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Highlights:

• Scottish Highland Cabaret
• Dinner & Walking Tour in Edinburgh
• Blair Athol Distillery
• Loch Ness Cruise
• Edinburgh & Urquhart Castles
• Culloden Battlefield
• Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Season

Your Hotels

• Thistle Hotel, Glasgow (1 night)
• The Newton Hotel, Nairn (1 night)
• Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh (2 nights)

Tour Includes:

• Group transfers on arrival and departure
• Sightseeing by luxury coach throughout
• Services of a professional tour director
• Superior first class hotels with private bath/shower for 4 nights
• 4 full Scottish breakfasts (B)
• 3 dinners (D) including
  - Scottish Highland Cabaret dinner/show in Nairn
  - Heights Restaurant with views of Edinburgh Castle
  - 1 table d'hote dinner
• Welcome get-together drink
• Sightseeing tours of Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Whisky tasting and tour of Blair Athol Distillery
• Evening historic walking tour of Edinburgh
• Reserved seats for Edinburgh Military Tattoo on August 06, 08, 13, 20 and 22 departures
• Visits and admissions to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Spean Bridge Woollen Mills, Urquhart Castle, Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre and Edinburgh Castle
• All local taxes, hotel service charges & porterage for one suitcase per person

5 Day Itinerary

Day 1: Glasgow Highlights

Land in Glasgow Airport and 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 2:30pm set out on a coach tour to discover the main attractions of Glasgow, a city that flourished in Victorian times due to shipbuilding 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. Join your fellow travellers 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 for its unsurpassed beauty. 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 at the Spean Bridge Woollen Mills before driving 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 and enjoy scenic views over the loch. Continue to Nairn where your hotel was a favourite summer residence of Charlie Chaplin. After dinner enjoy Scottish Highland entertainment with bagpipe music, song and dance. (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, changing the traditional way of Highland clan life forever. Drive south through the Grampian Mountains to visit Blair Athol Distillery to see how whisky is distilled and sample some. Continue south to Edinburgh and check in to your hotel, set in lovely grounds and golf course a few miles from the city centre. In the evening dine in the Heights Restaurant, a rooftop eatery affording panoramic views of Edinburgh Castle. Then head down to street level for a fun walking tour with a local guide 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 07, 09, 14, 21 and 23 departures enjoy the Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. (B)

Day 5: Homeward Bound

Your tour ends with a transfer to Edinburgh Airport - use the taxi voucher enclosed with your final documents. Transfers to Glasgow Airport will be provided on request at a cost of €50.00 per person (B).

B = Breakfast, D = Dinner