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Discover Ancient Castles & Awe-Inspiring Scenery

Jaw-dropping scenery and spellbinding history combine in the remote Scottish Highlands. Majestic mountains rise out dramatically from atmospheric glens, stretching across some of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes. Deep lochs and countless castles populate the rugged spine, where the ancient history of rival clans span the centuries.

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Escape to the Highlands
From £1125 per person
West Highland Way
From £795 per person
North Coast 500
From £1520 per person
Great Glen Way
From £745 per person

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West Highland Way
£795
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
96 miles / 154 km
Highlights of Britain
£1960
Self-Drive Holidays
13 Nights
Great British Road Trip
£3230
Self-Drive Holidays
20 Nights
Escape to the Highlands
£1125
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Shetland & Orkney: Escape to the Edge
£1535
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
North Coast 500
£1520
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Great Glen Way
£745
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
73 miles / 117 km
Rob Roy Way
£855
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
79 miles / 126 km
From London to the Scottish Highlands
£2710
Self-Drive Holidays
16 Nights
Skye Trail
£1475
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
80 miles / 128 km
Outlander Tour
£1275
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Isle of Skye & The Outer Hebrides
£960
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
East Highland Way
£945
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
82 miles / 132 km
Highlands & Islands Malt Whisky Trail
£1150
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Scotland by Train
£1650
Train Holidays
10 Nights
Cateran Trail
£825
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
64 miles / 103 km
Speyside Way
£1045
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
85 miles / 136 km
Loch Ness 360°
£930
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
77.5 Miles / 125 km
Highlights of Scotland
£1575
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
North East 250
£1225
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Isle of Skye & Scottish Highlands Winter Escape
£1110
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Speyside Malt Whisky Trail
£685
Self-Drive Holidays
4 Nights
Moray Coast Trail
£665
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
44 miles / 70 km
Great Scottish Railway Journey
£1540
Train Holidays
10 Nights
Scottish Seafood Trail
£1120
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Moray Way
£1115
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
95 miles / 152 km
Scotland’s West Coast Road Trip
£1240
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
James Bond Tour
£1265
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Islands of Arran, Islay, Mull & Skye
£1545
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Grand Road Trip of Scotland
£2585
Self-Drive Holidays
17 Nights
Castle to Castle
£1105
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Cairngorms National Park & North West Highlands
£1195
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Stay in Scottish Castle Hotels
£2195
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Orkney & the Far North
£1285
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Highland Honeymoon
£1095
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Magical Islands of Mull, Iona & Skye
£1145
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Edinburgh & The Highlands in Winter
£745
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Myths & Legends of Scotland
£1705
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Winter Whisky Escape
£775
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Winter in a Scottish Castle Hotel
£1725
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Scottish Island Honeymoon
£1170
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Romantic Highland Getaway
£940
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Historic Scotland
£1230
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
North East 250: Scottish Winter Road Trip
£985
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Scotland on Screen
£1670
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
West Coast Honeymoon
£1175
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Blair Castle in Perthshire
St Andrews Cathedral in Fife
Dunnottar Castle
View of Stirling from the Wallace Monument
Edinburgh Castle
Scone Palace
Glamis Castle
The Palace Of Holyroodhouse
Balmoral Castle
Edinburgh viewed from Calton Hill

Castle to Castle

From £1105pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Balmoral Castle, the Scottish home of the Royal Family
  • Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & The Palace of Holyrood House
  • 13th Century Blair Castle nestling in the heart of Highland Perthshire
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An Lochan Uaine, Cairngorms National Park
Beinn Alligin and the Mountains of Torridon, North West Highlands
Loch Shieldaig, North West Highlands
Loch Coire Mhic Fhearchair, North West Highlands
Loch Morlich, Cairngorms National Park
Lochnagar, Cairngorms National Park
Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms National Park
Summer Isles, North West Highlands
Slioch viewed across Loch Maree, North West Highlands
Winding road to Ullapool, North West Highlands

Cairngorms National Park & North West Highlands

From £1195pp

Walking Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Discover awe-inspiring Wester Ross, one of Europe’s last great wildernesses
  • Explore mountains and lochs in Britain’s largest national park - the Cairngorms
  • Tour renowned distilleries in Speyside, Scotland’s malt whisky heartland
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Inveraray Castle
The Hermitage near Dunkeld
Tarbert harbour
Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire
Highland cow, Speyside
Scone Palace
River Ness running through Inverness
Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness
View of Edinburgh from Calton Hill

