Doune Castle Outlander tour - Private tours Edinburgh

Doune Castle is Castle Leoch in Outlander , Winterfell in Game of Thrones and also features in Monty Python’s Holy Grail. Visit Doune Castle on a unique private tour of the Outlander Castle in Scotland .  Check availability by phoning us now on 07305-294773 or contact us online . Private tours Edinburgh Contact us now on Whatsapp +447305294773 for enquiries and bookings .

This unique castle has five claims to movie fame

• Castle Leoch in Outlander
• Doune Castle is Winterfell in Game of Thrones
• Featured in Monty Python’s Holy Grail
• Mary Queen of Scots
• Outlaw King
• Private tour for up to four people

Doune Castle tours

The Doune Castle private tour starts at 10 am and 1 pm daily and it includes a transfer from your hotel in Edinburgh to Doune , a professional driver / guide , a stay of up to an hour and a half at the castle plus a return to Edinburgh .

The castle was used as the set for Winterfell in the TV series Game of Thrones , an adaptation of the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels by George R. R. Martin.

Doune featured in the pilot episode and episode one of Game of Thrones. Your guide will give details of the history of the castle , information about the Game of Thrones filming plus all the other films made at Doune Castle including Monty Python and the Holy Grail . Private tours Edinburgh Contact us now on Whatsapp +447305294773 for enquiries and bookings .

Doune is one of the best preserved medieval castles in Scotland.

For the latest information about availability and best prices please contact Private Tours Edinburgh by phone / WhatsApp on +447305294773 or contact us online .

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Your tour guide is David , an experienced tour guide and travel photographer. Your photo guide will offer assistance as required with taking pictures. Bring your DSLR or iPhone for some amazing pictures of the stunning scenery .

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In Outlander Jamie calls Claire Sassenach as a term of affection .

The Great Hall is 20 metres by 8 metres , and 12 metres high to its timber roof, again a 19th-century replacement.The hall has no fireplace, and was presumably heated by a central fire, and ventilated by means of a louvre like the one in the modern roof. No details of the original roof construction are known, however, and the restoration is conjectural. Large windows light the hall, and stairs lead down to the three cellars on ground level. The Great Hall is the scene of the Feast of Winterfell in Game of Thrones .

The hall is accessed from the courtyard via a stair up to a triangular lobby, which in turn links the hall and kitchens by means of two large serving hatches with elliptical arches, unusual for this period. The kitchen tower, virtually a tower house in its own right, is 17 metres (56 ft) by 8 metres (26 ft). The vaulted kitchen is on the hall level, above a cellar. One of the best-appointed castle kitchens in Scotland of its date, it has an oven and a 5.5-metre (18 ft) wide fireplace.

Doune Castle has featured in several literary works . In Sir Walter Scott’s first novel, Waverley (1814), the protagonist Edward Waverley is brought to Doune Castle by the Jacobites. Scott’s romantic novel describes the “gloomy yet picturesque structure”, with its “half-ruined turrets”.

The castle was used as a location in MGM’s 1952 historical film Ivanhoe which featured Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. The BBC adaptation of “Ivanhoe” in 1996 also featured Doune as a location. The castle was used as a stand-in for the fictional “Leoch Castle” in the TV adaption of the Outlander series of novels.

Private tours Edinburgh Contact us now on Whatsapp +447305294773 for enquiries and bookings .

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Doune Castle

On the tour we will pass the now world famous Falkirk Kelpies  . The Kelpies are 100 feet high and each one was made from 300 tonnes of steel . Falkirk In five years the Kelpies have had over one million visitors. Over 50 gifts available including t-shirts, face masks , metal prints , throw pillows and prints .

Our photo tours of Scotland set off from Edinburgh and feature visits to the top scenic locations in the Highlands of Scotland .

Check availability by phoning Private tours Edinburgh now on 07305-294773 or contact us onlineToll free number 1-866-233-2644

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For more details about availability phone +44131 549 9785 / 07305-294773 .

Visit the Outlander gift shop for 50 different photo gifts including t-shirts , face masks, hoodies , throw pillows , phone cases and prints . Free pickup and dropoff in Edinburgh

This day trip from Edinburgh is ideal for solo travellers and small groups of up to to four people .

Day trip from Edinburgh

Private tours Edinburgh Contact us now on Whatsapp +447305294773 for enquiries and bookings .

Your tour guide is David , an experienced tour guide and travel photographer. He is a landscape photographer on Pictures of Scotland . Find out more about him on Tripadvisor

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