Loch Ness, Glencoe and the Highlands
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Enjoy time at Loch breakfast at Kilmahog, with the possibility Ness, where you can choose to explore of seeing a wee Highland Coo. Onwards, the ruins of Urquhart Castle£ and take an £ INERNESS we pass through Rob Roy Country and award-winning ‘Loch Ness by Jacobite’ stop at Glencoe, one of Scotland’s most boat cruise across the loch. Loch Ness famous glens, for a photo opportunity. We then begin our journey home, Ben Nevis FRT ILLIAM 1.344m Continuing via Loch Linnhe, we take a travelling through Inverness, Capital of PITLCHRY GLENCE break in the Fort William area for lunch the Highlands, and stopping for evening KILMAHG and then pass beneath Britain’s highest refreshments at the village of Pitlochry, mountain, Ben Nevis. We then continue before returning to Edinburgh. EDINBURGH to Loch Ness, travelling along its shoreline with spectacular views across the loch. Check-in opens 07:30 Departs 08:00 Returns 20:30 Daily all year From £48.00 Optional extra Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. PLEASE NOTE: If choosing to visit Urquhart Castle, you must also take the half hour Jacobite Boat Cruise in order to meet your group. GLENCOE 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com ROSSLYN CHAPEL Tour 2 | 1 Day Tour Loch Ness, Glencoe and The Highlands Rosslyn Chapel, The Scottish Borders and Glenkinchie Distillery Tour Highlights | Rosslyn Chapel, Glenkinchie Distillery & Melrose EDINBURGH GLENKINCHIE RSSLN DISTILLERY MELROSE ABBEY GLENKINCHIE DISTILLERY CHAPEL MELRSE From the heart of Edinburgh, we head town and visit Melrose Abbey£ - said towards the ancient village of Roslin to to be the burial place of the casket visit the amazing architecture of Rosslyn containing the heart of Robert the Bruce. Chapel£. The novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ On our way back to Edinburgh, we travel Check-in opens 09:00 has popularised the theory of the church through the borders and enjoy some being linked to the Holy Grail. Departs 09:15 Returns 17:00 lovely scenic views. Our final stop is at Leaving Rosslyn Chapel we journey one of the remaining distilleries in the Mon - Sat £ through the hills and valleys of the Lowlands – Glenkinchie Distillery . Learn From £37.00 Scottish Borders and spend some time about the history and processes involved in the historic town of Melrose. Grab through a relaxed tour, before sampling Optional extra some lunch, explore the picturesque some of Glenkinchie’s finest malts. Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 LOCH LOMOND Tour 3 | 1 Day Tour Loch Lomond, the Kelpies and Stirling Castle Tour Highlights | Loch Lomond Cruise, Stirling Castle, The Kelpies & The Trossachs CALLANDER ABERFOLE STIRLING BALLCH EDINBURGH THE KELPIES STIRLING CASTLE We depart Edinburgh and enjoy our first lunch in the area, famous as the homeland photo stop of the day at The Kelpies; 30 of legendary outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. metre high horses located just outside We then continue onwards through the Falkirk. Afterwards, we continue westwards Check-in opens 08:30 pretty town of Callander, passing Doune to Loch Lomond, one of the largest lochs Castle, to our final stop of the day, the Departs 08:45 Returns 18:15 in Scotland. Here you will have the time magnificent Stirling Castle£. The site is one to enjoy an hour-long cruise£ taking in Daily all year of Scotland’s most historically significant spectacular views of the lochs many fortresses, sitting high on volcanic rock. From £39.00 islands and surrounding mountains. We Take time to visit the castle and learn the then continue our journey through the Optional extra exploits of key historic figures such as Trossachs National Park, also known as the William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. Highlands in Miniature for its abundance PLEASE NOTE: Tour may run in reverse. Kelpies may be closed due before returning to Edinburgh. to events. Contact our Reservations Team for information. of lochs, mountains and forests. We enjoy 