Stay in Scottish Castle Hotels

From £2195pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Enjoy spectacular views over Loch Fyne from your west coast castle hotel
  • Stay in a magnificent Highland castle with romantic turrets and ancient battlements
  • Explore the delightful town of Pitlochry from your luxury castle hotel in the heart of Highland Perthshire
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Puffins on the Orkney Isles
Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt
The coastline at Yesnaby, Orkney
Coast path at Rackwick Bay
The Old Man of Hoy
Kitchener Memorial
North Ronaldsay sheep
Sandwood Bay and the Sea Stack of Am Buachaille
Ring of Brodgar
Skara Brae
Stromness Town, Orkney

Orkney & the Far North

From £1285pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Walk the winding flagstone lanes of the historic fishing port of Stromness
  • Explore Skara Brae where Britain’s earliest inhabitants once lived
  • Walk into Sandwood Bay, one of the most isolated & beautiful beaches in the British Isles
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Portree, Isle of Skye
The Storr on the Isle of Skye
Ben A-an in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs
Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire
Bracklinn Falls, Trossachs National Park
Highland Cow in Speyside
Glencoe, Scottish Highlands
Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness
TThe Queen's View in Highland Perthshire

Highland Honeymoon

From £1095pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Soak up the peace & tranquility of the beautiful Scottish Lakeland
  • Explore the gloriously romantic Isle of Skye
  • Visit some of Scotland’s most romantic castles, such as Eilean Donan and Urquhart Castle
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Sligachan, Isle of Skye
The historic island of Iona
The Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye
Talisker Bay
Iona Abbey
Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock, Isle of Skye
Tobermory, Isle of Mull
Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull
Isle of Mull
Fingals cave, Staffa Island
McCaigs Tower, Oban
Elgol, Isle of Skye
Absolute Escapes water bottle on Iona

Magical Islands of Mull, Iona & Skye

From £1145pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • The magical Isle of Skye and the Cuillin Mountains
  • Beautiful sandy beaches on the Isle of Mull
  • Follow in pilgrims’ footsteps on the tiny Isle of Iona
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Loch An Eilean, Cairngorms National Park
View of Edinburgh in winter from Calton Hill
Edinburgh Castle in winter
Glen Lyon, Perthshire
Blair Castle, Perthshire
View of Princes Street in Edinburgh
The Queens View, Perthshire
Dalwhinnie Whisky Distillery in the Highlands
Single malt whisky by the cosy fire
Pitlochry Dam on the banks of the River Tummel
Winter in Edinburgh
Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh

Edinburgh & The Highlands in Winter

From £745pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 5 Nights
  • Visit Edinburgh's Old Town - a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & Holyrood Palace
  • Relax in the delightful Highland town of Pitlochry, nestled in the heart of Highland Perthshire
  • Experience the stunning winter scenery of the Cairngorms National Park
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Eilean Donan Castle
The Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis
Jacobite Steam Train on the Glenfinnan Viaduct
Loch Leven near Glencoe
Dunnottar Castle
Baby highland cattle on Isle of Mull
Edinburgh viewed from Calton Hill
Sunset at Luskentyre Beach
Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothain
Tobermory, Isle of Mull

Myths & Legends of Scotland

From £1705pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 10 Nights
  • Experience life on the edge in the Outer Hebrides, including the mysterious Standing Stones of Callanish
  • Visit dramatic Dunnottar Castle - one of the most striking and romantic ruined castles in Scotland
  • Get lost in the breathtaking scenery of The Cairngorms - Britain’s largest national park
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Single malt whisky by the cosy fire
Strathisla Distillery in the snow
A Highland cow in a snowy field
Glenlivet distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray
Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh
Loch Morlich
Loch An Eilean
Winter in Edinburgh
River Spey in winter
Speyside Cooperage in Craigellachie
Views from Calton Hill in Edinburgh
Dalwhinnie Distillery in the Highlands

Winter Whisky Escape

From £775pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 5 Nights
  • Discover Scotland’s world-famous Malt Whisky Trail which includes Glenfiddich and Macallan distilleries
  • Tour Dewar’s World of Whisky & The Famous Grouse Experience
  • Visit spectacular Edinburgh, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile & Holyrood Palace
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Red deer in Glencoe
Edinburgh Castle covered in snow
Buachaille Etive Mor near Glencoe
The road to Glencoe
Deer in Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands
Castle Stalker, West Coast
Edinburgh's Christmas Market
Glen Etive, Glencoe
Kilchurn Castle
Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle
Salisbury Crags, Edinburgh
The Hermitage, Highland Perthshire
View of Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness
A Highland cow in a snowy field

Winter in a Scottish Castle Hotel

From £1725pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Enjoy atmospheric views over Loch Fyne from your west coast castle hotel
  • Stay in a magnificent Highland castle with romantic turrets and ancient battlements
  • Explore the delightful town of Pitlochry from your luxury castle hotel in the heart of Highland Perthshire
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