Scotland is waiting - for you!
See he most beautiful regions of Scotland - 9 days/8 nights
Individual round-trip in a hired car with accommodation in excellent private guest houses or B&Bs which are already booked for you. Discover Scotland's beauties, majestic sceneries, historic buildings, cultural wonders, and archipelagos on your own account and get in touch with the friendly people there. And here is our trip plan for you (can be, of course, modified!): 1st Day:
Get your hired car in Edinburgh, leave Scotland's capital over the Forth Bridge to Cupar and stay the first night in Fernie Castle Hotel *** (2 nights). app 75 km
You visit die university town of St Andrews which is also the birthplace of golfsport. Go further to experience the picturesque harbour of Crail with its medieval lanes and alleys and the neighbouring port of Anstruther with its fishing museum too. app 95 km (F) 3rd Day:
Now start to discover the phantastique Scottish Highlands! Drive over the Tay Bridge entering Dundee. Then continue to wonderful Glamis Castle, where Queen Mum spent her childhood and Princess Margaret was born. Via Dunkeld you reach the well-known holiday resort Pitlochry. Alternatively you can then visit Blair Castle wehre the Duke of Atholl resides who is entitled to have his own little army! Today's destination is Nairn where you spend the night in Newton Hotel ****. app 240 km (F) 4th Day:
Today you visit one of the northernmost palaces of Scotland - the great Dunrobin Castle. It is throning above the North Sea shore and has a wonderful garden. Heading north the next section along the North Sea coast is particularly scenic until you reach Wick and then Forss which is near the only town on the Scottish north coast named Thurso. You stay the next two nights in Forss Country House Hotel ****. app 210 km (F) 5th Day:
If you travel between May and September you can experience an optional separately bookable day trip to the Orkney Isles starting from John O’Groats. Alternatively you can visit the great Duncansby Head which is not far away from there and gives you the opportunity to make an unforgettable cliff walk. app 100 km (F) 6th Day:
Today you are driving along the Scottish north coast through a etremely dramatic scenery of woods, moors and hills. You can visit the Inverpolly Nature Reserve where you can go for a pleasant walk. You stay overnight in Dundonnell Hotel ***. app 260 km (F) 7th
Day:
Today you visit the famous Inverewe Gardens on Loch Ewe, where you can marvel at subtropical plants. Go on alongside the remote and romantic Loch Maree with its many wooded islands and pass one of the most beautiful Scottish castles - Eilean Donan which was the scene for the movie „Highlander“. Spending some pleasant time in the pedestrian zone of Fort William you are finally reaching the Knipoch House Hotel **** near Oban (2 nights). app 320 km (F) 8th Day:
Today you will discover the wonderful Isle of Mull with its phantastic coast lines. There you should go for a walk through the picturesque port of Tobermory and visit the great Torosay Castle and the medieval Duart Castle. app 100 km (F) 9th Day:
After having your Scottish breakfast you leave Oban for Glasgow or Edinburgh.
Dates: daily Included services: • 8 nights in rooms with bath or shower and
toilet.
Excluded:
Prices: You will be pleasantly astonished how cheap a Scotland trip can be this year! from € 593 = app $ 800 = app GBP 490 per person
for a double room
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