Private 6-Day Christmas Tour in Scotland and Edinburgh

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6 days (approx.)

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Overview

Tour of 6 days + 5 nights + accommodation + full breakfasts included.
Airport and hotel transfers included.
Hogmanay celbration.
Optional dinners.

460 Miles / 740 Km.

This great 5-day Tour and Vacation program can be booked throughout the year. Obviously, due to its title and content, the most indicated date is December 27 of each year, however the program can be carried out throughout the year enjoying free time during the Christmas performances.

Live with us the magical and famous Christmas in Edinburgh and its HOGMANAY!
You will also visit the most famous places in Scotland including Loch Ness!

For the whole family, group or making new friends!

Regions to visit: Magical Edinburgh - The Caledonian Canal - Loch Ness - Cairngorms National Park - Perthshire - The Highlands - Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park - Lochaber - The Kingdom of Fife and much more!

What's Included

Breakfast
Private transportation
Inputs to the interactions described
Fuel surcharge

Light lunch on behalf of the client.
Optional dinners, supplement.
Travel or cancellation insurance.

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Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

Airport and hotel transfers are included in the price of this great Tour. We can pick you up from the meeting place or your hotel in Edinburgh or Glasgow. The meeting place is at the West Register House; 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh EH2 4DF. Send us your hotel details and we will pick you up for free.

Meeting point

Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4DF, UK

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Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

What To Expect

Day 1

THE KINGDOM OF FIFE, PERTHSHIRE AND LOS CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK!

15 Stops

South Queensferry

This idyllic and picturesque town offers us its High Street with colorful houses just as if we were already in a small town in the Scottish Highlands with 17th century houses and typical Scottish-style pubs.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Forth Bridge

Impressive bridge and construction that gave it the title of World Heritage Site by Unesco. The longest of its kind with more than 2.5 km.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Forth Road Bridge

In 1964 this impressive bridge that forms the set of the 3 bridges in Edinburgh, was opened to traffic and at this time the ferry that transported passengers from North to South Queensferry was in disuse. Another of the 3 longest bridges in the world in its style, exceeding the first one in length.

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Queensferry Crossing

Given that the Forth road bridge was not enough to absorb all the existing traffic, in 2017 this third bridge with a different structure than the previous two and a longer length was inaugurated. Each of the three are among the longest in the world in their style.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Andrews

The cradle of Golf, filming location for "Chariots of fire", ancient old town, the third oldest university in the entire English-speaking world, etc. We will go back through its central streets and we will stock up on our lunch.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

St Andrews Cathedral

Visit the ruins of the impressive cathedral that was once the largest in all of Scotland and a place of pilgrimage. Here came the relics of the Apostle Saint Andrew, which gave rise to the later name of the town and the flag of Scotland.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St Andrews Castle

House of the Bishop of St. Andrews and witness to the defense of the country against the English, this fortress has much to tell. We will take some photographs from the outside of its impressive ruins to continue our intense itinerary.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

University of St Andrews

Since 1413 the University of St. Andrews has been one of the most important in the whole of the United Kingdom. We will photograph ourselves in its central patio as well as walk along some of its faculties and we will see the chapel of San Salvador in it.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews

The oldest golf club in the world and that created the first rules to practice this sport. We will pass by its headquarters and Old golf course.

Admission Ticket Free

Dundee

The fourth city in population in Scotland, with around 150,000 inhabitants, it is famous for its graphic industry and known for being the city where the first computer in the world sold to NASA was built. It also houses the famous Navios; Discovery & the Unicorn Frigate.

Admission Ticket Free

Discovery Point

The Discovery is a typical British-built sailboat inaugurated in 1901 and built in these Dundee shipyards in Scotland where it rests. To this Scottish research sailboat and his captain Scott we owe, among other discoveries, the positioning of the true South Pole in Antarctica, which cost them two years of encayamiento in the ice of said pole to which they survived. We will take some pictures with this important sailboat.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dunkeld

Beautiful Scottish-style town that suffered the damage of the Jacobite wars against the British army. It was an important town when King Scot Kenneth MacAlpin brought the relics of St. Columba of Iona to his cathedral in the 9th century. First Scottish king to unify the Picts, Vikings and Irish peoples who occupied Scotland as the Scots.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pitlochry

Beautiful Victorian-style town where we will walk through its High Street and have a nice coffee. Visited in 1846 by Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert who loved Scotland so much, it was the first Scottish town where the tourist boom exploded.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Aviemore

Base town for adventure and mountain sports in the Cairgorms National Park, the largest in Scotland. We will take some photos of its picturesque railway station.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Inverness

Or what is the same the capital of the Highlands or Highlands !. Beautiful and small city center where we will rest in the care of its castle, cathedral after walking a few minutes along its river Ness!

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Day 2

CANAL DE CALEDONIAN & LOCHABER; THE LAKES REGION!

