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BackScottish Insider OUR SPECIAL Scotland trip Scottish Insider 9 Day Private Guided Tour for the Discerning Traveler Custom Scottish luxury travel. This private chauffeur driven guided tour of Scotland includes not only spectacular and dramatic sights, but the experience of staying at special, outstanding accommodation. This "insider" Scotland trip journeys to Inverness, samples magnificent castles, the Whisky Trail, Loch Ness, the glens and travels over to Skye. Saturday - DEPART FROM HOME Your vacation begins the moment you board your flight to Scotland, the land of tartans and heather. Destination: GLASGOW/EDINBURGH.  Sunday -
STIRLING/EDINBURGH Welcome to Scotland, the land of Rob Roy, and the setting for the film, "Braveheart". Every bend in the road affords a reminder of history and romance. A few miles distant is Stirling, with its Renaissance castle perched high on a cliff. Travel to Edinburgh, Scotland's beautiful capital. Stay at Prestonfield House, an elegant country mansion complete with croquet lawn, located just 5 minutes drive from the city center. Monday - EDINBURGH Your exploration of the capital of Scotland includes the "Royal Mile", from Edinburgh Castle to Holyroodhouse. Some intriguing characters got their start in Edinburgh, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Enjoy dinner with song, dance, and bagpipe music. (Departures July 31-Aug. 21 will include Tattoo tickets instead). (B,D)  Tuesday - KILDRUMMY Near the Victorian town of Pitlochry, the Highlands meet the Lowlands. The drive to Braemar is spectacular, with lush green fields giving way to heather carpeted mountains. Visit Castle Fraser, a fairytale pink fortress en route to Kildrummy Castle, a baronial country house hotel with idyllic gardens, and tapestried walls. (B)  Wednesday - WHISKY/INVERNESS Visions of highland games, golf, haggis, remote islands, tartans and fine malt whisky come to life as you tour the countryside. The Whisky Trail passes little Highland villages en route to the Glenfiddich Distillery, where you sample the famous "water of life". Cawdor Castle, the place Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote Macbeth is nearby. The battle of Culloden was fought near Inverness. Stay at Culloden House, a gracious ivy clad Georgian mansion. The house's history includes spies, sieges, high chieftains and romance. (B) Thursday - LOCH NESS/SKYE  Pass the Caledonian Canal, which links the
lochs of the Great Glen to the North and Irish Seas. View Loch Ness, the
legendary home of "Nessie". Monster spotting is a favorite pastime
here from the ruined Castle Urquhart. As you trace the shores of crystal-clear
lochs, the most photographed castle in Scotland, Eilean Donan Castle appears.
Travel over the sea to Skye, associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Viewfield,
the ancestral home of the MacDonalds, is decorated with trophies of hunt
safaris. A dinner party atmosphere prevails here. (B) Friday - SKYE Explore the inner Hebridean Isle of Skye, with nearly a thousand miles of dramatic coastline of sheer cliffs sweeping down to the sea, and an interior of wild peat bogs. At Portree, pastel houses line the streets and fishing boats bob in the harbor. At the Skye Croft Museum, see a traditional family home, a smithy, and a weaver's house. Visit Dunvegan Castle, the MacLeod stonghold. (B)  Saturday - FT. WILLIAM/CALLANDER Travel by ferry to the mainland and to Ft. William, dominated by Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis. The Pass of Glen Coe is notorious for the 1692 massacre. The area of low mountains and serene lakes around Callander is known as the Trossachs, the setting for Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy and Lady of the Lake. The Roman Camp is a charming turreted hotel with elegant decor, built for the Dukes of Perth in 1625. (B) Sunday - HEADING HOME OR TO IRELAND You bid your fond farewell to Scotland as you travel to Glasgow Airport for your return flight home or continue on to Ireland. (B) Custom Scottish luxury travel includes:
Some highlights: Stirling Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Castle Fraser and Garden, Glenfiddich Distillery, Culloden Battlefield, Castle Urquhart at Loch Ness, Ferry to the Isle of Skye o Glencoe Visitors Center o Military Tattoo
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