The Good Stuff
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and self-guided tour
Day 2: Walking tour of Glasgow
Day 3: Stirling Castle, Loch Lomond, St. Conan's Kirk
Day 4: Isle of Mull, Duart Castle, Tobermory, Oban
Day 5: McCaig's Tower, Fresh Seafood, Dunollie Castle, Oban Sea Tours
Day 6: Glencoe, Nevis Mountain Resort, Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Inverness
Day 7: Speyside Cooperage, Walking tour of Inverness
Day 8: Culloden, Aviemore,Rothiemurchus Estate
Day 9: Leault farms, Rowan House, Queens View, Pitlochry
Day 10: Dunkeld, Crannog Centre, Aberfeldy Distillery, Highland night
Day 11: St Andrews, Pittenweem
Day 12: Walking tour of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle
Day 13: Time to depart
Heart locations indicate overnight stays, while blue location markers are some of the stops and activities we made on the tour
Restaurants
Hotels
People
James Macletchie - Excellent tour guide, professional photographer, videographer, sheep farmer, singer of Gaelic folk songs, and master of travel stories. Check out his photography website here.
King Ian - the best bus driver, singer, and storyteller you'll ever meet. Aptly named King Ian because he's the king of travel - navigating large buses through tight turns, rough roads, and grassy fields, sharing stories over a Bailey's in the hotel lobby, and always going with the flow thorough changing plans
Now that the gang's all here, grab your buddy* and lets go! If you're new to Rick Steves tours, let me introduce you to the buddy system. At the beginning of every tour, you'll get a buddy, someone who you aren't already travelling with in the group. Throughout the tour, they'll be buddy checks. Its simple yet effective - find your buddy or let the guide know if they're missing, that way no one gets left behind.