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Our award-winning self-drive holidays allow you to travel at your own pace. We take care of all your travel arrangements and accommodation leaving you free to explore each destination at your leisure.

The holiday suggestions on our website are examples of the amazing trips we can offer, which are created uniquely for you by our award-winning specialists. Think of the itineraries below as inspiration for your own tailor-made escape. These can be customised to suit your preferences and individual requirements.

Our packages include hand-picked accommodation, a personalised information pack, and 24-hour support from our dedicated team. Knowing that all the arrangements are taken care of allows you to spend your days stress-free exploring ancient castles, sampling culinary delights, or taking in wonderful views.

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Shetland & Orkney: Escape to the Edge
From £1535 per person
Devon & Cornwall Road Trip
From £1440 per person
North Coast 500
From £1520 per person
Wild Atlantic Way South – Cork, Kerry & Dingle
From £1030 per person

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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
Hebridean Island Hopping
£1465
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Eryri Snowdonia 360
£1505
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Devon & Cornwall Road Trip
£1440
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
From London to the Scottish Highlands
£2710
Self-Drive Holidays
16 Nights
Highlights of South West England
£1750
Self-Drive Holidays
11 Nights
Historic Borders of Scotland & England
£1080
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Outlander Tour
£1275
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Isle of Skye & The Outer Hebrides
£960
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Highlands & Islands Malt Whisky Trail
£1150
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Highlights of England
£2150
Self-Drive Holidays
11 Nights
Discover Ayrshire & Arran
£1120
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Hadrian’s Wall & Northumberland
£940
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
South of England Road Trip
£1480
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Classic Yorkshire: Whitby, York & The Dales
£1050
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Isle of Skye & Scottish Highlands Winter Escape
£1110
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Highlights of Scotland
£1575
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
North East 250
£1225
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Speyside Malt Whisky Trail
£685
Self-Drive Holidays
4 Nights
West Coast of Ireland Road Trip
£1425
Self-Drive Holidays
11 Nights
Scottish Seafood Trail
£1120
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Northern Ireland Road Trip
£1165
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Scotland’s West Coast Road Trip
£1240
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Islay & The West Coast Whisky Tour
£1395
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Pembrokeshire & South Wales
£1420
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
James Bond Tour
£1265
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Lake District, Yorkshire & Hadrian’s Wall
£1560
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Islands of Arran, Islay, Mull & Skye
£1545
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Quintessential English Honeymoon
£1590
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
Highlights of The Lake District
£835
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Classic England: Oxford & The Cotswolds
£1590
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
East of England: Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk
£1420
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Discover Cornwall’s Classic Coastline
£1185
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Stay in Scottish Castle Hotels
£2195
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Lake District Honeymoon
£835
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Cornwall Coastal Honeymoon
£1185
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Devon Explorer: Exmoor, Dartmoor & The Coast
£940
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Coll & Tiree: A Hebridean Escape
£1215
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Wild Atlantic Way South – Cork, Kerry & Dingle
£1030
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Grand Irish Road Trip
£2260
Self-Drive Holidays
17 Nights
Game of Thrones Tour
£1165
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Orkney & the Far North
£1285
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Wild Atlantic Way Central – Clare, Galway & Mayo
£1110
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Highlights of Ireland
£1355
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Wild Atlantic Way North – Sligo & Donegal
£750
Self-Drive Holidays
6 Nights
Secret Corners of Scotland’s West Coast
£1115
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Complete Wild Atlantic Way Tour
£2590
Self-Drive Holidays
20 Nights
Highland Honeymoon
£1095
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Dublin & Ireland’s Ancient East
£1180
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Edinburgh & The Highlands in Winter
£745
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Myths & Legends of Scotland
£1705
Self-Drive Holidays
10 Nights
Magical Islands of Mull, Iona & Skye
£1145
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
The Best of London
£885
Self-Drive Holidays
4 Nights
London & The Heart of England
£2235
Self-Drive Holidays
13 Nights
Burns Country & The Scottish Borders
£1185
Self-Drive Holidays
8 Nights
Winter Whisky Escape
£775
Self-Drive Holidays
5 Nights
Winter in a Scottish Castle Hotel
£1725
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Literary Scotland
£1415
Self-Drive Holidays
9 Nights
Scottish Island Honeymoon
£1170
Self-Drive Holidays
7 Nights
Southern Scotland Winter Road Trip
£940
Self-Drive Holidays
6 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
Reflection on Loch Lomond
Inverness at Night
Highland Cow
Sligachan Bridge, Isle of Skye
Ballindalloch Castle and Gardens
Ballindalloch Distillery
Glenfinnan and Loch Shiel
Boats on Loch Lomond
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
Tobermory, Isle of Mul

Highlights of Scotland

From £1575pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 10 Nights
  • Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile & The Palace of Holyrood House
  • Historic Castles including Urquhart, Dunvegan and Eilean Donan
  • The magical Isle of Skye and the Cuillin Mountains
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Snow Road, Cairngorms National Park
Slains Castle
Cruden Bay
Cullen
Strathisla Distillery
Dunnottar Castle
Balmoral Castle
Brodie Castle
Crovie

North East 250

From £1225pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Incredible mountain landscape and Britain’s highest road in the Cairngorms National Park
  • Brooding Dunnottar Castle and the splendid Balmoral Castle Estate
  • The Malt Whisky Trail including Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Glenlivet Distilleries
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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 £685pp

