5-Day Best of Scotland Experience from Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
- 5 days (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the best of rural Scotland on this adventurous 5-day tour from Glasgow. Travel into the Trossachs National Park with a guide to Kilmartin Glen, and enjoy uninterrupted views over the iconic Loch Lomond. Explore the pretty coastal town of Oban and admire the soaring peaks of Glen Coe. Take the ferry to the Isle of Skye to explore Sligachan and the Trotternish Peninsula. Visit the coastal town of Portree and on route back to Glasgow.
- 5-day best of Scotland tour from Glasgow
- Explore the beautiful Trossachs National Park with a guide
- Gaze out over the tranquil waters of Loch Lomond
- Visit the pretty harbor town of Oban
- Take in top sites including the Isle of Skye, the Trotternish Peninsula
- Tour includes round-trip travel from Glasgow
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Pack as much as possible into five days—ideal for first-time visitors to Scotland.
What's Included
- 4 nights accommodation as per selected
- Driver/guide
- Breakfast (4)Breakfast
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Admission Fee - Optional: Combined Loch Ness Cruise and Urquhart Castle Ticket£35.00 per person
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 19 Killermont St, Glasgow G2 3NX, UK
At the bus stands, opposite Buchanan Bus Station.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.10:00 am
Itinerary
Day 1
Start of the adventure
3 Stops
1
Loch Lomond
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Inveraray Castle & Gardens
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Kilmartin Glen
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Accommodation: Overnight: Oban
Meals: Not included
Day 2
Over the sea to Skye
3 Stops
1
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Ben Nevis
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
3
Glenfinnan Viaduct
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Overnight: Skye
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
The Misty Isle of Skye
4 Stops
Black Cuillin (Pass By)
1
Kilt Rock
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
The Old Man of Storr
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Portree Harbour
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Overnight: Skye
Meals: Breakfast
Day 4
Back to the mainland
3 Stops
1
Eilean Donan Castle
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Urquhart Castle
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Loch Ness
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
Accommodation: Overnight: Inverness
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5
The end of the adventure
4 Stops
1
Culloden Battlefield
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Clava Cairns
25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Dalwhinnie Distillery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Pitlochry
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Breakfast
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Children must be accompanied by an adult. Minimum age 3 years old. Valid ID for children may be required at check in.
- Luggage Restrictions: Maximum weight: 15kg. Maximum size: 55cm x 40cm x 20cm per person plus small carry on
- If you are travelling alone, please choose the ‘Single Room’ option or we may not be able to accept your booking
- Double/twin room: these rooms are for 2 people. If 3 people choose this option, you will be allocated a family room for 3, subject to availability. If you prefer 2 rooms, you must choose ‘Single Room’ for one person
- Please note you may be provided with complimentary train tickets to finish your journey from Edinburgh to Glasgow on your final day.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 6 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.6
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Everyone on the bus was raving about the whole trip. The accommodations were great, and our guide JR was incredible, so thoughtful, knowledgeable, and entertaining. You have frequent stops throughout the day and see so many things. The only issue (if you can call it that) is that you are always in a rush but this is the price to pay for getting to see many incredible gems-historical, nature, and popular culture-related. My 12-year-old son enjoyed it tremendously and never even had his phone out throughout the day, unbelievable. If you want to see Scotland outside of the big cities, I recommend this trip, 5 days is just enough! Isle of Skye was our family favorite but everything was worth visiting.
Great commentary from our tour guide, Alex, and great music when he wasn’t talking. Weather cooperated.
Comfortable accommodations.
Visit to Culloden Battlefield needs to be longer, not enuf time to view it all.
Only boring bit was the Loch Ness cruise, didn’t care for the commentary.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Hi Cathy,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a kind review. I am delighted to hear that you had a 5* experience on our 5-day best of Scotland tour with Alex! He will be so happy to hear that you enjoyed his guiding on your tour!
We appreciate any and all feedback regarding our tours and will be sure to pass on your comments.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Scotland!
Kind regards,
Cameron
Highland Experience Tours
Our coach was excellent The driver was wonderful very knowledgeable.
We loved The Isle of Skye, Castles and various places we stopped at.
Our accommodation was excellent no complaints.
We were very lucky that the other passengers were friendly and we got on well together, Yes we would definitely recommend Viator to our friends.
Viator's posting is misleading because it says "from Glasgow" and doesn't specify anything about the return (only the departure). The tour actually returns to Edinburgh, which Viator didn't inform me about so I had no idea. I booked a flight for the evening we'd return and it was a frenzy catching a train from Edinburgh to Glasgow in time to catch my flight. If I had known it was returning to Edinburgh, I never even would've gone to Glasgow.
Other than that, the tour was absolutely amazing and worth every penny. I had Barbara as the guide and Graham as the driver. They are literally the best tour guides (and I've had several prior to this trip). They are so attentive and friendly. We had supper with them every night and by the end of the trip it was like we were close friends...it was painful to say goodbye at the end of the 5 days. They truly care about giving you the best trip possible and they go the extra mile to make it memorable. When I return to Scotland I hope I only have tours with them.
