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The Best of Scotland Reserve by September 15 - save $330.00! THE BEST OF SCOTLAND Join Emporia State University and Professor Karen Smith June 10 - 24, 2016 $5,938.60 Per Person, Double Occupancy / Travel Protection Insurance & Air Included** Single & Triple Occupancy - limited availability with adjusted pricing The Isle of Mull - Scotland and the Museum of the Isles are included on Skye. From Mull, take the A Personal Invitation day excursion to the beautiful and fascinating Isle of Iona, an important Please join me as I host this wonderful experience of religious settlement. Via Loch Lomond, return to Glasgow for one last Scotland. Offered in conjunction with the Alumni overnight, a farewell dinner, and the end of your Scottish adventure. Association of Emporia State University, it is open to the entire Hornet Nation – alumni, family, and friends Your Daily Itinerary - wherever you may live. Important: everyone reserving by September 15, 2015 will receive an DAY 1 Adventure Departure Day Depart from your home additional $335.00 per person savings. When you communities and enjoy an overnight flight to one of the most endearing take advantage of this substantial savings you are and historic countries of The British Isles – SCOTLAND! protected by an exclusive 100% RESERVATION DEPOSIT REFUND DAY 2 Arrive in Glasgow, Scotland Welcome to Glasgow! GUARANTEE that allows cancellations “for any reason” with a 100% Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free to relax in Scotland’s cash refund. This is fully explained on the reverse of this page. largest city to shop, or to visit on your own or with me one of Glasgow’s important sites, for example, the Kelvingrove Museum and Park (free of Working with the Alumni Association’s travel partner, Please Go charge!). At 6 pm, meet your European Tour Director and traveling Away™ Vacations - a professional travel company observing its 50th companions for a welcome dinner with wine at your hotel. (Dinner) anniversary of providing group and private travel experiences to all the seven continents - we have been able to secure very favorable pricing DAY 3 Glasgow –The Trossachs–Stirling– in 2016. Bannockburn–Edinburgh Start your grand tour of Scotland with a scenic drive into the picturesque forested region known as The Your questions and prompt action are required to maximize your Trossachs. Stop in Aberfoyle, the charming village on the banks of the benefits and savings. Contact Please Go Away™ Vacations today. River Forth, then follow the route along the Lake of Menteith and You will always be promptly and personally served by one of their full through Callander to Stirling. Take photographs of the Wallace time travel professionals. You will “never” be directed to voice mail or Monument, testimony to William Wallace’s victory over Edward I of be asked to talk to a machine. England’s troops at The Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, as re-enacted Our Scottish adventure is going to be a “braw and bonnie” good time! in the film Braveheart. Next, visit STIRLING CASTLE, a great symbol of Scottish independence and favored residence of Scotland’s kings and Karen Manners Smith queens. Today’s final highlight is the new BANNOCKBURN VISITOR CENTRE, commemorating the key battle in the Scottish Wars of Emporia State University Professor of History Independence on June 23-24, 1314. Drive on to Edinburgh, your base ROE R. CROSS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR for the next three nights. (Breakfast) DAY 4 Edinburgh Morning city sightseeing with a Local Guide An Overview introduces you to the 200-year-old “New Town” and famous scientists, This is a most comprehensive Scotland vacation! After a welcome inventors, and novelists. In the “Old Town,” drive up the narrow Royal dinner in Glasgow, you will head next day through the picturesque Mile to EDINBURGH CASTLE to admire Scotland’s Crown Jewels, then Trossachs region for a visit to Stirling Castle and the Bannockburn explore HOLYROOD PALACE (except when the Queen is in Visitor Centre before arriving in Edinburgh for a 3-night stay. Your residence). The afternoon is free to enjoy the Scottish capital at your sightseeing in the Scottish capital includes Edinburgh Castle and own pace. (Breakfast) Holyrood Palace (except when the Queen is in residence), and an DAY 5 Edinburgh. Abbotsford Excursion Today’s excursion takes you to Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford House. Next, travel excursion brings you into parts of the Scottish Lowlands and Border north to St. Andrews, famed for its golf course and the university Counties. First, take your photographs of Melrose Abbey, the burial attended by William and Kate. On to the mountain resort of Pitlochry to place of Robert the Bruce’s heart, then enjoy a guided tour of Sir Walter visit a whisky distillery, and the Highland