. DAY 8;
A free day for you to discover what
Edinburgh
has to offer – and that is so much, you
would need at least a week! But we shall
advise and guide on this.
DAY 9; Leaving
Edinburgh approx noon, we travel south to
visit
Rosslyn Chapel,
at least 2 hours here to entertain and
educate “everyone”. We then make our way
to
Glasgow
and the airport Hotel.
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