Paris and Scotland Travel Tour 267

1. Arrival in Paris. || 48.858737410214516, 2.3446200920368807

Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

2. Private Paris City Tour with local guide (4 Hours)

3. Hotel check in. || 48.850036749722186, 2.2832798903352485

4. Free time

5. Night in Paris

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 48.85002262988301, 2.2832906191711544

2. Free time

3. Lunch at Eiffel Tower. || 48.85852536344909, 2.2944544749921216

A smart, elegant dress is required to ensure a refined dining experience at this restaurant.

4. Free time

5. Night in Paris

1. Breakfast at hotel. || 48.85002262988301, 2.2832906191711544

2. Transfer from hotel to airport. || 49.067127062960616, 2.5371003023901118

3. 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM - Flight from Paris to Edinburgh

4. Arrival in Edinburgh. || 55.9526332287043, -3.1857791642952877

Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Looming over the city is Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish rulers. Arthur’s Seat is an imposing peak in Holyrood Park with sweeping views, and Calton Hill is topped with monuments and memorials.

5. Rental car pick up

6. Free time

7. Night in Edinburgh

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Half Day Edinburgh Tour

Local certified tour guide included.

3. Edinburgh Castle. || 55.94872683719754, -3.1998652227270004

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

4. St Giles' Cathedral. || 55.94959180492332, -3.190907895742389

St Giles' Cathedral, or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh.

5. Calton Hill. || 55.955813102209426, -3.182440649366357

Calton Hill is a mix of bustling commercial areas and quiet residential streets. The hill itself, with its city views, is home to the Collective contemporary art gallery and the unfinished National Monument. Gay bars and casual eateries cluster around the top of busy Leith Walk, where the Edinburgh Playhouse stages musicals and comedy. Locals frequent the bakeries, cafes and gift stores on vibrant Broughton Street

6. Royal Mile. || 55.95022341039094, -3.1880370957423554

The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. The term was first used descriptively in W. M.

7. Free time

8. Night in Edinburgh

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Edinburgh departure. || 55.954555369802, -3.1898990372832534

3. Dunkeld. || 56.56776791515906, -3.5866917815610395

Dunkeld is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam.

4. Cairngorms National Park. || 57.04932431444212, -3.5615611380004504

Cairngorms National Park is a national park in northeast Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, which was set up in 2002. The park covers the Cairngorms range of mountains, and surrounding hills.

5. Inverness. || 57.47775346411523, -4.225465020135922

Inverness is a city on Scotland’s northeast coast, where the River Ness meets the Moray Firth. It's the largest city and the cultural capital of the Scottish Highlands. Its Old Town features 19th-century Inverness Cathedral, the mostly 18th-century Old High Church and an indoor Victorian Market selling food, clothing and crafts. The contemporary Inverness Museum and Art Gallery traces local and Highland history.

6. Culloden Battlefield. || 57.47790636032003, -4.095726965210157

Site of bloody last battle of Jacobite Rising, with visitor centre and interactive exhibition.

7. Free time

8. Night in Inverness

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Inverness. || 57.47719972114577, -4.225465020135922

3. Loch Ness. || 57.2453806961165, -4.536740390500095

Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 kilometres southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end.

4. Urquhart Castle. || 57.32424413577443, -4.442017295654557

Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres south-west of Inverness and 2 kilometres east of the village of Drumnadrochit.

5. Eilean Donan. || 57.2742245283118, -5.516370803063178

Eilean Donan is a small tidal island situated at the confluence of three sea lochs in the western Highlands of Scotland, about 1 kilometre from the village of Dornie.

6. Portree. || 57.41340876749643, -6.195341801339565

Portree is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is a civil parish and lies within the Highland council area, around 74 miles from its administrative centre of Inverness. Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs, with a pier designed by Thomas Telford.

7. Skye. || 57.270773776061304, -6.211300442442117

The Isle of Skye, connected to Scotland's northwest coast by bridge, is known for its rugged landscapes, picturesque fishing villages and medieval castles. The largest island in the Inner Hebrides archipelago, it has an indented coastline of peninsulas and narrow lochs, radiating out from a mountainous interior. The town of Portree, a base for exploring the island, features harbourside pubs and boutiques.

8. Free time

9. Night in Skye

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. The Fairy Glen. || 57.58242298962576, -6.324825580294291

An old landslide gives this hillside, known for its folk tales about fairies, an otherworldly look.

3. The Storr. || 57.508077173351666, -6.183298027107426

The Storr is a mountain on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.

4. Kilt Rock Waterfall - Creag An Fhèilidh. || 57.61147465468769, -6.1720521802924075

On the Trotternish Peninsula in the north of Skye lies the spectacularKilt Rock(Creag an Fheilidh in Gaelic), a 90-metre-high wall of hexagonal rock.

5. An Corran Beach. || 57.636675133982656, -6.204956295634389

The beach at An Corran is one of the most awe-inspiring and significantly interesting locations on Skye.

6. Free time

7. Night in Skye

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Sleat. || 57.03755383428093, -5.987659366866539

Sleat is a peninsula and civil parish on the island of Skye in the Highland council area of Scotland, known as "the garden ofSkye".

3. The Cuillin. || 57.20116857024968, -6.200181828379343

The Cuillin is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin, which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan.

