AMAZING VALUE: ONLY £199
Your once in a lifetime opportunity to visit this land of tradition and breathtaking beauty at an excellent price.

The price includes:

• Coach transportation
• 4/5 nights accommodation & breakfast
• Sightseeing walk round Edinburgh
• Visit to a Whisky distillery
• Visit to Edinburgh Castle, Urquhart Castle and Eilean Donan Castle

Optional extras:

• Visit to Holyrood Palace
• Boat trip on Loch Ness
• Pony trekking
• Entry to Loch Ness monster Exhibition
• Bicycle/Walking tours
• Dolphin Cruise

DAY 1: Depart early morning and journey northwards through the Midlands of England: the hills of Northumbria and the lowlands of Scotland. We arrive in Edinburgh at about 13.00. In the afternoon there is a sightseeing walk and visit to Edinburgh Castle.

DAY 2: Free time in the morning to explore Edinburgh. There will be time to go on a guided tour, visit St. Giles Cathedral, shop in the famous Prince's Street, or visit Holyrood Palace, the home of Mary Stewart. In the afternoon we travel into the Highlands to Inverness. Situated near to Loch Ness, this is the perfect base from which to see the real Scotland. En-route there is a stop at a Whisky Distillery, with some free tasting to warm you up!

DAY 3: A day of excursions. First to Urquhart Castle, one of Scotland's best known castles on the shores of Loch Ness. After lunch we travel to the Loch Ness Monster Exhibition, famous for its videos of Nessie and an exhibition of equipment used in Monster hunts.

DAY 4: Free morning to spend some time in Inverness. In the afternoon there will be a coach excursion to the magnificent Cairngorms, Britain's highest mountain range and most popular skiing area. There you will have the option of taking a chair lift to the Cairngorm plateau, where you will find Britain's highest cafe.

DAY 5: Depart at 08.00 and travel back to Ramsgate.

ESCORT
Apart from the coach driver, the tour is accompanied by an experienced member of Churchill House School staff, acting as escort.

TRAVEL
Is by luxury coach with TV, video, reclining seats and toilets.

ACCOMMODATION
Is in 2/3 star hotel accommodation in the centre of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and Inverness.

We reserve the right to cancel this excursion if there is insufficient demand, or to alter the itinerary in any way.