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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Clifden Sky Road, Co. Galway
Connemara, Co. Galway (credit - Fáilte Ireland)
Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry (Credit - Tourism Ireland)
Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, Co. Galway
Benbulben, Co. Sligo (credit - Tourism Ireland)
Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare
Kerry cliffs
Sligo, Co. Sligo (credit - Gareth McCormack, Fáilte Ireland)
Traditional Irish music in Galway (credit - Fáilte Ireland)
Ross Castle in Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry
Westport House, Westport, Co. Mayo (credit - Tourism Ireland)

West Coast of Ireland Road Trip

From £1425pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 11 Nights
  • The wonderful Ring of Kerry and Killarney National Park
  • The Aran Islands, home to the prehistoric fort of Dún Aonghasa
  • Musical Galway, one of Ireland's most vibrant cities
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Ee Usk
Tarbert Harbour
Loch Linnhe, Fort William
Loch Fyne Seafood
Eilean Donan, Kyle of Lochalsh
View down Glen Docherty to Loch Maree
Isle of Kerrera, near Oban
McCaig's Tower, Oban
Scallops
Isle of Skye Bridge, Lochalsh

Scottish Seafood Trail

From £1120pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 7 Nights
  • Spectacular coastal scenery and wonderful locally caught seafood
  • The Cowal Peninsula, a mouth-watering introduction to the West Highlands
  • Oban - the ‘Seafood Capital of Scotland’ and ‘Gateway to the Isles’
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Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
Belfast City Hall at dusk, Northern Ireland
Dunluce Castle
Ballintoy Harbour, Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
Lower Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh
Giant's Causeway
Inch Abbey, Co. Down

Northern Ireland Road Trip

From £1165pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland's vibrant capital city
  • The Giant’s Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • The majestic Mourne Mountains in County Down
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View of the Skye Bridge joining the island to Lochalsh
Bluebells at Tarbert Castle, Kintyre
Ferry arriving in Oban
Colourful Tobermory on the Isle of Mull
Isle of Iona
Our client at Eilean Donan Castle (Credit - Steve Gow)
Plockton and Loch Carron, Lochalsh
Puffins on the Isle of Lunga
Skipness Castle, Kintyre
Sunset at Oban Harbour (Credit - Steve Gow)
Tarbert Harbour, Kintyre

Scotland’s West Coast Road Trip

From £1240pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Experience breathtaking scenery and unique wildlife along this spectacular stretch of coast
  • Immerse yourself in the enchanting beauty of the famed islands of Mull and Iona
  • The magical Isles of Mull and Iona
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Laphroaig Distillery, Islay
Road sign on Islay with Paps of Jura in background
Ardbeg Distillery, Islay
Our client Joseph Gareau touring Bunnahabhain Distillery, Islay
Katia from Absolute Escapes at Kilchoman Distillery in Islay
The picturesque village of Portnahaven, Islay
Clydeside Distillery, Glasgow
Machir Bay, Islay
Scott from Absolute Escapes at Bunnahabhain Distillery, Islay
View from ferry travelling from Islay to Kennacraig
Machrihanish Bay, Kintyre

Islay & The West Coast Whisky Tour

From £1395pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Visit world-famous whisky distilleries on Islay, including Ardbeg, Laphroaig, and Bowmore
  • Explore Campbeltown, Scotland’s smallest whisky region, nestled in the picturesque Kintyre Peninsula
  • Visit the spectacular and remote Isle of Jura, home to Jura Distillery
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View of Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula
Carreg Cennen Castle, Brecon Beacons National Park
Castell Coch
Castle Oxwich on the Gower Peninsula
Group boarding Dale Princess boat at Martin's Haven, Skomer
Hay-on-Wye bookshop
St Davids Cathedral
Castell Oxwich, Gower Peninsula
Strumble Head
Three Cliffs Bay, Gower Peninsula

Pembrokeshire & South Wales

From £1420pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 9 Nights
  • Cardiff Castle, Castel Coch and Cardiff Bay
  • The beautiful coastline of the Pembrokeshire National Park
  • The dramatic green landscapes of the Brecon Beacons National Park
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Driving through Glen Etive
Reflections on Loch Ness
Firth of Forth, Edinburgh
Eilean Donan Castle
The Crinan Canal in the Sunshine
Arthur's Seat
Cairngorms National Park
Red deer in Glencoe
Urquhart Castle
The Macallan Distillery, Speyside

James Bond Tour

From £1265pp

Self-Drive Holidays
Duration 8 Nights
  • Visit Scotland’s largest collection of James Bond memorabilia and enjoy a cocktail at the 007 Bar
  • Scotland’s stunning West Coast, including locations from The Spy Who Loved Me and From Russia With Love
  • Spectacular Glen Etive and Glencoe, dramatically featured in Skyfall
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Why travel with Absolute Escapes?

Andy and Sheila, founders of Absolute Escapes, on the Isle of Skye – highlighting our personal, founder-led approach to tailor-made holidays.

Independently Owned, Personally Run

Founder-Led Authenticity:
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inspire our spirit of discovery.
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from people who truly care.
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Your own specialist supports you
through every stage of your journey.
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First-hand Experience:
We meticulously research every
corner of our destinations.
Up-to-Date Insights:
Travel with confidence, backed by
the latest local knowledge.
Established Partnerships:
We've built connections with
trusted suppliers over decades.
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Tailored to Perfection

Tailor-Made Experience:
Every aspect of your holiday is
perfectly handcrafted for you.
Meticulous Planning:
Everything works seamlessly -
because the details matter.
Blended Adventures:
Mix walking, driving, and train travel
to build a holiday that’s truly unique.
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