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Loch Ness Weekend: City Break + Tour
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Come home to Scotland and discover its highlights with this four-day package including time to explore Edinburgh at your own pace and see beauty of the Highlands and Loch Ness in a small group tour. The must-do package for anybody with limited time!
Package includes:
depending on category - two nights' accommodation in Edinburgh in tourist or middle-class hotel as chosen, sharing twin or double room with private facilities and breakfast (Scottish or Continental)
one night's accommodation in the Inverness area in tourist (B&B or guest house) or middle-class hotel as chosen, with private facilities and breakfast
taxi transfer from hotel to tour departure point on day 2
(guests must check in at departure point 207 High Street at least 15 minutes before departure)transportation during the touring days by top of the range 16-seat Mercedes mini coaches for a more personal service
services of a professional driver/guide during the touring daysservice charge and VAT at 15%
Price from £229 per person
Not included:
entrances fees
meals
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Accommodation details
Prices:
Tourist class/B&B package: adult £229 / discount £179
- based on STB 3* B&Bs, guest houses, inns and STB 2* hotels - all with private facilities - at a mix available at time of booking. Not all accommodation options might be included in the booked package.
Middle class hotel package: adult £282 / discount £203
- staying at a STB 3* hotel / 4* guest house
*Discount rate applies to children aged 5-16, based on one child sharing a room with parents or two children in a twin room. The tour is not suitable for children under the age of 5.
single supplement: £90
July & August supplement: £48
booked accommodation will be named within 48 hours of the booking being received.
10% off-season discount (1 Nov '09 - 19 Mar '10, except 19 Dec '09 - 5 Jan '10) (not available for travel: 24-25 Jul, 29 Jul – 1 Aug, 7-8 Aug, 14-15 Aug, 21 – 22 Aug, 23 Dec '09 – 02 Jan '10. )
Loch Ness Weekend Tour Itinerary (four days/three nights)
Day 1 (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Arrive in Edinburgh and make your own way to the hotel (airport transfer can be booked on request). Check in at the hotel and enjoy the rest of the day discovering Scotland's capital city. Overnight in Edinburgh.
Day 2 (Tue/Thu/Sat)
Check out of the hotel and a private, pre-arranged transfer will take you to the departure point at 207 High Street. Depart Edinburgh, passing Linlithgow Palace, Mary Queen of Scots birthplace, on our way to Stirling. Here you will see Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument. Past Doune and Callander, we now cross over the fault line into the magnificent Highlands. Take in the splendour of Loch Luibnaig, Loch Earn, through Glen Dochart and continue over the wild and remote Rannoch Moor into Glencoe. We stop in this imposing mountain pass to take a walk around Glencoe Lochan to enjoy the amazing views. Continuing north up the Great Glen to Loch Ness with plenty of time to try and spot 'Nessie!' Arrive at Inverness at around 7.30pm, where you will be dropped off at your booked accommodation. Overnight Inverness.
Day 3 (Wed Fri/Sun)
You will be picked up between 9 & 9.30am from your accommodation in Inverness. We travel south along Loch Ness, stopping on the way for some photos of this world famous Loch. Half way down the Loch, we head west into Glen Affric. This beautiful and unique area is one of the last remaining pockets of native Caledonian Pine Forest left standing. The landscape will take you back in time to how Scotland would have looked 500 years ago. This location was used in the film 'Last of the Mohicans'. We can spend some time here and enjoy a walk through the forest, alongside the River Affric. From Glen Affric, we go to Drumnadrochit with the option to spend some time, before travelling south again along Loch Ness to Fort Augustus. From here we travel south through the Grampian Mountains, along Loch Laggan, past Blair Castle, stopping for refreshments in Pitlochry before returning to Edinburgh, past Perth and over the Forth Road Bridge. Arrive at around 7.30pm. Make your way from here to your hotel and check in for your last night. Overnight Edinburgh.
Day 4
(Thu/ Sat/ Mon)
Free time before it is time to travel to Edinburgh Airport for departure.
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