mcleanscotland  are local Scots who pride ourselves on showing you the nooks & crannies other tours companies pass on by.   We can show you those hidden gems even Scots do not know!  mcleanscotland of Perth tour company for vacations to Scotland here are our guides all Scottish for your satisfaction.  Events planned for the 2009 gathering in Edinburgh with mcleanscotland tour company of Perth Scotland FOR CLANS AND GROUPS COMING TO SCOTLAND 5 day add on package

4 night, 5 day add–on tour package sample

Self Drive or driver/guide available.  Costs shown below.

Before or after the 2009 gathering in Edinburgh, we would like to present this tour of 5 days here in Scotland.  Arriving into Glasgow or Edinburgh airport.  This example can be a self drive tour for a couple, a smaller/large group.

DAY 1  a drive through wonderful Scottish countryside along the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, stopping at the loch for photos and rest rooms.  At Tarbet you travel through the Argyll forest to Loch Fyne and Inveraray. You stay here tonight, with plenty of time to explore the town upon arrival, including the castle, museum boat, jail and the town itself.

DAY 2 after a fully cooked Scottish breakfast you head out on a history tour!  Driving west to Lochgilphead towards Kilmartin Glen.  Here you see and touch over 5000 years of ancient Celtic and Scottish history.  A superb day of exploring standing stones, burial cairns, ruined hilltop fort and a graveyard with Knight Templar stones.  There is also a wee museum, Kirk (church) and village pub.  You will then travel down a narrow single track road to an unspoilt area in Knapdale.  You will see an old Kirk built many think, by the Knight Templar’s.  Grave stones, celtic Cross and superb views in this, a rarely visited location.  On the return to Inveraray stop at Castle Sween, thought to be one of the first stone castles in Scotland.  Returning via the Crinan Canal to your accommodation.

DAY 3  today travel east, visiting Loch Awe and the superb St Conan’s Kirk.  Then through Rannoch Moor and the Glen of Weeping; Glencoe.  Onto Spean Bridge and a rest stop at the woollen.  One more stop will be at Inverlochy Castle just outside Fort William.  Returning to the accommodation in Fort William. 

DAY 4  a special day out today (if you wish) as you board the Jacobite steam train, heading to Mallaig.  This was the steam train featured in Harry Potter and is one of the most scenic journeys in Europe.  Your transport (groups only) will meet you at Mallaig and drive you back, stopping at Glenfinnan, to see the visitor centre and monument to the 1745 rebellion.  A really good day trip with lots of time for sightseeing and lunch.  Returning to Fort William for overnight.   Self drive visitors would need to purchase a return trip on the Jacobite train.

DAY 5   from your accommodation travel along Glen Spean to Dalwhinnie, where you turn south heading for Edinburgh, arriving late afternoon.  Overnight Edinburgh as a start of your 3 night package here, please see our hotel options.

Costs

Self Drive; two adults sharing bedroom and rental car        - £367 per person, plus Edinburgh Package

Self Drive; four adults sharing 2 bedrooms and rental car - £314 per person, plus Edinburgh Package

A driver guided tour, 6 adults sharing 3 bedrooms              - £659 per person, plus Edinburgh package.

Please see our Edinburgh hotel options, which include hotels and apartments

This is a sample tour plan only, we can of course design to your requirements.

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