Overview

Escape to Scotland's Northern Edge on this five day Sightseeing Tour

Inclusions

• Transportation throughout by modern touring mini-coach
• Services of an experienced local driver/guide
• 4 nights accommodation
• All rooms ensuite
• Full Scottish breakfast daily
• All ferry & bridge crossings
• Discount card for local restaurants, shopping & attractions
• Service charges and local taxes

Exclusions:
Lunch, Dinner and refreshments. Entrance to all Visitor Attractions.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Friday
Glencoe, Loch Ness & Inverness
Depart Edinburgh: 9:00. Begin heading west towards Stirling, passing Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument. You also pass Doune Castle before stopping in the small town of Callander. You now cross over the fault line into the magnificent Highlands taking in the splendour of Loch Luibnaig, Loch Earn, Glen Ogle and Glen Dochart, as you travel north over the wild and remote Rannoch Moor into Glencoe. Continue north up the Great Glen to the mysterious beauty of Loch Ness, travelling the whole 23 miles of the famous Loch - plenty of time to try and spot "Nessie!" The evening is free for you to explore the 'Capital of the Highlands'.
Overnight - Inverness

Day 2 - Saturday
John O' Groats & Orkney
Today you drive through the northeast Highland coastline, travelling into some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery, and enjoy amazing views of some of Europe's oldest landscapes. Onwards through Scotland's most northerly mainland village, John o’ Groats, and then to Gills Bay, where you board the ferry, crossing the Pentland Firth into the Orkney Archipelago. From here you have a short drive to the Viking stronghold of Kirkwall, Capital of Orkney, where you can visit Kirkwall's magnificent Viking Cathedral, and where you shall stay for 2 nights.
Overnight - Kirkwall

Day 3 - Sunday
Orkney
Today’s your chance to explore this fantastic, ancient island; a land of contrasts where fertile green pastures are fringed by shores of golden sands washed by waters of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. You will visit the 5000 year old village of Skara Brae (older than the Pyramids of Egypt!), the mystical prehistoric stone circle at Brodgar and the Druidic standing stones of Stenness. You stop in Stromness - one of Scotland's most picturesque seaboard villages and then travel onto Maeshowe.
Overnight - Kirkwall

Day 4 - Monday
Ullapool
island; a land of contrasts where fertile green pastures are fringed by shores of golden sands washed by waters of the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. You will visit the 5000 year old village of Skara Brae (older than the Pyramids of Egypt!), the mystical prehistoric stone circle at Brodgar and the Druidic standing stones of Stenness. You stop in Stromness - one of Scotland's most picturesque seaboard villages and then travel onto Maeshowe.
Overnight - Ullapool

Day 5 - Tuesday
Culloden Moor
Depart Orkney and sail the Viking waters back to the mainland. From here you travel the old road right across the very top of Scotland, driving past the stunning Ben Loyal and Ben Hope mountains following the rocky cliffs and stunning golden sand beaches of our northern coastline. You then visit the far northwest highlands and the grandeur, expanse and wilderness of the mountains of Assynt before stopping to view the 15th century ruins of Ardvreck Castle. From here you travel to Ullapool, where you spend your last night's stay on tour. Return Edinburgh: 18:30.

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