Day 1 · Glasgow
Arrive in Glasgow
You settle into your hotel and join the group for cocktails and a welcome dinner.
- Overnight
- Hotel du Vin Glasgow

9 days · 8 nights
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Glasgow
Day 1 · Glasgow
You settle into your hotel and join the group for cocktails and a welcome dinner.
Day 2 · Glasgow
A walking tour shows you Glasgow's industrial-era grandeur, then you try the bagpipes at the National Piping Centre before lunch. The rest of the day is yours.
Inveraray, Loch Ness and Inverness
Day 3 · Inveraray, Loch Ness and Inverness
You follow Loch Lomond to Inveraray Castle for a private tour of rooms most visitors never see. The road then runs through the Great Glen past Ben Nevis and along Loch Ness to Inverness, where a Scottish dinner awaits.
Culloden, Clava Cairns and Speyside
Day 4 · Culloden, Clava Cairns and Speyside
You walk the battlefield at Culloden and the ancient stones of Clava Cairns, then watch coopers shape whisky casks in Speyside. After a pub lunch you visit a cashmere mill in Elgin.
Cairngorms, Pitlochry and St Andrews
Day 5 · Cairngorms, Pitlochry and St Andrews
You drive through Cairngorms National Park and look for wildlife with a ranger on a family estate. After lunch in Pitlochry you taste whisky at Lindores Abbey, then end the day with a cocktail above the Old Course in St Andrews.
St Andrews
Day 6 · St Andrews
A former caddie walks you round the Old Course, sharing its history and legends. The afternoon and evening are yours.
Edinburgh
Day 7 · Edinburgh
You tour Holyrood Palace, then walk up the Royal Mile to the Signet Library for a generous afternoon tea. A local expert shows you Edinburgh Castle before a free evening.
Leith and Edinburgh
Day 8 · Leith and Edinburgh
You board the former Royal Yacht before opening hours, then take a panoramic tour of the city. After a free afternoon the group meets for a farewell dinner.
Edinburgh
Day 9 · Edinburgh
You transfer privately to the airport.
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United Kingdom
7 days · 6 nights
Hampton Court → Runnymede → Windsor → Cookham → Hurley-on-Thames → Henley-on-Thames
You begin with a cream tea in London and board at Hampton Court for the palace and its maze. The barge passes Runnymede on the way to Windsor Castle, then Dorney Court and Stanley Spencer's Cookham. You end with Oxford's Christ Church and leave at Henley-on-Thames.
United Kingdom
13 days · 12 nights
Liverpool → Brest → Nantes → Bordeaux → Bilbao → Porto → Lisbon
You spend two nights in Liverpool, with a choice of cathedrals, the Beatles or Anfield, then visit Chester before boarding. The ship crosses to Brest and Nantes in Brittany and spends three days in Bordeaux. Bilbao and Porto follow before you leave the ship in Lisbon.
United Kingdom
7 days · 6 nights
Inverness → Loch Ness → Fort Augustus → Loch Oich → Loch Lochy → Banavie
You board at Muirtown near Inverness and cruise the heather-lined Caledonian Canal towards Loch Ness. Culloden, Cawdor Castle and a falconry display fill the first days as you climb through the locks at Fort Augustus. Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Lochy, Neptune's Staircase and a whisky tasting finish the week at Banavie.
You start in Glasgow with a bagpipe workshop, then follow Loch Lomond to Inveraray Castle and the Great Glen to Inverness. Culloden, a Speyside cooperage and the Cairngorms come next, then St Andrews and a walk on the Old Course. The journey ends in Edinburgh with afternoon tea, the castle and the former royal yacht.
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