Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Scotland and Northern Ireland from only $ 3590 pp enquiry

Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Duration

14 days, 13 nights

Sights on Itinerary

    Prices per person

    • From $ 3590

    Included in Price

    • - All overnight accommodation including all bed taxes..
    • - All evening meals during tour.
    • - All breakfasts during tour. Generally full English, Scottish or Welsh traditional cooked breakfasts.
    • - All transport and fuel costs.
    • - Services of your driver/guide-companion.
    • - Entrance fees to any attractions visited.
    • - Toll-free calls to your Vacation Specialist from the US during planning.
    • - Our myguideBritain vacation documents package including your tour voucher and information, Britain tourist map and our myguideBritain tips for a successful vacation.
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    This tour of Scotland and Ireland is truly unique. Experience history covering thousands of years and Mother Nature at her very best.

    Prehistoric sites, castles, churches and chapels, film locations, walled cities, museums, quaint villages, combined with nature at its best in amazing coastlines, rolling countryside and stunning mountains. Search the Net; you'll not find another that takes you to such an array of unforgettable places, nor gives you the breadth of sightseeing.

    Departs Glasgow every second Saturday from May 3rd 2008 to October 4th 2008 inclusive.

    The Tour

    Day 1 - Saturday

    Scotland pretty lowland countryside, Killmarmock, Troon, scenic ferry to Larne. Northern Ireland, Lough Neagh, Armagh, Dan Winter's Cottage, Armagh county museum, Dungannon, homestead of Ulysses Simpson Grant, 18th U.S. President.

    Day 2 - Sunday

    Sperrin Mountains, walled city of Londonderry/Derry with walking tour. Donegal Famine Museum, Strabane, Georgian Gray's printing shop, Sion linen mills, Castleberg megalithic tombs, Todd's Cairn and the Druid's Altar, Ogham carvings, Ulster American Folk Park.

    Day 3 - Monday

    Portstewart and Portrush. Giant's Causeway and northern coastline, Bushmills Irish Whiskey Distillery, the Georgian Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, Ballycastle, Glens of Antrim, Antrim Mountain scenic drive.

    Day 4 - Tuesday

    Belfast panoramic tour. Ferry to Scotland Stranraer, Southern Ayreshire Robbie Burns trail, Brigadoon, Dumfries, Galloway Forest Park, world heritage site of New Lanark.

    Day 5 - Wednesday

    New Lanark, 18th century cotton mill village, Falls of Clyde, Peebles and the Tweed Valley, Walter Scott's Abbotsford, the Mungo Park exhibition at Selkirk, wild Borders scenery, castles and fortified houses.

    Day 6 - Thursday

    2nd century Hadrian's Wall, market town of Hexham, Northumberland national park, Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh castles and Harry Potter's Alnwick Castle.

    Day 7 - Friday

    Breathtaking drive up Liddlesdale, Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, 900 year old Jedburgh abbey, woollen mill factory outlet, Mary Queen of Scot's house, Rosslyn Chapel ( 'Da Vinci Code' site), Borders towns, Highland cattle.

    Day 8 - Saturday

    Glasgow, Paisley Abbey, Loch Lomond, picturesque village of Luss, Inveraray Castle and gaol, classic highland scenic drive, stone circles and burial cairns of Kilmartin.

    Day 9 - Sunday

    Easdale Island, the Atlantic Bridge, Princess Diana's mother's Seil Island, Island museum, Argyll Garden, coastal and inland wildlife, evening of Scottish song and dance.

    Day 10 - Monday

    Dunstaffnage Castle, Flora MacDonald prison, Loch Awe, Cruachan Power Station with visitor's train inside the mountain, magical Glen Orchy, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, the Glen of Weeping, the coast road back to Oban.

    Day 11 - Tuesday

    Pass of Brander, classic southern Highland country of glen, loch and brae, the tomb and tumbledown house of Highland robber and sometime 'patriot', Rob Roy, shopping in Callander, Stirling Castle, 'Braveheart' country.

    Day 12 - Wednesday

    Royal Kingdom of Fife, 17th century fishing village of Culross, 900 year old Dunfermline abbey, Robert The Bruce' spectacular brass plaque, Carnegie Hall, Pittencrieff Park, Loch Leven, another (!) Mary, Queen of Scots prison. Abernethy Peel Tower. traditional fishing village of Anstruther, museum of fishing, the best fish and chips in the UK!

    Day 13 - Thursday

    Dundee, Caingorm Mountains, Spittal Of Glenshee, Glen Dye, Lochnagar Forest and the Devil's Elbow, Queens Scottish residence of Balmoral, Glamis Castle, the Meigle's collection of Pictish sculpted stones, the Tay Road Bridge and Robert Scott's Antartic ship 'Discovery'.

    Day 14 - Friday

    The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews, the Royal Palace at Falkland. picturesque villages of the East Neuk of Fife, Crail harbour and Crail Pottery, Robinson Crusoe and time permitting, secret underground Cold War bunker.

    Return to Glasgow via Edinburgh.
    Accommodation tonight is not included in your tour price.

    Whats Included?

    • 13 nights accommodation in traditional bed and breakfast or quaint hotel including all bed taxes.

    • All meals during tour (13 evening dinners and 13 full english breakfasts).

    • Entrance fees to any attractions visited.

    • All transport and fuel costs.

    • Services of your driver/guide-companion.

    • All taxes and tips other than those you may wish to give your guide.

    Optional Extras

    • Pre or post tour accommodation.

    Customize Your Tour

    • Make your mini-tour part of an extended city break in Edinburgh or Glasgow.

    • Combine this tour with one of our customized rail tours.



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