• The Borders – hill country
• The Central Belt – industrialised – Edinburgh & Glasgow are here
• The Grampians and Cairngorms – Mountainous
• East Coast – flatter but with high cliffs the further north you go
• West Coast – picturesque coastal scenery – islands like Skye & Mull

• Pickup at Airport / Hotel in Edinburgh

• Walking Tour of the historic part of the City – with a qualified city guide
• Edinburgh Castle – one of the many tourist sites in the city
• Palace of Holyrood – The Queen’s official residence in Scotland
• Royal Mile – the road between Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood – the most historic part of the city
• Harry Potter connections – like the Elephant House, Leith Walk, Nicolson Square and Herriot School – Google it !!
• The Royal Yacht Britannia – official ocean going home of The Queen until it was decommissioned – now open to the public

• Stunning Mountain Scenery
• Traquir House – built in 1107 and the oldest continuously occupied house in the British Isles
• Roslyn Chapel – figoured in Dan Brown’s 2003 novel “The Da Vinci Code”

• Sterling Castle
• Coastline of Fife – beautiful coves and fishing harbours
• St Andrews – the home of Golf and to Scotland’s oldest university – where “William met Kate” !
• The House of Bruar – classy and very “Scottish” out of town shopping experience not to be missed.
• Eradour Whisky Distillery – the smallest in Scotland
• Stunning mountain road to Speyside – many Whisky distilleries in this area
• Castles – Ballindalloch (still lived in by its original family), Cawdor– a 17th century fortified manor house….and more !
• The site of the Battle of Culloden – the final confrontation with the English of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
• Loch Ness – beautiful loch – at certain times of the year it is sometimes possible to see the legendary monster

• The road from Inverness to John o’ Groats up the east coast of Scotland is dramatic in places – more Whisky distilleries, Dornoch Golf Course, waterfalls where you can see salmon jumping, dramatic cliffs where the road hugs the coast.
• John o’ Groats is the northernmost settlement on the UK mainland….the antithesis being 800+ miles south-west at Lands End in Cornwall.

• Eilean Donan Castle – perhaps the most photographed castle in the world !
• Plockton – a delightful harbour benefiting from a mild climate allowing palm trees to grow !
• The Isle of Skye – Skye meaning “Misty Isle” – many things to see on Skye, much of them scenic but include amazing cliffs, mountains, Talisker distillery, seals and puffins…..
• Jacobite Railway – following The Road to the Isles from Fort William to Mallaig – featured in all the Harry Potter Movies as the “Hogwarts Express“
• Ben Nevis – and Glen Nevis – an almost alpine drive (or walk) through the glen (valley) to see the UK’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, at 4409 feet.
• Glencoe – dramatic mountain pass and site of the massacre of 38 members of the MacDonald clan by their guests in 1692.Glencoe – dramatic mountain pass and site of the massacre of 38 members of the MacDonald clan by their guests in 1692.
• Glen Orchy – contrasting, quiet branch off from Glencoe – following the River Orchy – I have seen people panning for gold and finding it here !
• Inveraray & Loch Fyne – beautiful drive through mountains and alongside lochs
• Loch Lomond – synonymous with the Scottish song “The Bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond” and the largest inland stretch of water in Great Britain by surface area

• Return to Scottish Airport or Hotel / or return to London
• Visitors could spend between 5 and 14 days in Scotland – please ask for a quote as the cost depends on on final requirements including driver, van, fuel, toll roads, driver’s accommodation and food. All other costs – eg Customers accommodation etc, is in addition.

NOTE – this is just a suggestion…..you can pick and choose what you want to see if you want to see more or less.