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INFOMATION ON: Car Tours Scotland
You can plan your own tour, calling or emailing every B&B or hotel along your way, or buy vouchers. We like the voucher idea.
| Why use B&B
vouchers? If you would like the ease of traveling without having to carry cash to pay for accommodation, you may wish to purchase Travel Agent Vouchers. You simply decide each evening where you will be heading the next day and phone ahead for a reservation. Should problems arise finding accommodation when in Scotland, contact any Tourist Information Office, or seek advice and assistance from your B&B host/hostess. She/he will assist in booking subsequent night/nights for the cost of a telephone call. We do not recommend purchasing B&B vouchers in Edunburgh. An inexpensive hotel would be more easily available. |
Self Drive Scotland
Scotland Self Drive Travel-Self Drive Scotland(add on Wales and England, too!)
Independent Fly Drive Scotland programs give you the freedom to explore history-steeped market towns, idyllic villages, the Whisky Trail, Loch Ness, the glens and the glorious highlands of Scotland. Explore rugged landscape and remote isles made famous by the DaVinci Code and films such as Braveheart. Explore the Western Highlands, Inner Hebrides and the Orkney Islands, if you wish. For an ideal Scotland self drive vacation, combine Scottish farmhouses, Scotland's country homes, Edinburgh hotels, manors and even romantic castles in Scotland. Whether you choose an baronial country home, or a fantasy castle, or an unusual out-of-the way hotel you will enjoy your trip to Scotland
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Scotland Travel Package with Rental Car Price Includes:
- Round trip flights to Scotland available at additional cost. The majority of flights are to Glasgow, but we you can also do flights to Edinburgh. You can even do an Iceland stopover for up to 7 days when flying Icelandair!
- Self-drive car with unlimited mileage and tax. Large cars, minibuses and automatics are available. You can prepay your car insurance. Pick up cars at airports or downtown. Choose from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stranraer, Inverness and more!
- Accommodations at your choice of Scottish B&B's, farms, hotels, inns, castles or manors. A booklet with pictures, addresses and phone numbers is included with your travel documents. Choose some from each category for maximum flexibility.
- Vouchers are provided for each night of your stay. You call ahead to make reservations, or if you prefer, reserve them all before you go for a charge Stay for any number of nights at any property.
- Full hearty Scottish breakfast is served each day. This may include home-baked breads, farm-fresh eggs, cereal, sausage and bacon. (Continental in Edinburgh.)
- Value-Added Tax (V.A.T.) and service charges.
- Travel Insurance available for as little as $39.
Choose from exceptional homes scattered throughout the country - many are working farms and even date as far back as the 14th century. Some are half-timbered, while others boast solid stone walls. In each you will be welcomed as an honored guest and a friend of the family. Select from over 75 B&B's, private stately homes and manors located throughout Scotland (and more than 400 throughout all of Great Britain). There are too many to list here, but we have them in or near most towns and villages. There are four choices of accommodation - choose some of each!Bed and Breakfast - Over 75 bed and breakfasts, guesthouses, working farms and small, personal hotels. They range from former rectories to Victorian townhouses, with excellent standards. Rooms sharing bath. Child rate applies when sharing room with 2 adults. Not available at all properties. B&B Treasures: Rooms sharing bath are included. The following are per person per night and payable directly to B&B for open vouchers, collected in advance for reserved vouchers: Private bath available at a supplement of $7; Single supplement $38. Voucher plus (higher level) properties are $21 more per person, per night. Child rate applies for up to 2 children 4-14 sharing room with 2 adults. Infants are free, but a payment is required for a bed or crib.
B&B's are located in:
B&B IN SCOTLAND
1.Aberdeen
2. Aberfeldy
3.Aultbea
4.Aviemore
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6. Ballantrae
7. Banff
8. Biggar
9. Blairgowrie
10. Brechin
11. Brora
12. Buckie
13. Callander
Castle Douglas
15. Crianlarich
16. Crieff
17. Dalbeattie
18. Dollar
19. Dornoch
20. Dufftown
21. Dumfries
22. Dunbar
23. Dundee
24. Dunfermline
25. Duns
26. Edinburgh
27. Elgin
28. Forres
29. Fort William bed and breakfast
30. Gairloch
31. Galashiels
32. Glasgow
33. Glenrothes
34. Grantown
35. Hawick
36. Huntly
37. Inverary
38. Invergarry
39. Inverness
40. Isle of Bute
41. Isle of Mull
42. Isle of Skye
43. Jedburgh
44. Kelso
45. Kingussie
46. Kinross
47. Kirkaldy
48. Kyle of Lochalsh
49. Laide
50. Lairg
51. Lanark
52. Langholm
53. Largs
54. Loch Lomond
55. Lochgilphead
56. Lockerbie
57. Macduff
58. Mallaig
59. Melrose
60. Moffat
61. Newton Stewart
62. Oban B&B
63. Peebles
64. Perth
65. Pitlochry
66. Royal Deeside
67. Selkirk
68. St. Andrews
69. Stirling
70. Stranraer
71. Thurso
72. Ullapool
73. Wick
Scotland Hotels, Castles and Inns
A choice of over 500 hotels, castles, inns and manors in every corner of
England, Scotland and Wales. All rooms include private bath. Select from
Scotland guest houses, Scotland luxury hotels and a variety of Scottish hotels.
