10 Day Scotland and Ireland Sampler Small Group Coach Tour

Arrive in Edinburgh and begin your journey with a private walking tour led by a local guide. Discover the capital through its streets, architecture and stories, with an introduction to the places and people that give the city its character. Later, come together for dinner and get to know your fellow travellers before settling into your Edinburgh hotel. Your first evening sets the scene for the Scottish landscapes ahead.

Highlights:

• Private walking tour
• Edinburgh streets and stories
• Welcome dinner

Leave Edinburgh and travel north to Pitlochry, where traditional stone buildings sit among the wooded hills of Highland Perthshire. Continue towards Inverness and visit Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre. Discover the events and people behind the battle, then take time to reflect on the landscape where it took place. Dinner and an overnight stay in Inverness bring your first full day of Highland touring to a close.

Highlights:

• Pitlochry
• Culloden Battlefield
• Inverness

Travel to Loch Ness, where long stretches of water lie between the Highland slopes. Board a sightseeing cruise from Fort Augustus to experience the loch from the water and enjoy its scenery from a different perspective. Continue towards Fort William, with more Highland views along the way. This evening, enjoy dinner and an overnight stay in a town framed by mountains and the waters of Loch Linnhe.

Highlights:

• Loch Ness cruise
• Fort Augustus
• Fort William

Travel south through the mountain scenery of Glencoe, where steep slopes and wide valley views make the journey a highlight in its own right. Continue towards Loch Lomond and enjoy the changing landscape around its wooded shores. Arrive in Glasgow for dinner and your final overnight stay in Scotland. Tomorrow, your journey continues across the Irish Sea.

Highlights:

• Glencoe
• Loch Lomond
• Glasgow

Travel south through the mountain scenery of Glencoe, where steep slopes and wide valley views make the journey a highlight in its own right. Continue towards Loch Lomond and enjoy the changing landscape around its wooded shores. Arrive in Glasgow for dinner and your final overnight stay in Scotland. Tomorrow, your journey continues across the Irish Sea.

Highlights:

• Cairnryan to Belfast ferry
• Arrival in Northern Ireland
• Glasgow

Travel south from Dublin through the Irish countryside and visit the Rock of Cashel. Explore this hilltop collection of medieval buildings, where stone walls and a commanding setting offer a memorable introduction to Ireland’s past. Continue into County Cork and arrive in Blarney, your base for the night. Enjoy dinner and settle into your hotel before tomorrow’s castle visit and journey west to Kerry.

Highlights:

• Rock of Cashel
• Irish countryside
• Blarney overnight

Visit Blarney Castle and Gardens, with the chance to kiss the famous Blarney Stone or explore the grounds. Browse Irish knitwear, crafts and gifts at Blarney Woollen Mills before travelling west into County Kerry. Arrive in Killarney for dinner and the first of two nights. Staying in the same town for a second night gives you a settled base for tomorrow’s sightseeing.

Highlights:

• Blarney Castle and Gardens
• Blarney Woollen Mills
• Killarney

Spend the day discovering the landscapes of County Kerry, with scenic touring taking in the Ring of Kerry and the Dingle Peninsula. Look out across mountain slopes, green countryside and stretches of Atlantic coast as your driver guide introduces the region. Return to Killarney for your second overnight stay, ready to continue north to County Clare tomorrow.

Highlights:

• Ring of Kerry scenery
• Dingle Peninsula
• Second night in Killarney

Leave Killarney for a day that brings you to the Cliffs of Moher. Take in the Atlantic views from the visitor area and discover more about the coast at the visitor centre. The day’s route also includes Limerick before your final overnight stay in Ennis, County Clare. Enjoy dinner together and look back on the places and experiences shared across Scotland and Ireland.

Highlights:

• Cliffs of Moher
• Limerick
• Ennis

Your Scotland and Ireland Sampler comes to an end today. After your final night in Ennis, depart from Shannon Airport for your onward journey, taking home memories of Highland lochs, Irish castles and the Atlantic coast.

Highlights:

• Final morning in Ennis
• Shannon Airport departure