9 Stops

Inverness

Depart from the capital of the Highlands to the beautiful Caledonian Canal and the Lake District of Scotland.

Admission Ticket Free

Caledonian Canal

Inaugurated in 1822 and designed by the Scottish engineer Thomas Telford, this canal connects the North Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea, crossing all of Alba-Scotland. Today we will travel following its route between beautiful forests and lakes.

Admission Ticket Free

Loch Ness

Finally we arrive yes! to the immense Loch Ness. At almost 38 km in length, 236 meters in depth and 56.5 km in area, this lake, one of the largest on the planet, contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. Welcome to Nessie's house where we will sail on a large catamaran.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Urquhart Castle

We will disembark at the ruins of the imposing Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness. Carbon fourteen probes date rocks here from the 7th century.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Fort Augustus

Bucolic town that we will visit at the beginning of Loch Ness. Its level locks for small boats and pleasure yachts offer us beautiful views that we will enjoy in addition to a lunch or coffee on the shores of the lake, spectacular views.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Glenfinnan Viaduct

And we arrived at one of the most famous places for Harry Potter lovers; the viaduct through which the Harry Potter train the "Jacobite train" actually circulates and that appears in the saga, a place of pilgrimage for lovers of the same.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Glenfinnan

We will also see Lake Shiel where the location of the Howgarts school of magic is filmed. Also famous point of visit for lovers of the great series on the history of Jacobite Scotland; Outlander! here Prince Bonnie Charles Stuart really landed in 1745 from where together with the clans of the Highlands or Scottish Highlands he would begin his war against the British army expelling them from the country .....

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Neptune's Staircase

Neptune's staircase. The longest locks in the whole of the UK and part of the Caledonian Canal. We will see them at Fort William.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fort William

Also known for fans of the historical series "Outlander". Known as the capital of outdoor activities in the whole of the United Kingdom, we will rest at the foot of the highest mountain in the UK; Ben Nevis, a true pilgrimage site for mountaineers. Of course we will visit some of the typical taverns of the town.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Day 3

GLENCOE & LOCH LOMOND NATIONAL PARK & LOS TROSSACHS!

10 Stops

Fort William

After having enjoyed incredible and beautiful movie landscapes and having our succulent breakfast, we will head towards the capital of Scotland but still with an intense and wonderful tour of mountains, lakes and castles.

Admission Ticket Free

Glencoe

We enter the most spectacular high-altitude valley of Alba-Scotland and that is why along this bucolic valley, movies and series such as; Braveheart, Rob Roy, James Bond 007, Harry Potter and Outlander to name the best known. Welcome to the Valley of Tears, in it we will tell you a sad story ...

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Glencoe Village

Bucolico town at the end of the valley that bears his name and on the shores of Lake Leven.

Admission Ticket Free

The Three Sisters

Impressive massifs of volcanic origin like all the paradoxically green Scotland.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Loch Tulla Viewpoint

Beautiful lake and viewpoint where we will take some photos.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

We cross this spectacular National Park that offers us beautiful views.

Admission Ticket Free

Loch Lomond

This one we visit is the largest lake in all of Scotland and therefore in the whole of the United Kingdom. It does not contain more water than Loch Ness but it does offer more extension with an area of approximately 70 square km.

Admission Ticket Free

Luss

Beautiful little conservation village on the shores of Loch Lomond and that experienced its tourist boom from the filming of the British series in the 80s; "High Road". In its origins as early as the 6th century it was a concentration area for Picto Druids. We will tell you more about its history and St. Kessog in the beautiful walk through it.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Stirling Castle

Impressive fortress and twin brother of Edinburgh Castle that we will visit in the following days. Stirling Castle is where the Queen of Scotland was crowned; María Estuardo with only 9 months of age and known as "The gateway to the Highlands" is said who conquered this castle dominated Scotland, for this reason the English King Edward I attacked it in the 18th century, but William Wallace in the Battle of Stirling Bridge defeated him and returned to Scotland in 1297, as would years later the King of Scotland Robert the Bruce with Edward II of England, managing to maintain the sovereignty of the attacked Scotland!

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Edinburgh

We arrive today after an extensive and beautiful content to the "Athens of the North" and a World Heritage Site; Edinburgh. In the remaining three days we will meet her and enjoy in a more relaxed way and with free time. The Christmas spirit and the ancestral celebration of Celtic and Viking origin; Hogmanay! you breathe here in every corner and tavern. Beautiful lighting, cold Nordic atmosphere and its decorations and friendly Scots will make us feel pleasantly welcomed. To take into account that in 2020 due to the covid crisis some of the typical attractions such as: the Christmas Market, the torchlight parade, etc., will not be held so you will have free time to live the wonderful city or it will be offered to you some alternative walk or visit in the capital.Time to settle in your comfortable hotel and Edinburgh Ghost Bus Tour through some of the sinister rincoes of this ancient European capital, for all audiences.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Day 4

HISTORICAL EDINBURGH TOUR!

