Personalized Tour Scotland
Have fun and tour at your own speed. Join an exclusive small group tour designed to meet just your requirements and delivered by an experienced Scotland tour guide. There is so much to choose from!
- Research and visit the place of your ancestors. Catswhiskerstours has access to genealogists and can help with ancestry research.
- Lodgings to suit your preferences and budget, from Bed and Breakfast to five star hotels from city centre to remote islands.
- Stay in style in a genuine Scottish Castle in the Highlands
- Tour the Scottish Highlands visiting lochs, mountains, heather, wildlife, geology, scenery, prehistoric sites and stone circles. Take lots of photographs!
- Visit famous battlefields including such famous sites as Culloden, Killiecrankie, Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge.
- Watch salmon leap (in season) at Ossian’s Hall on the Braan, Perthshire.
- Visit Dunkeld, a historic small town with famous Cathedral, located in the centre of Scotland and well positioned for touring.
- Enjoy traditional Scottish music at pubs in Dunkeld and Birnam.
- Visit Mackay Clan country in the remote county of Sutherland.
- Visit Inverness, capital of the Highlands. From there tour Loch Ness either by boat or by car (or both). You might spot the monster!!
- Visit historic Castle Urquhart on Loch Ness. Great location for photographs and monster spotting! Also has a replica trebuchet (giant catapult).
- Tour Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city with its famous Castle, Parliament building, architecture, Royal Mile and John Knox House. Nearby is the famous Rosslyn Chapel of Da Vinci Code fame and well worth a visit just for the architecture and carvings.
- Journey over the border to England and visit the famous Hadrian’s Wall, a World Heritage Site. Catswhiskerstours has much expertise on Roman Britain
- Explore Roman Scotland with visits to the Antonine Wall, Findo Gask Ridge and Ardoch fort.
- Visit the Scottish Borders, a ‘hidden gem’ and overlooked. Places to visit include Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, Floors Castle, Lochcarron Cashmere, Jedburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey and Dryburgh Abbey.
- Fish Scotland’s rivers.
- Explore the East Neuk of Fife with its quaint and picturesque fishing villages, St. Monan’s Church, Links with Robinson Crusoe and the famous Anstruther fish bar.
- Enjoy Scotland’s cuisine, from seafood to venison to haggis. Learn to cook with a celebrity chef.
- For golfers visit the famous Old Course at St. Andrew’s. Have your photo taken on Swilken Bridge and experience the historic atmosphere.
- Avail of a golf tour arranged by Catswhiskerstours.
- Learn about whisky, Scotland’s national drink.
- If you are interested in architecture then visit Glasgow and the many sites designed by such famous people as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
- Interested in antiques and art? Then visit the world famous Burrell Collection in Glasgow which has a priceless collection-and free entrance!!
- Connect with an unsavoury part of Scotland’s past with a visit to a derelict Clearance Village where unscrupulous landlords ruthlessly cleared rural communities in the 18 th and 19 th centuries.
- Enjoy the colors, lush vegetation and design of Scotland’s gardens
- Admire and explore some of Scotland’s 600 castles
- During the summer season, visit and enjoy a local Highlands Games which provide many activities and sports ranging from Highland Dancing to Tossing the Caber,
- Visit iconic islands such as Staffa, Iona and Skye.
- Visit Inveraray with its famous castle and Campbell Clan connection.
- Explore Glasgow’s famous Necropolis, the last resting place of Glasgow’s ‘great and good’. Magnificent tombstones, grave markers and memorials.
- Just keep taking photographs!!
- Make a visit to a genuine local, traditional craftsman, e.g. Bagpipe maker in Dunkeld and Sporran Maker in Bankfoot.
- Have a quality kilt made during your visit.
- Avail of a self-drive tour with itinerary from Catswhiskerstours.
- Connect with Scotland’s famous poet, Rabbie Burns. Visit his birthplace and haunts in Ayrshire and Edinburgh.
- Want to experience England as well? Why not avail of a tour provided by Catswhiskerstours. Shakespeare Country and the Cotswolds are a Catswhiskers speciality.
How can Catswhiskerstours help?
We can arrange:
- Personalized, small group tours for families and groups with special interests.
- Self-drive tours
- Large group tours of Scotland.
For more information and help contact Nigel-
T 44 (0) 141 638 5500
E ncole67@googlemail.com
Or info@catswhiskerstours.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