capital of Inverness. An Scott’s newly refurbished ABBOTSFORD HOUSE which contains an included excursion takes in Culloden Visitor Centre, and Cawdor impressive collection of historic relics, weapons, and armor, as well as Castle. Also visit majestic Dunrobin Castle and enjoy a highlight an extensive library with over 9,000 rare volumes and acres of beautiful falconry display before boarding a ferry for the Orkney Islands. Here, a gardens. On your way back to Edinburgh stop in Peebles, an attractive Local Guide/driver shows you the unique sites, including a 5,000-year- and bustling town on the Tweed River. (Breakfast) old Neolithic village at Skara Brae, Skaill House, and the Ring of DAY 6 Edinburgh–St. Andrews–Pitlochry–Inverness Brodgar, the area’s very own Stonehenge. Enjoy a light lunch at the Over the elegant Forth Road Bridge and through Fife to St. Andrews. Tasting Hall café, tour the Orkney Brewery, and sample the local ale. Cross the Firth of Tay and via Dundee, head into the Highlands with a Back on the mainland, skirt the northwestern coastline, where stunning lunch stop in the Victorian mountain resort of Pitlochry. Then, visit a scenery delivers you first to the quaint fishing port of Ullapool, where WHISKY DISTILLERY before you drive through the Grampian 15 you enjoy a traditional fish & chips lunch. Next, head to the isles of Skye Mountains to the Highland capital, Inverness, where you spend the next and Mull for 2-night stays on each. Visits to the Museum of Island Life two nights. (Breakfast, Dinner) traditional FISH & CHIPS at a local restaurant. Late-afternoon arrival on DAY 7 Inverness. Highlands Excursion Fascinating visits the Inner Hebridean Isle of Skye. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) on today’s excursion. At CULLODEN VISITOR CENTRE the story DAY 11 Isle of Skye Striking landscapes, weird rock formations, unfolds of the crushing Hanoverian victory over Bonnie Prince Charlie’s and dramatic waterfalls will capture your attention on your drive around Scottish clans in 1745. Culloden is a must-see for fans of the Outlander the Trotternish peninsula. Visit the thatch-roofed cottages at the books . Then, call at romantic, fairy-tale CAWDOR CASTLE, set in MUSEUM OF ISLAND LIFE, close to the last resting place of Highland stunning grounds with beautiful gardens and home to the Thanes of heroine Flora MacDonald. Then, follow the spectacular coast route, Cawdor (remember Shakespeare’s “Macbeth?”) since 1370. Back in stopping for photos of waterfalls and gorges, to the island capital of Inverness, the rest of the day is at leisure. (Breakfast) Portree. On the way back to Broadford, take in the views of the jagged DAY 8 Inverness–Thurso Continue an unforgettable journey and dark peaks of the Cuillin Hills. (Breakfast, Dinner) and follow the coast road to majestic DUNROBIN CASTLE, for DAY 12 Isle of Skye–Glenfinnan–Isle of Mull Call at the centuries the seat of the Dukes and Earls of Sutherland. Visit the formal Clan Donald Centre for a visit to its MUSEUM OF THE ISLES and gardens and enjoy a fascinating FALCONRY DISPLAY. (Breakfast, insight into 13 centuries of clan history before boarding your FERRY at Dinner) Armadale to sail across the Sound of Sleat. Rejoin the mainland at DAY 9 Excursion to the Orkney Islands A fascinating day Mallaig and follow the “Road to the Isles,” passing Glenfinnan and the full of adventure. At John o’Groats, board a FERRY for the 45-minute arched rail viaduct featured in the Harry Potter films. Take the FERRY to crossing to South Ronaldsay, one of the Orkney Islands, where a local the Isle of Mull, where you conclude your day with a visit to the quaint coach and driver-guide await you. Cross the four Churchill Barriers and island capital of Tobermory. (Breakfast, Dinner) overlook Scapa Flow, where the German fleet scuttled itself in World DAY 13 Isle of Mull. Iona Excursion A leisurely day to relax War I. Visit the ITALIAN CHAPEL, built by prisoners of war in 1943 from and enjoy the best of the Scottish western isles. Drive across Mull for a scrap metal, concrete, and other materials. After a light LUNCH at the visit to the beautiful and fascinating Isle of Iona. Time to visit the ABBEY Tasting Hall café, take a guided tour of the award-winning ORKNEY and explore the religious settlement founded by the Irish monk, Columba BREWERY and sample the local ale. Then, head for SKARA BRAE, in the early 7th century before returning to the hotel in the early where you see the fascinating excavated remains of a 5,000-year-old afternoon. (Breakfast, Dinner) Neolithic village and visit SKAILL HOUSE. Yet more highlights: the Ring DAY 14 Isle of Mull–Inveraray–Glasgow The final island of Brodgar, the Orkneys’ Stonehenge, and finally Kirkwall, the small and FERRY crossing brings you to Oban. Then, over the Pass of Brander picturesque island capital.
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