|
Scotland luxury gifts
|
Become the Baron of Macdonald
A rare opportunity has arisen to acquire the co-ownership rights to titles "Lordship of the Manor of ( your name here ) ". More details Romantic Islands & Castle Trail
We can find a castle to suit your needs, whether it be a self catering or fully staffed, from $2500 a week up to $42,000
Still booking - . More details below
To
book a holiday in a Scottish castle , please fill
in our online
deposit / booking
form
. A deposit of $300 / £200 per person is
required .
|
Clan
Macdonald Storm the Hebrides ~ 2005 Style! Tour
starts July 25th Visit Dunstaffnage Castle , Duart Castle , Glencoe , Armadale Castle , Dunvegan Castle , Fernie Castle , Scone Palace and Edinburgh Castle Day One, you are met at Glasgow airport by tour guide, coach and driver and we head north across the Erskine Bridge and our first stop is the lovely village of Luss on the Banks of Loch Lomond. We stop for time to wander around and see this famous Loch and have lunch at a local coffee shop that specializes in homemade soups. We continue north and take the road towards Oban, where we have a visit to the historical Church of St Conans before we continue on to Oban with a stop at Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel, built in the 13th century. Check into Taychreggan Hotel, Taynuilt, Oban. Welcome dinner inc. Day Two, Morning ferry to the Isle of Mull where we take the drive south on the island to Fionnphort where we take the passenger ferry to Iona where St Columba landed in 563 and first established Christianity in Scotland. We visit the Abbey and the graveyard where 48 Kings are said to be buried, with time to wander the town and see the Celtic crosses and visit the local craft shops. Return ferry to Mull where we stop for a visit to Duart Castle, home of the McLean clan. We return to Craignure and our ferry back to Oban. Overnight Taychreggan Hotel, Oban. Dinner on own.  Glencoe Day Three, After our good Scottish breakfast we head out of Oban and travel north through Appin where the McDonalds fought battles with the Stewarts and on up to Glencoe, site of the famous massacre of Glencoe, where the MacDonalds were slain in their beds in 1692 by the army of King William and some Campbell clansmen. We visit the new visitor centre at Glencoe and then we stop at the McDonald Hotel at Kinlochleven for lunch. (Not inc) We take the road to the isles, stopping at the Glenfinnan Monument, dedicted to Bonnie Prince Charlie, then we continue on to Mallaig where we get the ferry to Armadale. Our Hotel for the next 2 nights is Kinloch Lodge, home of the Lord MacDonald, High Chief of Clan Donald. Dinner Inc. Day Four, Day tour around the historical home of the Clan MacDonald, Lord of the Isles incl. a visit to Armadale Castle and the Clan Donald Centre, a tour and tasting at Talisker Whisky and a visit to Dunvegan Castle, seat of the McLeod Clan. We then drive around the Trotternish Peninsula where we visit the grave of Flora McDonald, who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape after the Battle of Culloden. Overnight at Kinloch Lodge, with a visit & chat with Lord MacDonald this evening. Dinner inc. Day Five, after breakfast we get the 9.40 am (subject to change by ferry company) ferry from Uig to Tarbet, Isle of Harris, where we meet our local guide for a drive south to see the stunning scenery of Harris along with a visit to a local Harris Tweed weaver, we then head north to Lewis, where our first stop is the Standing stones of Callanais followed by a visit to Dunn Carloway. We continue north on Lewis to Gearrannan Black house village. Overnight at Royal Hotel, Stornoway. Dinner on own. Day Six, We have a drive to the most northerly point on Lewis with our local guide to visit the clan lands of the Butt of Lewis, followed by a visit to Arnol Blackhouse (time permitting), before we head back to Stornoway to get the ferry to Ullapool on the mainland. We head across land and over the Black Isle, Overnight at Mansfield House Hotel, Tain. Tonight we have a traditional ceiledh with music & Scottish dancing. Dinner Inc. Day Seven, we head south today to Inverness where we stop for a visit to Culloden Battlefield where Alexander, the 16th Lord MacDonald died in the battle of Culloden, the last land battle on British soil in 1746. We continue down through the Cairngorms stopping for a short visit to the Queens View before we head on Edradour for a visit to this smallest distillery in Scotland. We continue to Fife, Overnight at Fernie Castle. Dinner on own. Day Eight, Morning visit to Scone Palace where we tour this wonderful Palace where the Scots Kings were crowned on the Stone of Destiny, before we head on into Edinburgh. We stop at Ocean Terminal, Leith where we tour the Royal Yacht Brittania, the decommissioned Yacht belonging to the Royal Family. We continue around