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| 3 Day (over 5 days) | 38 |
| 7 Day (over 14 days) | 54 |
| 10 Day (over 30 days) | 64 |
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BLACKHOUSE Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Near Carloway, Isle of Lewis 'Blackhouse' was the term used to describe the original crofts on Lewis. These are original blackhouses painstakingly restored and refurbished to provide visitors with modern facilities within a traditional setting. Situated close to the seashore and overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Gearrannan is the ideal location to have a holiday with a difference in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
What is worn under the kilt? There is the answer given by all
Scotsmen - regardless of whether they have underwear on or not - is: NOTHING
WORN, ALL IN FIRST CLASS WORKING ORDER!
Scottish Malt Whisky
Scots are known worldwide for their frugality and their whisky, a reputation
curious for its extremes of parsimony and sensual extravagance. Scotch whisky
has been called the "world’s leading drink," a claim no doubt
made by a Scotsman. Broadly defined, Scotch whisky refers to whisky distilled
and matured in Scotland. Of the multitude of Scotch whiskies available to the
discerning connoisseur, single malt Scotch whisky is both the finest and the
rarest. Here are some: Highland Malt Whisky Ben Nevis Scotland’s highest
mountain, Ben Nevis, rises 4490 feet. It gives its name to a distillery in
nearby Fort William. 10-year-old: a dark, warm, big, winter whisky; classic,
heavily-sherried Dalmore Founded in 1839, this distillery resembles a country
railway station. 12-year-old: complex and subtle with a pungent nose; hint of
saffron cake and earth; oaky, but not unpleasantly so; barely sweet with a hint
of pepper; just short of oily. Dalwhinnie This is the highest distillery in
Scotland at 1073 feet, located in a glen on one side of Monadhlaith Mountain.
Dalwhinnie, which means "meeting place," is in a barren and isolated
spot. Its water comes from the Allt an t’Sluic spring, which is bedded in
granite. 15-year-old: pale golden colour; mellow, soft, with lasting flavours
of heather; a smoky nose with a peaty taste; when diluted, lightly sweet with
an appealing mustiness. Glen Garioch This is a distillery noteworthy for having
tried to operate a greenhouse in conjunction with the distillery, born out of
the desire to utilise the heat produced in the distillation process.
12-year-old: extraordinary flavour; sharp edge, with hints of lovage and wood
as well as limes in caramel; a distinctly honeyish aspect with a wonderfully
long aftertaste. Oban This is a distillery which, in its original form,
appeared to be growing out of a cliff. 14-year-old: golden colour with a sweet
nose; medium body; malty, slightly smoky palate with a spicy finish. Speyside
Malt Whisky Balvenie This distillery is located near Dufftown, which is
surrounded by seven malt distilleries. Owned by the same company which owns
Glenfiddich, it retains a number of traditions: it grows its own barley, has
its own coopers to tend the barrels and its own coppersmiths to tend the
stills. 15-year-old pale gold in colour with a dry, earthy nose of wood and
heather and a suggestion of coconut; fruity sweetish with a dry, peppery
finish. Benriach Built in the 1890’s, this distillery was closed in 1900
but rebuilt in 1965. 10-year-old pale in colour with a rich, sweet vanilla
nose; with a splash of water it loses its sharpness and sweetness and picks up
the aroma of leather and malt; its taste is rich and aggressive, suggestive of
liquorice or bitter chocolate; very dry aftertaste. Cragganmore Founded in
1869, this distillery is named after the hill behind it, Craggan Mor Hill. This
is a small distillery on the Ballindalloch Estate, founded in 1869, its
location chosen for its plentiful supply of barley, peat, and water.
12-year-old gold in colour with a very complex nose; medium dry with smoke and
sweetness; smooth body; a full, round taste with floral notes, spicy and
slightly smoky; a long, clean finish. Glenfiddich Glenfiddich is the
biggest-selling single malt whisky in the world, maintaining a 30% world market
share. The distillery uses coal-fired stills and ages most of its whisky in
plain oak casks. An excellent beginner’s malt, its single malt carries no
age statement, although it is thought to be bottled at a minimum of eight years
of age. Pale, almost clear in colour; light, fruity note with some sweetness
and peat; a light, fresh, and smooth body; dry to the palate with a hint of
smoke, malt and perhaps fruit. Business Home page
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