The Footsteps of JohnScotland Knox & the Reformation in - 9 Days - To Select a Departure Date Edinburgh, Holyrood, St. Andrews, and Get a Quote Perth, Isle of Iona & Glasgow! Contact World Missions Tours at www.womito.com [email protected] 800-225-7401 The Footsteps of JohnScotland Knox & the Reformation in Day 1 - Depart USA Day 6 - Church at Perth, Cruise on Loch Lomond Your journey begins when you depart the USA on your overnight This morning you will visit St. John’s Church in Perth, where John flight to Scotland. (Meals served in flight) Knox preached in May of 1559 and fanned the flames of the Reformation. Travel the high road to Loch Lomond, where you Day 2 - Arrive in Glasgow or Edinburgh, Britannia will take a boat cruise on the waters made famous by the song, Welcome to Scotland! Upon arrival at the airport you will be met “The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond”. Continue to Oban for dinner by your guide and transferred to Edinburgh. See the Royal Yacht and overnight. HMY Britannia, now decommissioned and permanently berthed at the port in Edinburgh. Dinner and overnight in the Edinburgh Day 7 - Isle of Iona area. Two ferry rides and a drive across the Isle of Mull will bring you to the quiet and peaceful Isle of Iona, the resting place of Scottish Day 3 - Edinburgh Castle, St. Giles, Princes Street kings. The day is yours to explore the rich spiritual heritage of This morning you will begin to explore the city that has played an Iona. Visit the Abbey and Shrine, thought to be places of spiritual important part in our Christian heritage. Tour Edinburgh Castle, power. Pilgrims continue to Iona, Scotland’s first monastic where James VI, who authorized the King James Bible, was born. community, for rest and reflection. Return to Oban for dinner and Visit St. Giles Cathedral, the High Kirk (church) of Edinburgh, overnight. where John Knox was minister following the Scottish Reformation. Continue down Princes Street to the Sir Walter Scott Monument. Day 8 - Inveraray Castle, Glasgow Cathedral Dinner and overnight in the Edinburgh area. Take a delightful ride to Inveraray Castle, home of the 12th Duke of Argyll and seat of the Clan Campbell. Continue on to Glasgow, Day 4 - John Knox House, Holyrood the commercial capital of Scotland which is filled with Victorian Visit the historic John Knox House, where the Reformer resided architecture. You’ll visit Glasgow Cathedral, dedicated to St. while in Scotland. Descend the Royal Mile to the Palace of Mungo. This cathedral is the only one to have escaped the Holyrood, where John Knox confronted Mary, Queen of the Scots. violence of the Reformation era and contains a memorial to later Dinner and overnight in the Edinburgh area. martyrs of the Reformation. Continue to your Glasgow hotel for Day 5 - Dunfermline Abbey, St. Andrews Church & Castle dinner and overnight. Cross the Firth of Forth to Fife. Stop at Dunfermline Abbey where Day 9 - Return to USA or join the London Extension St. Margaret and Robert the Bruce are buried. Continue past Say farewell to this rich land of kilts & castles, religion and picturesque fishing villages to St. Andrew’s, the ancient reformation. Transfer to the airport for your return flight, or stay ecclesiastical capital of Scotland. Visit the ruins of St. Andrew’s on in London for an extension. Cathedral and the nearby castle with its notorious “Bottle Dungeon.” Here John Knox and other reformers were held prisoner. Take a look at the “Old Course” at St. Andrew’s, renowned as the home of golf! Continue to Perth for dinner and overnight. London Extension 4-Day Post-Tour Day 9 - Depart Glasgow on a train through England to arrive this afternoon in London Our representative will meet you at the station and escort you on a panoramic bus tour of London before checking into your hotel for overnight (Note: Dinners are not included in London). Day 10 - The Reformation in London Begin your day at Westminster Abbey. This famous church is where the Westminster Confession of Faith was written and is the location of the graves of many of the early Kings and Queens of England. Continue to St. James Palace, where the flames of England’s Reformation found a voice in the desire for Henry VIII to have a male heir to the throne. We’ll then head to Bunhill Fields Cemetery, known as the “Cemetery of Puritan England.” You will see the graves of John Bunyan, Isaac Watts, Daniel Defoe, Susannah Wesley, as well as members of the Cromwell family. Across the street, you will visit the Wesley Church located at the Wesley House and Museum and the location of his gravesite. Walk the grounds of the Church of St. Giles without Cripplegate. Reformers such as John Foxe, Robert Crowley, Oliver Cromwell, and later notables such as John Milton, John Bunyan, and Daniel Defoe are connected with this church that was outside London in their day. Day 11 - London On Own Enjoy exploring and shopping in London. From the British Museum to Harrod's to the London Eye, there is something for everyone here! Day 12 - Return to USA Return home with the memories of our Christian Heritage in Scotland and England! To Select a Departure Date and Get a Quote Contact World Missions Tours at [email protected] 800-225-7401.