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Taste of Scotland
Superior First Class Hotels: 5 or 6 Day Coach
Tour
Tour
Highlights:
Scottish Pub Evening & Ghost Tour
Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness
Edinburgh Ghost
Tour
Day 1: Glasgow Highlights
Land in Glasgow Airport
where you’ll meet your CIE Tours driver/guide or representative. Take a
group transfer to your hotel, departing at 8:00 am, 10:00 am or 12:00 noon.
If you arrive later than noon, you must transfer to the hotel at your own
expense. At 3:00 pm set out on a coach tour to discover the main attractions
of Glasgow, a
city that flourished in Victorian times due to the shipbuilding industry on
the River Clyde. Drive around George
Square with its ornate City Chambers and nearby
Glasgow Cathedral. Visit extensive collections in Kelvinqrove Art Gallery and
Museum, originally opened in 1901 and recently refurbished.
Back at your hotel, join your fellow travelers for a welcome drink before
dinner. (D)
Day 2: Loch Lomond & Urquhart
Castle
Depart Glasgow
and travel alongside the famous Loch Lomond,
renowned in song and also for unsurpassed beauty of the lake and mountains.
Travel across the haunting Rannoch Moor and through the deep valley of Glencoe,
notorious for the Campbell
massacre of the Clan Macdonald in 1692. Continue through Fort William
and stop in Fort
Augustus, located at
the southern tip of Loch Ness. Drive beside Loch Ness to enjoy delightful
scenery and keep an eye out for “Nessie”.
Visit Urquhart Castle
to see the ruins of what was once the largest castle in Scotland. Enjoy views of the
scenic promontory where the castle is located. Continue to Nairn where your hotel was a favourite
summer residence of Charlie Chaplin. Experience Scottish culture in your
hotel this evening when a Scottish piper and step-dancer perform for you. (B,D)
Day 3:
Culloden Battlefield & Edinburgh
Ghost Tour
Visit the Culloden Visitor Centre to
learn about the Battle of Culloden where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated
by the British army in 1746 in a fierce battle that lasted just one hour. The
Scottish defeat changed the traditional way of Highland
clan life forever. Drive south through the majestic peaks of the Grampian
Mountains to visit Edradour Distillery,
Scotland’s smallest, to see how whisky is distilled and sample some.
Continue south to Edinburgh
and check in to your hotel, located on a golf course a few miles from the
city centre. In the evening head to the cosy Beehive Inn
for an informal pub dinner and then join a local guide for a fun walking tour
to discover the haunts of Edinburgh’s many colourful
characters. (B,D)
Day 4: Edinburgh Castle & City Tour
This morning an Edinburgh city guide will point out the
principal sights of this interesting capital city. Drive along the bustling Princes Street
and through the gracious, wide streets of the 200-year-old Georgian New Town.
See the compact medieval section along the Royal Mile where some houses reach
11 stories tall. Visit
Edinburgh Castle,
which dominates the city centre and contains the Scottish Crown Jewels and
the Stone of Scone. The balance of the day is free for further sightseeing,
shopping and dining. On August 03 and 17 departures enjoy the Military Tattoo
at Edinburgh Castle. (B)
Day
5: Depart for Home or Extra day
For those of you booked on the 5 day
tour complimentary transfers are provided to Edinburgh Airport
at 06:30am or 9:00am. Transfers to Glasgow
can be arranged at a cost of $100
If you have booked our 6 day tour,
spend an additional night in Edinburgh with an
independent Edinburgh open-top bus tour.
And a shuttle bus transfer to Edinburgh
Airport the next day.
Tour
runs 27 April – 26 October
Departure
days Tuesdays fortnightly only
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Tour Dates
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Prices
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27 April
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$1010
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11 May > 25 May
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$1115
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8 June > 22 June
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$1150
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6 July > 17
August
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$1365
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31 August > 28
September
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$1150
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12 October > 26
October
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$1010
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All
rates are in Australian dollars per person twin share basis
Single
supplement $340
To
extend this tour to 6 days add $240 p.p. twin share plus $105 to the single
supplement
YOUR
TOUR INCLUDES
• Transfers
on arrival and departure
• Sightseeing
by luxury coach throughout
• Services of
a professional driver/guide
• Superior
first class hotels with private bath/shower for 4 or 5 nights
• Full
Scottish breakfast daily (B) except
day 1
• 3 dinners
(D) including
- Pub dinner at the Beehive Inn in Edinburgh
• Welcome
get-together drink
• Display of
Scottish piping and step-dancing in Nairn
• Whisky
tasting and tour of Edradour Distillery
• Ghost
walking tour of Edinburgh
• Reserved
seats for Edinburgh Military Tattoo on August 03 and 17 departures
• Tours of Edinburgh with local
guide
• Visits and
admissions to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum,
Urquhart Castle,
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Edinburgh Castle,
• Deluxe flight bag, ticket
wallet, luggage tags & strap
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All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage
for one suitcase per person
YOUR HOTELS
Stay
at the following (or similar):
Thistle
Hotel, Glasgow (1 night)
The
Newton Hotel, Nairn
(1 night)
Marriott
Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh
(2 or 3 nights)
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