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com INVERARAY CASTLE Tour 4 | 1 Day Tour West Highland Lochs, Mountains and Castles Tour Highlights | Inveraray & Castle, Loch Lomond, Doune Castle & Luss We begin our tour travelling north west, Inveraray, a small 18th Century town starting the day with a visit to Doune on the shore of Loch Fyne. Here we Castle£, which featured in the cult movie have time to explore the town and visit ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ and the Inveraray Castle£, home to the Clan Outlander series. Campbell. From Doune, we travel into the Highlands, We then begin our homeward journey, passing Loch Lubnaig and up through driving over the Arrochar Alps with a brief Glen Ogle, stopping nearby for lunch pause at the Rest and be Thankful Pass. with beautiful views across the A little later we reach Loch Lomond, surrounding area. Afterwards, we enjoy stopping at the lochside village of Luss TNDRUM KILMAHG views of Kilchurn Castle, nestled on the before returning to Edinburgh. INERARAY DUNE banks of Loch Awe, before reaching LUSS STIRLING EDINBURGH Check-in opens 09:00 Departs 09:15 Returns 19:00 Daily all year From £43.00 Optional extra Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. DOUNE CASTLE LOCH LOMOND PLEASE NOTE: Inveraray Castle interior closed in winter months. 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 DEWAR’S ABERFELDY DISTILLERY Tour 5 | 1 Day Tour The Ultimate Whisky Experience Tour Highlights | Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery, Deanston Distillery, Doune Castle & Loch Lubnaig ABERFELDY DUNKELD KILLIN Deanston Distillery DUNE STIRLING EDINBURGH LOCH LUBNAIG Our whisky tour begins venturing 18 year old blended Scotch, matched North into the Highlands. We stop for with chocolate sourced from a local refreshments before reaching Dewar’s chocolatier, costing £23. Aberfeldy Distillery£ for the first whisky Afterwards, we enjoy lunch before we Check-in opens 08:30 themed stop of the day. Dewar’s reach Deanston Distillery£. Nestled on the Highland Single Malt whisky has been Departs 08:45 Returns 18:30 River Teith, Deanston has been distilling produced since 1898. Spend 2 hours whisky using traditional methods since Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat here for their whisky and chocolate the 1960s. Enjoy a whisky tasting at £13 tasting tour, comprising of a guided tour From £37.00 and enjoy refreshments in the café. of the distillery, warehouse and heritage Optional extra exhibition, and a tasting of Aberfeldy’s Our final photo stop of the day is Doune 12 year old single malt whisky, the Castle, famous for its appearances in premium Dewar’s 12 year old blended Outlander, Game of Thrones and Monty Optional extra – price not included in the cost of the tour. Scotch and the super-premium Dewar’s Python, before returning to Edinburgh. 1 Day Tour 2020 - 2021 www.timberbushtours.com THE OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS Tour 6 | 1 Day Tour St. Andrews and The Fishing Villages of Fife Tour Highlights | St. Andrews Castle, St. Andrews Cathedral, Anstruther, Falkland & Forth Bridges Leaving Edinburgh, we cross the Firth Prince William met his future wife, Kate of Forth and enter the Kingdom of Fife. Middleton. Enjoy approximately three We travel through the historical fishing hours of free time to explore its medieval villages of Aberdour, Pittenweem and buildings and cobbled streets. Anstruther, with photo stops to enjoy the Heading homewards, we travel harbour views and a refreshment break to Falkland for a photo stop (time along the way. permitting). The village was used as the We reach the medieval town of St setting for Inverness in the Outlander Andrews in time for lunch. Enjoy a stroll series. We then descend to Loch Leven through the town, famous as the home and on to South Queensferry, where we ST. ANDRES £ FALKLAND of golf, visit its impressive Cathedral make a brief stop to admire magnificent CRAIL ANSTRUTHER and Castle£, both rich in history, and views of the Forth Bridges, before we SUTH UEENSFERRY see Scotland’s oldest University; where return to Edinburgh.