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Discover Enchanting Edinburgh & Vibrant Glasgow

With their own distinctive identities, Scotland’s two largest cities are exciting cultural hubs. The attractions are endless – both cities are overflowing with unique art, music and restaurants waiting to be discovered. Edinburgh’s captivating history is evident throughout its winding medieval streets, and Glasgow’s renowned architecture and design tell a tale of its proud heritage.

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Escape to the Highlands
£1015
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Scotland by Train
£1485
Train Holidays
10 Nights
Outlander Tour
£1150
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Great British Road Trip
£2910
Self-Drive Holidays
20 Nights
Isle of Skye & Scottish Highlands Winter Escape
£1000
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Isle of Skye & The Outer Hebrides
£865
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Discover Ayrshire & Arran
£1010
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
John Muir Way
£1265
Walking Holidays
11 Nights
134 miles / 215 km
Highlands & Islands Malt Whisky Trail
£1035
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Speyside Malt Whisky Trail
£620
Self-Drive Holidays
4 Nights
Stay in Scottish Castle Hotels
£1840
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Scottish Seafood Trail
£1010
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Edinburgh & The Highlands in Winter
£675
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Winter Whisky Escape
£700
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Highlights of Scotland
£1420
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Highland Honeymoon
£990
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Great Scottish Railway Journey
£1390
Train Holidays
10 Nights
From London to the Scottish Highlands
£2440
Self-Drive Holidays
16 Nights
Argyll & Mull of Kintyre
£1020
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Islay & The West Coast Whisky Trail
£1135
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
James Bond Tour
£1140
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Winter in a Scottish Castle Hotel
£1555
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Castle to Castle
£995
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Literary Scotland
£1275
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Grand Road Trip of Scotland
£2330
Self-Drive Holidays
17 Nights
West Coast Explorer
£1005
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Romantic Highland Getaway
£850
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Islands of Arran, Islay, Mull & Skye
£1395
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Island Honeymoon
£1055
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Burns Country & The Scottish Borders
£1070
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Myths & Legends of Scotland
£1535
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Scotland on Screen
£1505
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Historic Scotland
£1110
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
West Coast Honeymoon
£1060
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
View from The Storr on the Isle of Skye
Eilean Donan Castle
The Three Sisters, Glencoe, Scotland
Portree, Isle of Skye
Urquhart Castle
Furry highland cow on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Glenfinnan and Loch Shiel
Edinburgh
Stirling Castle
The Queen’s View in Highland Perthshire which overlooks Loch Tummel

Escape to the Highlands

From £1015pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Discover Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & Arthur's Seat
  • Stunning Glencoe - Scotland's most famous and atmospheric glen
  • Explore the magical Isle of Skye and the Cuillin Mountains
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Jacobite Steam Train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct
Colourful Portree harbour
Absolute Escapes clients with the Jacobite Steam Train (credit - Jeff Neill)
Katia from the Absolute Escapes team at the Quiraing, Isle of Skye (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)
Blair Castle, Highland Perthshire (credit - Paul Tomkins, VisitScotland)
Melanie from the Absolute Escapes team sitting by River Lochy, Fort William (credit - Melanie Grandidge)
Whisky tasting at Ben Nevis Distillery in Fort William (credit - Melanie Grandidge)
View from Calton Hill, Edinburgh (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Inverness Castle (credit - Kenny Lam, VisitScotland)
Melanie from the Absolute Escapes team with Jacobite Steam Train at Glenfinnan
Glasgow Botanics Glasshouse (credit - Erin Meek from the Absolute Escapes team)
Zoe from the Absolute Escapes team at The Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)

Scotland by Train

From £1485pp

Train Holidays
Duration 10 Nights
  • Jacobite Steam Train - one of the greatest railway journeys of the world
  • The magical Isle of Skye and the Cuillin Mountains
  • Mystical Loch Ness and Inverness; the capital of the Highlands
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Culross
Falkland
Glenfinnan Monument
Colourful Victoria Street in Edinburgh
Glencoe
Loch Lomond
Doune Castle
Edinburgh viewed from Calton Hill
Memorial Cairn at Culloden Batllefield
Falkland Palace
Inverness
Prehistoric site of Clava Cairns
Culross - filming location for the fictional village of Crainsmuir

Outlander Tour

From £1150pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Follow in Jamie and Claire's footsteps across Scotland
  • Explore historic Edinburgh - Scotland's magical capital city
  • Discover Doune Castle, aka Castle Leoch in the Outlander TV series
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Tower Bridge at sunrise, London
Timber-framed buildings in The Shambles, York (credit - Andrew Pickett, VisitBritain)
Katia, from the Absolute Escapes team, exploring Arisaig on the West Coast of Scotland (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)
Bala Lake and the Aran Hills in Snowdonia National Park (credit - Lee Beel, VisitBritain)
Castle Combe in The Cotswolds
Melanie from the Absolute Escapes team at The Quiraing, Isle of Skye
View from the tower climb at York Minster (credit - Charlotte Ballantyne)
Kate from the Absolute Escapes team in Snowdonia National Park (credit - Kate Brown)
Kensington Gardens, London
Jack, from the Absolute Escapes team, at Blenheim Palace in Oxford (credit - Jack McKenna)
Calton Hill, Edinburgh (credit - Zoe Kirkbride from the Absolute Escapes team)
Sine from the Absolute Escapes team at Inverness Castle (credit - Sine Birkedal Nielsen)

