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Day 1 | Arrive Glasgow - Day 3 | Aberdeen – Royal Deeside Day 5 | Arrive at Edinburgh/Glasgow Airport Take a trip into Aberdeen. See Kings Inverness – Inverewe Gardens - Inverness and collect your self-drive car. Depart College, a chapel famous for its Enjoy a day visiting the West Coast of for the north of Scotland crossing the woodwork dating from the 16th-century. Scotland. Journey across to Ullapool, a Forth Road Bridge (if coming from Nearby is St Machar’s Cathedral. Two quaint fishing-village. Travel down past Edinburgh) and continue up the M90 to notable features are the West Front the dramatic Corrieshalloch Gorge to Perth. Overnight in Perthshire area with its twin castellated towers and the the Inverewe Gardens, managed by painted wooden Heraldic Ceiling in the the National Trust. These magnificent Day 2 | Perthshire - Aberdeen nave, dated 1520. Visit Duthie Park and gardens have a famous rhododendron After your Full Scottish Breakfast visit Winter Gardens – a 50 acre park with collection and who would expect to find Scone Palace, the family home of the floral displays in all seasons including palm trees in Scotland? Return through Palace of Holyrood, Edinburgh Earl of Mansfield and also the site of a “rose mountain”. Outside Aberdeen, the magnificent scenery of the Torridon the famous coronation Stone of Scone, visit Crathes Castle which has royal area and past Loch Maree. Return to the Day 7 | Edinburgh brought there in the 9th century by historic associations dating from 1323 Inverness area for your accommodation. Enjoy a full day in Edinburgh. In the Kenneth MacAlpine, the King of Scots. when the Land of Leys were granted to morning, go up the Royal Mile to

lidays Continue to , a small Highland the Burnett family by Robert the Bruce. Day 6 | Inverness – Loch Ness Edinburgh Castle, which is the site of town. Stop at the Salmon Ladder The castle features some remarkable – Glencoe – Edinburgh the oldest building in Edinburgh – St o where you may be lucky enough to see late 16th-century painted-ceilings. There Today travel via Loch Ness, which Margaret’s Chapel and the Crown

H salmon leaping! From Pitlochry, travel is a large walled-garden and the yew forms part of the Caledonian Canal. Jewels of Scotland. Continue down the towards . You will take the hedges date from 1702. Return to your Stop at Urquhart Castle, a very scenic Royal Mile – take time to explore the very scenic & dramatic road over the accommodation. spot and also the place where the many “closes” which run off this street. Spittal of Glenshee one of the highest most sightings of “Nessie” have been. In the afternoon visit Holyrood Palace, ish points in Scotland and also site of one Day 4 | Aberdeen - Inverness Continue towards Fort William, which the official residence of the Queen r

I of Scotland’s ski resorts. Descend into Travel towards Inverness. In the nestles beneath Ben Nevis -the highest whilst she is in Scotland. The Palace has Braemar which sits in the heart of Royal morning follow the Whisky Trail & visit mountain in . Move through a wonderful ballroom and staterooms Deeside, the favoured holiday area for one of the many famous distilleries in the mysterious Glencoe travelling over to visit. Visit New Town to admire the the Royal Family in Scotland. If time the area. Visit Glenfiddich, McCallan, RannochShetland Moor and into the heart of Georgian architecture and the well-laid- permits, visit Balmoral Castle (open Grants, Cardhu and many more. Each the Trossachs,Islands known as the “gateway out streets that are in complete contrast May – July only), home of the Royal gives an audiovisual show and then a to the Highlands”. Stop at Stirling Castle to those of the Old Town. Return to Family. Continue towards Aberdeen for guided tour of the distillery to learn which has played such an important role your accommodation. overnight in the area. of the processes and for many, the in much of Scotland’s vibrant history. The highlight is a tasting at the end of the Great Hall has recently been refurbished Day 8 | Depart Scotland

British & tour. The choice of what to see and do and the Visitor Centre has a audio- Time to depart Scotland. Return to in the Speyside area is huge – there are visual exhibition explaining much of the the airport and return your car to the castles – Brodie, Cawdor (made famous history. Return towards the Edinburgh car depot. by the Shakespeare’s Macbeth), and area for your accommodation. Ballindalloch. Visit Culloden Moor, siteOrkney of the last land battle on British soil,Islands wanderJohn around O’Groats Inverness, capital of the Highlands, take the Strathspey Railway from Boat of Garten to Aviemore, watch the Ospreys at Loch Garten. Accommodation in the Inverness area. Enjoy a “wee dram” of whisky

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