Best of Scotland and Ireland
Discover the treasures of Scotland and Ireland on your affordable tour from Edinburgh to Dublin. In 9 days, you’ll visit the Highlands and Lowlands and three capital cities. Starting in Scotland, a city tour of Edinburgh introduces you to the home of scientists, inventors, and novelists, not to mention the imposing castle. The home of golf, St. Andrews, and the beautiful Victorian resort town of Pitlochry are on the way to the Cairngorms National Park and Highlands of Scotland. Look out for Nessie as you drive along the shores of Loch Ness, and through the lush and rugged countryside to the “Bonnie Banks” of Loch Lomond to Glasgow. Your budget-minded travel through Scotland ends with the ferry across the Irish Sea to Belfast, where the Titanic was built. There is plenty of time to immerse yourself in this unique city before moving south to Dublin, Ireland’s capital city. Here you’ll drive along the statue-lined O’Connell Street and see the elegant Georgian squares with their red-brick townhouses, Trinity College, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Your value-minded tour of Scotland and Ireland is chock-full of priceless experiences, sights, and memories brave and true!
Tour Itinerary
Check into your hotel. In the afternoon, there’s time to rest or discover Scotland’s great capital city. This evening, meet your Tour Director and travel companions for dinner at the hotel. (D)
Enjoy a full day to enjoy the Scottish capital. Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old “New Town”, home to famous scientists, inventors, and novelists. In the “Old Town,” visit Edinburgh Castle to admire Scotland’s Crown Jewels. Your afternoon is at leisure. No trip to Scotland is complete without an authentic Scottish night out! Join an optional evening filled with traditional food, drinks, singers, dancers, bagpipes and of course the unforgettable Ceremony of the Haggis! For August 15 departure, tickets are included for tonight’s performance of the world-renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, featuring Scottish pipe bands, military displays, and cultural performances on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. (B)
A day of memorable sightseeing awaits: cross the Firth of Forth and head to St. Andrews, home of The Royal and Ancient Golf Cluband widely regarded as the Home of Golf. Continue across the Firth of Tay and, via Dundee and Perth, head into the Highlands stopping in the Victorian resort town of Pitlochry. Visit Culloden Moor, site of the 1746 Battle of Culloden, then continue via Inverness to your Highland destination. (B,D)
Look out for signs of the mysterious Loch Ness monster as you travel along Loch Ness then proceed via Fort William, beneath Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. Drive through Glen Coe, where the MacDonald Clan was massacred in 1692, and along the “Bonnie Banks” of Loch Lomond before arriving in Glasgow. (B)
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