Great British Road Trip

From £2910pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 20 Nights
  • The breathtaking scenery of the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye
  • Discover picture-postcard English villages in The Cotswolds
  • Explore endless attractions in the vibrant capital cities of London and Edinburgh
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Buachaille Etive Mor near Glencoe
Elgol Beach on the Isle of Skye
The Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye
The road to Glencoe
Deer in Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands
Loch Ness
Edinburgh in winter
Loch Cluanie in the Scottish Highlands
Sligachan Bridge, Isle of Skye
Lochan na h-achlaise and Black Mount, Rannoch Moor

Isle of Skye & Scottish Highlands Winter Escape

From £1000pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & Holyrood Palace
  • Experience Glencoe, Scotland's most famous and atmospheric glen, set beneath snow-capped mountains
  • Visit the magical Isle of Skye and the Cuillin Mountains during the quieter winter season
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Portree, The Isle of Skye
Traigh Iar on the Isle of Harris
Fairy Glen, Isle of Skye
The Callanish Standing Stones
A local enjoying a Hebridean rainbow
Isle of Berneray
Otter Crossing, Outer Hebrides
Eriskay Ponies, South Uist
Borve Sands towards the North Harris Hills
Stornoway Harbour
Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye

Isle of Skye & The Outer Hebrides

From £865pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 5 Nights
  • The magical Isle of Skye and the spectacular Cuillin Mountains
  • Discover the mountains and lunar landscape of the Isle of Harris
  • The archaeological treasures of the Standing Stones of Callanish
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Culzean Castle
Croy shore, Culzean bay
Machrie Moor Standing Stones, Isle of Arran
Burns Monument
Seals on the Isle of Arran
Isle of Arran
Isle of Arran
Ayr Town Centre
Goat Fell
The Brig O Doon, Alloway
Wicker statue of Tam-O-Shanter
The Auld Kirk In Alloway

Discover Ayrshire & Arran

From £1010pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Experience the tranquillity of island life on the spectacular Isle of Arran
  • Explore the enchanting region of Ayrshire, which inspired Scotland’s Bard, Robert Burns
  • Discover Culzean Castle, an 18th-century masterpiece designed by architect Robert Adam
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A group of hikers on the John Muir Way
The path near Blackness Castle (credit - Scott Smyth)
An Absolute Escapes client enjoying the views when walking from Helensburgh to Balloch (credit - Desiree Ventura)
Preston Mill, East Linton (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Absolute Escapes team members walking through Dunbar Country Park (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Maid of the Loch by Loch Lomond
The start of the John Muir Way in Helensburgh
The Absolute Escapes team at John Muir's Birthplace, Dunbar
The Forth Rail Bridge from South Queensferry
Coastal cliffs, Dunbar (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Linlithgow Loch (credit - Melanie Grandidge)
Absolute Escapes walker on the Bridge to Nowhere near Dunbar

John Muir Way

From £1265pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 134 miles / 215 km
Duration 11 - 12 Nights
  • Travel coast-to-coast traversing the heartland of Scotland
  • Pass the famous bonnie banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland's first National Park
  • Walk along the beautiful East Lothian coastline to Dunbar, birthplace of John Muir
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Talisker Whisky Distillery, Skye
The Cuillin Mountains, Isle of Skye
A wee dram of Scotch whisky
The Three Sisters, Glencoe
Glenlivet distillery
Lochan-na-h-Achlaise, Rannoch Moor
Colourful Victoria Street in Edinburgh
Ballindalloch Castle and Gardens
Portree, Isle of Skye
Dunvegan Castle
Strathisla Distillery

Highlands & Islands Malt Whisky Trail

From £1035pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • The Malt Whisky Trail including visits to Glenfiddich & the Macallan Distilleries
  • Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & The Scotch Whisky Experience
  • The magical Isle of Skye & Talisker Distillery
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Glenlivet distillery
Whisky distillery
The River Spey near Aberlour
The Gatehouse to Ballindalloch Castle
Speyside Cooperage
Ballindalloch Castle and Gardens
Speyside Cooperage
Ballindalloch Distillery
Cardhu Distillery
Highland Cow on the Glenlivet Estate

Speyside Malt Whisky Trail

From £620pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 4 Nights
  • Tour the famous Malt Whisky Trail including Glenfiddich and Macallan distilleries
  • Dewars World of Whisky & Edradour Distillery in Pitlochry
  • Explore mountains and lochs in one of Scotland's most picturesque regions
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