5. The Western Isles Tour

Day One
Leave Edinburgh at 8.30am for Stirling: from Braveheart to Bannockburn, Rob Roy Country, Glen Coe, The Great Glen, Eilean Donan Castle; stay at the renowned Plockton Hotel, with superb seafood.

Day Two
On to the Isle of Skye, views of the Cuillins, via the capital, Portree, the Old Man of Storr, Kilt Rock, the Quirang, Uig, ferry across the magical Minch to Tarbert, Isle of Harris; stay at Tarbert: the Harris Hotel or equivalent.

Stones of Callanish

Day Three
From the Isle of Harris to Lewis and the Standing Stones at Callanish, Dun Carloway Broch and the blackhouse village at Gearnnannan, back to the Harris Hotel.

Day Four
Tour around Harris including the incredible ‘Golden Road’, after lunch leave Stornoway, Lewis by ferry for Ullapool, travel down across Wester Ross to the Black Isle: stay in 18th century luxury at five star, Braelangwell on the Black Isle.

Day Five
Visit some local Black Isle folklore, on to Inverness and Culloden Battlesite, Clave Cairns (another Neolithic highlight). South through Perthshire and back to Edinburgh for early evening (can add an extra day (s) at any point to savor this wonderful tour).

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