This is a 7 - day tour for up to 5 persons.
You see the best of Scotland with an experienced driver/guide
. You have four days in Oban from where you tour the fascinating
highlands and islands . Our experienced guide will take you
to interesting and unusual places not normally seen by most
tourists. After a night in Glasgow, you have 2 days and nights
in Edinburgh to enjoy the sights and sounds of Scotland's
historic capital.
Accommodation will be in 4* Hotels
Tour programme
Day 1
Arrival in Edinburgh. Your driver-guide will meet
you and drive you west along scenic routes to Oban
on the west coast. Oban is a delightful town with a busy harbour
being the main port for ferries going to and from many of
the Scottish islands
En route you will go into the historic town of Stirling
to wander round the Old Town and enjoy the views from the
ancient Castle.
Accommodation for 4 nights in the 4*
Oban Caledonian Hotel
Day 2
Day tour from Oban to Loch Ness before passing through
some of Scotland's most breath-taking scenery to the Isle
of Skye.
After a short tour through Skye, you take the ferry crossing
to Mallaig and then back down the coast to Oban.
Day 3
This is planned to be a relaxing day with not too much travel.
Your guide will describe some of the interesting places in
and around Oban and the group can decide what they wish to
see. There will be an opportunity to visit the local Whisky
distillery.
Day 4
This is "cruise" day. Your guide will go with you
on the ferry from Oban to the island of Mull. You will
take a minibus across the island and board the Taurus Mara
Cruise for an excursion to "Fingal's cave" on the
small island of Staffa, from there by the same boat to the
Isle of Iona - the birth place of Christianity in Scotland
- and then back by bus to the ferry for Oban
Day 5
Today you leave Oban for Glasgow. En route there will
be time to visit the castle at Inveraray - home of
the Campbells since the Middle Ages - and to admire Loch
Lomond from the picturesque village of Luss. On arrival
in Glasgow, your driver will take you on a short tour to gain
an impression of the past richness of this industrial city
and to Glasgow Cathedral. Your hotel will be in the centre
of the city close to restaurants and pubs for which Glasgow
is famous.
Day 6
Our driver and guide from Edinburgh will collect group
from hotel and drive to Edinburgh via New Lanark World
Heritage Village - a top attraction in Scotland. More
than 200 years ago the cotton mills of New Lanark were built
on a gorge on the Clyde river. In an age of "hellish"
industrial factories, the founder of New Lanark - Robert Owen
- offered his workers and their families good houses, respectable
wages, free health care and an Education system!! New Lanark
became world famous. Today you can wander round the newly
restored village and feel how the people lived over 200 years
ago.
Day 7
Your tour round Edinburgh will take you to the Old
Town, the castle, the Palace of Holyrood and the new modernistic
Scottish Parliament building
On this your last day of your tour of Scotland you can wander
round the Old and New Town, enjoy shopping on Princes Street
and the atmosphere of one of the oldest and most beautiful
towns in Europe
Activities
& Well Being
