Royal Tour of Scotland ~ including Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Departure Date:
2 August 2012
This Royal tour will visit The Royal Yacht Britannia, once home to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family, and include free time in Edinburgh, home to the famous Royal Mile and Holyroodhouse. A great evening performance is to be had at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and tour includes a visit to the typical fairytale Castle of Glamis, childhood home of the HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the legendary setting for Shakespeare's "Macbeth".
Price includes:
Luxury coach travel from Coleraine, Ballymoney, Cloughmills, Ballymena,
Dunsilly, Belfast and Larne Harbour
Return ferry crossing with P&O Ferries – Larne/Cairnryan
3 nights accommodation at the 3* HI Express, Glasgow City Centre Riverside
Continental breakfast
Visit to Edinburgh
Visits to Royal Yacht Britannia & Glamis Castle
Saturday evening performance for the Tattoo
Services of a tour manager
Single Supplement - £139.00 per person
Holiday Inn Express, Glasgow
The welcoming Holiday Inn Express hotel in Glasgow city centre is located near the chic Merchant City district's trendy restaurants of and the shops of the Style Mile.
Hotel facilities include a bar.
All rooms have satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities and a hairdryer.
Day 1:
You meet your coach and travel to Larne to join the early morning ferry crossing to Cairnryan. On arrival, you continue the journey towards your hotel in Glasgow, arriving early afternoon.
Day 2:
This morning you enjoy a tour through the highlands towards Glamis Castle, the Childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, and birthplace of Princess Margaret. Here you will enjoy a guided tour followed by free time to explore the castle and gardens. Afterwards you will enjoy some free time in the historic city of Perth.
Day 3:
Today you travel to the Royal Yacht Britannia, once home to Her Majesty the Queen, and the Royal family. Afterwards you can enjoy a brief orientation tour of Edinburgh, followed by free time to explore, why not visit the palace of Holyroodhouse? The official residence in Scotland of Her Majesty The Queen. Early evening you will rejoin your coach for the short journey to the early evening performance of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. (Driving time back to the hotel might be longer due to increased traffic).
Day 4:
After breakfast, you depart your hotel and travel to Cairnryan, enjoying a tour of Loch Lomond en route. On arrival in Larne, you return to your original joining point.
