SCOTLAND
Scotland's standouts.
The 10 most-booked 1-day tours in Scotland. What each day actually includes, who runs it, and what you can expect to pay.
Full-day Highlands from Edinburgh with Forth Bridge, Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle, Glen Coe, and Stirling Castle.
“Excellent tour guide, punctual, amazing driver, Comfortable bus, best photo stops. Snow covered highlands was nice .”
Outlander film sites in one day from Edinburgh: Midhope, Doune, Culross, Falkland, Blackness. Small-group coach tour with expert guide.
“We had a great day with Cara!! She knew sooo much history about Scotland as well as Outlander facts. All of her Scotland history ties in with Outlander! It was great!!”
A small-group day tour from Edinburgh to West Highlands castles, Loch Fyne, and Loch Lomond, with optional entries and expert driving.
“Cancelled the night before an 8am all day tour. We can’t cancel within 24 hours but they can apparently. Created a wasted day in Edinburgh, I’d avoid this company in the future. We found out when we turned up at the office for our tour because their email system didn’t contact us. They were apologetic…”
Air-conditioned day trip from Edinburgh to Loch Lomond and Stirling, with Kelpies photo stops and optional Stirling Castle tickets.
“A great day out. Cara was an excellent Driver and tour guide. The Kelpies and Stirling castle where a stand out.”
A full day from Edinburgh to Outlander filming spots, castles, and palace ruins, with guided stories and photo stops built for fans.
“It has 5 stops the last being the best. On the coach itt was difficult to hear the guide on the coach”
Full-day castles from Edinburgh: Bamburgh coast views, Hogwarts-style Alnwick, and Coldstream on the Tweed with guided stories.
“Dusty is a fantastic historian and a great driver. We enjoyed his leadership and support for this adventure tremendously. Thank you Dusty! / Bill it as a tour “where Harry Potter movies were filmed.””
One long day from Inverness to Loch Ness and Skye, with photo stops at Eilean Donan, Portree lunch time, and folklore along the way.
“Our day trip to Skye was amazing! The scenery was breathtaking and there were more marvels around every corner. Our large kilted guide was friendly, helpful and humorous, despite his taste in awful heavy music! Ouch. More traditional old Scottish music please.”
Moray Coast day trip from Inverness with a local guide, sea cliffs and fishing towns, wildlife stops, plus Strathisla whisky.
“My friend and I had a great time on the 1 day Moray Coast tour with the informative, welcoming and jovial Sonia. We would recommend others to this tour, so much more than just a tour to designated spots.”
A full-day coach trip from Edinburgh for Highland views, the Kelpies, Glenturret whisky, and a woodland walk to Black Linn Falls.
“It was a very nice trip. My trip's driver was Paul, and he was really lovely. Very nice, friendly and had a lot of interesting stories, history and fun facts to tell. The tour stops at several spots, and there is enough time to explore everywhere. The distillery tour was really interesting, tRead more”
One day from Edinburgh to Deanston whisky, Glencoe, Fort Augustus and Pitlochry, with live stories from a Hairy Coo driver-guide.
“Great trip and totally worth it starting with the distillery visit, to Glencoe, Loch Ness every thing was great and so was our tour guide Ewal. He was superb and made everything very enjoyable. The ride was comfortable and amazing sights and views. Do take this trip if you are in Edinburgh and if you…”