the city center to Roslin where we tour the very unique Chapel of Rosslyn, believed to house the Holy Grail. Rosslyn has many wonderfully carved columns and arches. Time for a quick stop at Edinburgh crystal, Overnight at Holyrood Aparthotel. Dinner on own before we meet at 8.30pm for our evening at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Day Nine, Day tour around the sites of Edinburgh with our local guide, followed by a visit to Edinburgh Castle and a walk down the Royal Mile, with a stop at St Giles Cathedral. Afternoon free to do a haunted underground tour, visit a museum or do some last minute shopping. Overnight at Holyrood Aparthotel. Final night Gala Scottish feast . Day Ten, After breakfast we depart for Glasgow and the airport for our return flights to the USA. Anyone flying out of Edinburgh will be dropped off at the airport on the way. We ask that you fly into Glasgow by 11am on the day of arrival and depart out of Edinburgh after 9am OR Glasgow after 10.45am to allow us time to get to the airports. Tour includes 9 nights accommodation in historical manor homes, guest houses, castles and aparthotel in Edinburgh, all ensuite, Full Scottish breakfast daily (Continental in Edinburgh), 5 dinners with gratuities, continuous travel on a luxury coach, services of tour director and coach driver and some local guides as listed, ticket to Edinburgh tattoo, and all ferry crossing and entry into all sites, 17.5% VAT. Does not include flights, and other personal items which clients are responsible for upon departing from each hotel. Cost per person, based on double occupancy is $2225 / £1400 . Single supplement of $500 / £320 . (Cost Canadian is $3495 per person, based on double occupancy). Price inc. 2 couples sharing apartment in Edinburgh, for separate apartment add $100 per person. To book a holiday in a Scottish castle , please fill in our online deposit / booking form Become the Baron of Macdonald MORE 2003 TOURS STILL WITH SPACE.... Romantic Islands & Castle Trail To book a holiday in a Scottish castle , please fill in our online deposit / booking form . A deposit of $300 / £200 per person is required . To book a holiday in a Scottish castle , please fill in our online deposit / booking form . A deposit of $300 / £200 per person is required . At Celtic Dream Tours, we operate our own tours, we do all the planning, we don't use ground handlers and tour operators, we do it all ourselves, offering you an opportunity to see Scotland...as you've never seen it before. We don't just visit all the main tourist sites and we don't stay in tourist class hotels. What we do is take you around Scotland as a part of our family..... We are there with you every step of the way, from picking you up at the airport or your hotel, until we drop you off at the end of your tour. Along with your tour director (see owner) and our coach driver, we use local friendly guides who know their areas well, not because they have learned about them in books but because they live there and know the area and its people. We use all privately or family owned small historical hotels, not large chains or tourist *first* class hotels, rated from 3 to 5 stars. We dine in our hotel restaurant or a local restaurant renowned for good Scottish cuisine and you will have the chance to meet local people at dinner and in the pubs in each town. You will experience surprise entertainment, historical castles, haunted ruins, the mystical Celtic music played on Highland Bagpipes and fiddles. You will see parts of Scotland most tourists don't see. Of course we also visit the woolen mills, whisky distilleries and visitor centers of some of the more important sites in history. You will learn the meaning of the Massacre of Glencoe, the Callanais Standing stones and Culloden Battlefield. On our tours you will have fun, learn about the country, meet interesting people and get to know the people of this beautiful, mystical country we call Scotland! To book a holiday in a Scottish castle , please fill in our online deposit / booking form . A deposit of $300 / £200 per person is required .
|
 Edinburgh Castle
|
|
|
|
|
A new section is fantasy castles featuring a creative set of castle pictures Special announcement for visitors from USA and Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
SAVE
up to 40% on 30 by 20
prints.
FREE shipping & posters on ALL giant castle
prints
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 20 different views of the castle , by day and by night , summer and winter
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Our corporate gift centre features promotional products for your business |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Full details of what you can find on this website |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
luxury gifts |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
