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Scotland

The Whisky Trail & more

Day 1 | Edinburgh (-/-/D) dest library. Lunch in the quaint village of Crieff. The tographed in Scotland. Continuing our route brings
Arrival in Edinburgh, meet your tour escort and trans- afternoon brings us to the Western Highlands and us to the Great Glen with the option of a boat ride on
fer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight in Edinburgh. into the real “movie Scotland” (Braveheart, Rob Roy the famous Loch Ness. In Inverness we can visit the
and Highlander) with the open views of Rannoch famous Woolen Mills – Pringles Weavers, home of
Day 2 | Edinburgh (B/-/D) Moor and the incomparable Glencoe. Dinner and traditional Scottish woolen products. Afterwards we
The day starts with a guided city tour of Edinburgh, overnight in Fort William. continue to one of Scotland’s best preserved prehis-
one of Europe’s prettiest cities.Among the picture toric sites. The atmosphere of the ancient tombs is
perfect scenes of the medieval old town and the fa- Day 4 | Fort William – Gairloch (B/L/D) unique. Dinner and overnight in Newtonmore.
scinating attractions of the adjoining new town (250 Leaving Fort William, we take the beautiful „Road to
years old!), we can comfortably discover the sight- the Isles“ via what is now called the Harry Potter via- Day 6 | Newtonmore – Pitlochry (B/-/D)
seeing highlights by our tour coach. Afterwards free duct to Mallaig, where a ferry takes us to the Isle of Heading Eastwards we start along the world famous
time to explore the city on your own. In the late after- Skye. Admire the “Cuillin Hills”, often regarded as the Malt Whisky Trail, in the Speyside Region. Our first vi-
noon we have a invitation to the Malt Whisky Society. most beautiful mountains in Great Britain. We have sit is to a traditional cooperage, where sherry casks,
Dinner and overnight in Edinburgh. time for a guided tour of the famous Talisker Distil- used for whisky ageing, are prepared by hand. We
lery before lunch in Portree, the islands main village. follow this up with a visit to the Cardhu distillery. The
Day 3 | Edinburgh – Fort William (B/L/D) We drive over the second longest single span bridge scenery continues to amaze as we continue onwards
This morning we head towards the highlands via in the world and arrive back in the mainland. Dinner to our final overnight in the highland town of Pitloch-
Stirling and the Trossachs before arriving at the im- and overnight in Gairloch. ry. Dinner and overnight in Pitlochry.
pressive Drummond Castle and its amazing gardens,
which starred in the movie "Rob Roy". A visit to the Day 5 | Gairloch – Newtonmore (B/-/D) Day 7 | Pitlochry (B/-/-)
nearby Innerfeffray Library is a must, Scotland’s ol- Our first stop is at Eilean Donan Castle, the most pho- Breakfast and transfer to Edinburgh Airport.

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