100000% recommend.
We had the best time on our trip. Our tour guide Owen was the best! Our tour was awesome and two of our 3 bed & breakfasts were awesome. The one in Oban was terrible. It was old, not attractive and had a bad smell (which I think was mold). You should eliminate that bed & breakfast from your selection. It is called the Maridon.
I really enjoyed this tour, it is a great way to see the Highlands, the content of this was great, saw a lot every day. The Jacobite Steam Train was a highlight as was the Isle of Skye and Oban. I chose the hotel accommodation and they were all excellent, breakfast was included every morning. The lunch stop was usually in a little village, the only problem with that was every other tour bus stopped at the same little village making it hard to get a table in a cafe or served in time to get back to the bus. In some places the cafes were closed as it was after lunchtime, it was a bit surprising as it seemed that these places were used as regular stops for the tourist buses.
The driver/guide was knowledgeable but his driving was a bit scary at times especially driving around the narrow roads in the wet, he didnt seem to slow down and most people on the tour made comment on this throughout the five days. The other downside was the afternoon drop off to the various accommodations, this could take up to two hours depending on where you were staying and then the same again in the morning.
The weather didn't cooperate but this was a great tour all the same. Tom was a great guide throughout and very caring in ensuring our accommodations met our needs - some of us less mobile than others.
We took the 5 day trip to Skye and there are no other words for it Russ was brilliant and made it happen every day. there were frequent comfort stops and the coach was comfortable with the ability to charge usb's en route
The sights were varied and amazing beautiful and his commentary was fab, especially his soft lilting Mrs Doubtfire voice.
We chose guest house accommodation and it was as advertised with great breakfasts, maybe not the most modern and the last one was a bit of away from the town, but that was because they tried to accommodate all 7 of us together.
We were lucky in that the coach was a great mix of age and countries and Russ got on with us all.
Thank you it was a memorable trip and for the price i would recommend it to everyone.
We had a wonderful time in Scotland. We booked 5-day best of Scotland tour. The bus driver/guide Andrew was a very entertaining and helpful person. bed and Breakfast places we stayed was nice and clean and they provided us with really tasteful food. The trip was memorable. We visited Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Ness, Isle of Sky, Oban and over 700 Km of bus ride through Scotland.
Tom was a fantastic guide and really knew a TON about Scottish history and landmarks. His stories and sense of humor were the highlight of the trip. The Isle of Skye, while beautiful, could probably be a one-night stop. Our only complaint was with the hotel in Skye, which was more like a small inn or bed and breakfast, but perhaps the options are limited on the island...
This tour is by Highlander Experience, and I have nothing but good things to say about them.
My only caveat to that is that they should allow you as you book the tour which city you want to start and which you want to end the tour at and that is not a tour limitation as I learn on my tour, but a booking limitation from this site.
I started the tour in Glasgow, to find out most people in my tour started in Edinburgh and lots were planning to end in Glasgow. Had I known that was possible I would made different plans.
Our tour were 14 people from different parts of the world, and our driver/guide Tom was the best!!!
We left Glasgow to Invaray and spent the first night in Oban, next day off we went to Glencoe, Ft Williams, took the Jacobite Harry Potter train to Malaigh and from there ferry to Skye.We spent that night there and the next day, after Skye off to Loch Ness, spent the night in a small town in the shores of Loch Ness, next day off to Culloden battle field back to Glasgow.
And that is just a quick description of what you read on the itinerary of this tour, what you don't read there I picked guest houses for my tour is how every guest house or B and B we stayed are so welcoming. I have to say all of them, were even better than the hotels I stayed in Edinburgh or Glasgow. The owners all of them super friendly and welcoming, and breakfast was a great opportunity to chat with them an learn a little bit more about Scotland.
If you are considering doing this tour, go ahead and book it you won't be disappointed.
The tour guide/driver, Tom, was superb! The beauty of the country was more than enhanced by his descriptions, especially his in depth historical knowledge and background commentary.
Our enthusiasm was. however, tempered by the accommodations. We thought we had selected Superior Guest House with en-suites option. Half our nights were definitely NOT. To use the facilities which, as an old guy, is a requirement, we had to get dressed and climb to the third floor common bathroom facilities. There were no black out curtains sun rises between 4 and 5 AM!. The wifi was virtually useless. We only occasionally got a signal by sitting on the floor by the room's door. We originally thought the TV didn't work until I climbed up behind it and found they had turned off the mains behind the set but there were only a few channels anyway.
There was another traveller on the bus that stayed in the guest house next door who mentioned that they had been expecting two more visitors. Maybe someone at your place messed up the assignments.
There: two lines for the tour ten lines for the undercurrent of the accommodation. The rating would have been 5 stars for the daytime experience and two for the accommodations.
Over all the trip was fantastic. Our guide, Andrew, was extremely knowledgable about Scottish history and the region he was taking us. The only issue with a tour like this is no time for browsing and shopping. We did have an issue with Viator...we asked for double beds and got twins instead. One lodging showed us this was on the order.
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