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DISCOVERING SCOTLAND Ten Days in the
Highlands & Islands
The following tours have been designed to tour. Next comes a ten-day tour of the • Behold the sumptuous royal
take in as many of Scotland’s highlights as Highlands and islands on a route of apartments in Stirling
possible, while keeping long-distance travel outstanding beauty, which includes Castle, home to 500 years’
to a minimum. First come two two-day tours magnificent castles, mysterious Loch worth of Scottish monarchs.
of Scotland’s great “rival capitals”, Edinburgh Ness, tiny islands off the coast of Mull, the • Stroll among exotic plants
and Glasgow. Then there is a three-day tour best of mountain and glen, and unlimited from as far afield as Tibet
of the Lowlands, the varied region south of whisky-tasting opportunities. Combine and and Tasmania in the
the Highlands. These tours can be followed follow your favourite tours, or dip in and out beguiling Crarae Gardens.
individually or combined to form a week-long picking those experiences that most inspire. • Take a ferry to Iona, the
Cradle of Christianity, or
Crail Harbour to the Isle of Staffa for the
Explore the picturesque medieval villages of basalt columns of Fingal’s
East Neuk, full of lovely cottages, winding
streets and restaurants serving fresh seafood. Cave and plenty of puffins.
• Drive through the mountain
splendour of Glencoe and
discover the darker side of
its history.
FindhornFindhorn
• Cruise on awesome Loch
Ness and look for its
Cawdor CastleCawdor Castle secretive monster – or
EileanEilean InvernessInverness Speyside Malt Speyside Malt
DonanDonan Whisky TrailWhisky Trail see photos on exhibit in
CastleCastle DrumnadrochitDrumnadrochit Loch NessLoch Ness Drumnadrochit.
KyleakinKyleakin
Fort AugustusFort Augustus • Sample whisky or simply
Isle of SkyeIsle of Skye enjoy the fascinating
Balmoral CastleBalmoral Castle process of its production –
Loch GarryLoch Garry Royal DeesideRoyal Deeside
MallaigMallaig on the Speyside Malt
Road to theRoad to the
IslesIsles Whisky Trail.
GlenfinnanGlenfinnan Fort WilliamFort William • Visit beautiful St Andrews,
Dryburgh Abbey
One of the most evocative monastic abbeys in the Borders, the home of golf, and follow
Dryburgh is the final resting place of novelist Sir Walter Scott. GlencoeGlencoe the trail of charming villages
Visit nearby Scott’s View to enjoy wonderful panoramas over on the East Neuk coast.
the surrounding countryside. Fingal's CaveFingal's Cave DundeeDundee
ObanOban Scone PalaceScone Palace Key
MullMull Loch AweLoch Awe
LochLoch PerthPerth St AndrewsSt Andrews Ten Days in the Highlands
Iona Iona BunessanBunessan InverarayInveraray FyneFyne LochLoch & Islands
KatrineKatrine TrossachsTrossachs FalklandFalkland The East NeukThe East Neuk Three Days in the Lowlands
Crarae GardensCrarae Gardens AberfoyleAberfoyle CastleCastle
Three Days in the Lowlands LochLoch StirlingStirling CurlossCurloss
LochgilpheadLochgilphead LomondLomond Dunfermline AbbeyDunfermline Abbey
Falkirk Falkirk Forth BridgeForth Bridge
• Stand among the • Admire the mighty walls WheelWheel RosslynRosslyn
astonishing masonic of Caerlaverock Castle GlasgowGlasgow ChapelChapel EdinburghEdinburgh
symbols of Rosslyn as it rises defiantly
Chapel, immortalized above its moat. NewNew
in The Da Vinci Code. • Don’t miss Culzean LanarkLanark Scott's ViewScott's View
MelroseMelrose DryburghDryburgh
• Follow the twisting Castle on the Ayrshire
roads through the coast, a magnificent AyrAyr
romantic land and showcase of opulence Culzean CastleCulzean Castle
villages that inspired in Robert Adam’s Neo- MoffatMoffat
Scotland’s greatest Classical style.
writers, Robert Burns • Be blown away by New
and Sir Walter Scott. Lanark, an 18th-century GallowayGalloway DumfriesDumfries
• Explore the great industrial village built by Forest ParkForest Park Caerlaverock CastleCaerlaverock Castle
Border Abbeys – a philanthropist who
Dryburgh, Melrose, was ahead of the times. KirkcudbrightKirkcudbright
Jedburgh, Kelso – • Be lifted skywards in Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
all of which are a barge on the unique Enjoy the breathtaking scenery
of Loch Ness and the
utterly majestic, engineering marvel of 0 kilometres 50 surrounding Great Glen with a
even in ruin. the Falkirk Wheel. 0 miles 50 cruise on the lakes and a drive
through the hills.
A View of Loch Lomond near Inversnaid, Scotland by Alfred de Breanski (1952–1928)
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