Highlands Lochs and Castles Day Trip from Edinburgh

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Duration: 9 hours 45 minutes
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Experience Highlights

Discover rural Scotland on this tour of Highland lochs and castles from Edinburgh. On this activity, which lasts around 10 hours, an expert guide will accompany you to explain all the wonders you can find just 50 kilometres from the Scottish capital.

An air-conditioned vehicle will pick you up from Edinburgh and take you to the different attractions you will visit with this booking. Highlights include, for example, Doune Castle and Inveraray Castle. It's a journey through the Arrochar Alps, home of the Scottish Highlands, with wonderful views that you'll be able to capture in several photographs.

  • See Scotland's famous Highlands, lochs and castles on this tour from Edinburgh.
  • Learn more about the history of this rural part of Scotland from your expert guide on this 10-hour tour.
  • Don't worry about transfers, as an air-conditioned vehicle will pick you up in Edinburgh and take you to the various attractions included in the booking, such as Doune Castle and Inveraray Castle.

What’s included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Expert guide
  • Return transfer
  • Food and beverages

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Step by Step

With this booking, you'll take a tour of lochs and castles in the Highlands of Scotland from Edinburgh. You'll learn more about rural Scotland from an expert guide. The tour lasts around ten hours and you'll be driven in an air-conditioned vehicle to the various attractions from the meeting point in the Scottish capital.

A road trip of around an hour from Edinburgh will take you to some of Scotland's most famous castles for you to enjoy as never before. These include:

  • Douane Castle: this is a medieval fortress and has been used as a location for several films and series, such as Monty Python and Game of Thrones.
  • Inveraray Castle: this castle is home to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll and their young family. The ancestral home of the Campbell clan, as well as being an iconic tourist attraction on the west coast of Scotland.

You will have time to visit both attractions, although entrance tickets are not included in the booking. During the tour, you will also have the opportunity to see Kilchurn Castle, a favourite castle for photographers because of its charm and because it is completely in ruins.

In addition to the castles, this tour will take in a magnificent panorama of the Scottish Highlands as you travel through the Arrochar Alps. You'll have some free time to take in the tranquillity of the area, as well as admire the tranquil lochs.

One of the most famous lochs you'll stop at is Loch Lomond, a 70 square kilometre loch that is the symbol of Scotland, as it sits on the fault line that separates the Lowlands from the Highlands.

Reviews

4.7
· 411 Reviews
  • N
    N.
    5
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    A very complete excursion full of history.
  • J
    J.
    5
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    An excellent day tour, very high quality and with a visit to some really beautiful castles with incredible stories behind them. I highly recommend this tour to enjoy nature and learn a bit more about the history of Scotland.
  • C
    C.
    5
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    Great excursion.
  • O
    O.
    4
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    Excellent excursion, very high standard and a fantastic tour. Although it was quite tiring for my taste, I have to admit that it was worth it for everything I learned that day. Highly recommended.
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