4. Ferry from Armadale to Mallaig. || 57.06588743099026, -5.901463728937426

5. Camusdarach Beach. || 56.95918428023366, -5.849816013500532

Camusdarach Beach is an arc of white, glistening sand and clear water just south of the estuary of River Morar.

6. Glenfinnan Monument - National Trust for Scotland. || 56.86931223139101, -5.437228228222373

Glenfinnan Monument was erected in 1815, in tribute to the Jacobite clansmen who fought and died in the cause of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

7. Loch Shiel. || 56.812237351130946, -5.538008587035946

See Glen Shiel for the much smaller Loch Shiel in Lochalsh. Loch Shiel is a freshwater loch situated 20 kilometres west of Fort William in the Highland council area of Scotland.

8. Free time

9. Night in Fort William

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Fort William. || 56.819462410570715, -5.105895261734804

Fort William is a town in the western Scottish Highlands, on the shores of Loch Linnhe. It’s known as a gateway to Ben Nevis, the U.K.’s highest peak, and Glen Nevis valley, home to Steall Falls. The nearby Nevis Range Mountain Resort has ski runs and forest trails. In the town centre, the West Highland Museum focused on regional life and history. To the northeast, Ben Nevis Distillery explores whisky production.

3. Glencoe. || 56.68134544466321, -5.102029285014838

Glencoe is a village in western Scotland. It lies in steep-sided Glencoe valley, in the Scottish Highlands. The area is known for waterfalls and trails that climb peaks such as Buachaille Etive Mor and Bidean nam Bian. In the village, Glencoe Folk Museum occupies 18th-century thatched cottages, with displays on local heritage and the Glencoe massacre of 1692. Wildlife in the area includes red deer and golden eagles.

4. Balquhidder. || 56.358045780706114, -4.371058151536904

Balquhidder is famous as the resting place for the famous outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Buried atBalquhidder Kirkyardalongside his wife and two sons, the grave attracts many visitors to the village. Not far from here is a beautiful waterfall. Rob Roy's gravestone is marked with the words 'MacGregor Despite Them'.

5. The Falls of Dochar. || 56.46278770836774, -4.319913018022907

The Falls of Dochart are a cascade of waterfalls situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Perthshire, Scotland, near the western end of Loch Tay.

6. Kilmartin. || 56.135407246815625, -5.48610559607075

Kilmartin is a small village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It is best known as the centre of Kilmartin Glen, an area with one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric monuments and historical sites in Scotland. It contains over 800 monuments within a six-mile radius.

7. Inveraray. || 56.23169863895368, -5.075885018615445

Inveraray is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Argyll, and ancestral seat to the Duke of Argyll.

8. Free time

9. Night in Trossachs National Park Area

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Loch Lomond. || 56.01308937868631, -4.588839932493143

Loch Lomond is a lake in southern Scotland. It’s part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. The surrounding highlands area is home to red deer and oak woodlands. On the eastern shore, footpaths and cycle trails criss-cross craggy Ben Lomond mountain and the smaller Conic Hill. Across the loch, Luss Heritage Path winds through rolling countryside and ancient Luss village, with its stone cottages.

3. The Trossachs National Park. || 56.01029492908823, -4.584271739918054

The Trossachs National Park is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and the hills and glens of the Trossachs, along with several other ranges of hills. It was the first of the two national parks established by the Scottish Parliament in 2002, the second being the Cairngorms National Park.

4. Doune Castle. || 56.185276492363364, -4.049983353399211

Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland and the historic county of Perthshire. The castle is sited on a wooded bend where the Ardoch Burn flows into the River Teith.

5. Stirling Castle. || 56.122996679043574, -3.945588324567296

Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.

6. The Kelpies. || 56.0190435454714, -3.7554492110816073

The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here. Each head is 30 metres high.

7. Free time

8. Night in Edinburgh

1. Breakfast at hotel

2. Drive from Edinburgh to Aberdeen. || 55.954555369802, -3.1885257462872647

3. Arrival in Aberdeen. || 57.14793085672235, -2.0951680527436882

Aberdeen is a port city in northeast Scotland, where the Dee and Don rivers meet the North Sea. With an offshore petroleum industry, the city is home to an international population. It's also known as the ‘Granite City’ for its many enduring grey-stone buildings. The 19th-century Marischal College is typical – a monumental Victorian landmark that’s now headquarters of the City Council.

4. Check in

5. Free day

6. Night in Aberdeen

1. Free day

2. Night in Aberdeen. || 57.15128307766695, -2.091048179755722

1. Free day

2. Night in Aberdeen. || 57.15128307766695, -2.091048179755722

1. Free day

2. Night in Aberdeen. || 57.15128307766695, -2.091048179755722

1. Drive from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. || 57.14979323919108, -2.102034505381639

2. Arrival in Edinburgh. || 55.95224878903263, -3.1953921990879137

Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings. Looming over the city is Edinburgh Castle, home to Scotland’s crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny, used in the coronation of Scottish rulers. Arthur’s Seat is an imposing peak in Holyrood Park with sweeping views, and Calton Hill is topped with monuments and memorials.

3. Hotel check in

4. Night in Edinburgh

1. Hotel check out. ||

2. Drive from hotel to airport. || 55.94724439852497, -3.361427616204517

3. Drop off rental car

4. Departure to USA