17 Stops

Edinburgh

Extensive and wonderful Tour, you have taken many visits and have known the most beautiful and famous places in the country; Scotland! For a reason it is one of the meccas of outdoor cinema for great movies!Now you have to enjoy in a more relaxed way the historical and mysterious capital of Scotland where great works have been written such as; Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jekyll & Mister Hide, Harry Potter and many more .....We begin our super complete Tour; Historic Edinburgh walking!

10 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Edinburgh Castle

We visit the best known fortress, one of the best known in the world and the most assaulted in the entire history of Scotland and the United Kingdom; "The Edinburgh Castle" where they are among many other things; The Scottish Crown Jewels and the Stone of Destiny where the Kings and Queens of Scotland were crowned.Since Celtic times and more than 7,000 years there has been human activity in this area as well as in the castle since the 12th century at least.This like many other greats is a succession of them. Sitting on pure volcanic rock you will know what was the house of Queen Maria Estuardo ....

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Writers' Museum

Dedicated to famous writers and novelists; Robert Louis Steveson, Walter Scott and the poet Robert Burns will visit this bucolic 17th century house / palace.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Greyfriars Kirk

Chilling cemetery offered by the Queen of Scots Mary Stuart to the city of Edinburgh, we are talking about the 15th century ..... due to the proximity to the historic Edinburgh medical school, numerous bodies were stolen here for sale and research to the itself. Along with it was written by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and some of the names of the characters of the famous saga were ideas of the inscriptions on these tombstones ..... sinister and important place ...

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Victoria Street

Beautiful and historic street in the capital of Scotland with its colorful houses, intriguing, mysterious and beautiful in turn was the source of inspiration for Harry Potter's "Diagon Alley" and the filming location of several films.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Elephant House

Famous coffee shop where J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter! We will take some photos of the outside.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Grassmarket

Historic market square of the city of Edinburgh, where cattle and goods were brought to sell since the Middle Ages, still today it serves as a market on some occasions. Another more dark fact makes this place famous and they are the "ghosts" that haunt the square at the foot of the imposing castle since it was the place of execution and hanging for guilty prisoners in the Middle Ages.Famous pubs and taverns in the same square, we will tell you the history of some of them ...

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St Giles' Cathedral

Or the house of Prebyterianism and its founder John Knox. Spectacular construction originally ordered by King David I of Scotland in the 12th century and mostly from the 14th, 15th and 15th centuries.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Royal Mile

The Royal Mile or the High Street in Edinburgh. An ancient street with buildings mostly from the 16th and 17th centuries onwards and which was one of the first in all of Europe to build houses in height up to 9 floors. Its name is given because it connects the Palace with Edinburgh Castle. We will walk through it most of the day visiting many of the points mentioned.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Scott Monument

Spectacular monument almost 70 meters high dedicated to the Scottish writer that bears his name and that we will see in the main artery of the capital; Princes Street in the New town.

Admission Ticket Free

Old Town

Heritage of Humanity, in which we will do practically the entire route of today's historic tour. In the 18th century there were literally no more people in what was previously the city of Edinburgh and no one could spend the night on the street under pain of death. From here the construction of the New Town began .....

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

New Town

Like the Old Town or the old city this other half of the historic capital of Scotland is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was built with a mostly Georgian design and spectacular buildings and gardens in the 18th and 19th centuries. We will know some of its most important points.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Edinburgh Underground

Mysterious Tour through some of the chambers of the underground city of Edinburgh. Built in the eighteenth century in principle as chambers to store the merchandise of merchants and places of marketing and leisure. Later the lepers of the city were locked up in it, where they lived and died ...

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Bakehouse Close

One of the many alleys on the Royal Mile dedicated to this activity in the Middle Ages and where Jamie's Press was filmed in "Outlander".

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Scottish Parliament

Exterior views of the Scottish Parliament at the foot of the "Throne of Arthur" or "Arthur Seat" mountain.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Canongate

In the 12th century, the King of Scotland David I ordered the construction of Holyrood Abbey to begin, we can still see its great ruins, from here they continued to build royal buildings and it has been the official home of the Kings and Queens of Scotland and later the United Kingdom to this day. We will take some exterior views as there is no time for more on this long day or you can return in your free time.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Holyrood Abbey

We will see from the outside the huge ruins of the 12th century of the abbey that gave rise to the Palace that bears his name.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Day 5

EDINBURGH; HOGMANAY and Free time!

2 Stops

Day 6

Full breakfast included.

1 Stop

Additional Info

Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Specialized infant seats are available

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Private 6-Day Christmas Tour in Scotland and Edinburgh?

A: This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded. This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund. Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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