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1/2 Day City Excursion

Typically departing Edinburgh your journey will take you to the many modern and historic sights providing ample opportunities for pictures.

• 1/2 Day Excursion - Edinburgh
• 1/2 Day Excursion - Glasgow
• 1/2 Day Excursion - Perth
• 1/2 Day Excursion - Trossachs
• 1/2 Day Excursion - Stirling

1 Day Lake District Excursion

This one day tour covers the most beautiful and famous places in Lake District, England. Designed specifically to get the most out of your short visit, offering a comfortable and economic tour with plenty of opportunity to stop and take memorable pictures!

Your itnerary will take you to the following:

• Ullswater Lake - "Queen of the English Lakes"
• Aira Force Waterfall - the Lake District's Highest Waterfall
• Castlerigg Stone Circle - 4000 year old stone circle
• Keswick - An ancient town
• Dove Cottage - Home of famous English Poet, Wordsworth.
• Windermere - the home of children's author Beatrix Potter

2 Day Lake District Excursion

This two day tour covers the most breathtakingly beautiful and famous places in Scotland - Highlands and Loch Ness. It has remarkable landscapes, and is always the first choice of the tourists. One of the top ten European famous tourism places, the first thing comes into one's mind is the Loch Ness monster. It is this mystery which makes Loch Ness so famous throughout the world. Our Scotland two day tour is designed specifically to offer a comfortable and economic tour with plenty of opportunity to stop and take memorable pictures as you will come to expect from Ratho Coaches.

Your itnerary will take you to the following:

Admire the architecture around George Square. Next, we visit Glasgow's 15th century Cathedral, St Mungos. Finally, a trip to Glasgow's impressive university buildings and Kelvin museum.

Loch Lomond National Park

Travel north from Glasgow, towards the beautiful Loch Lomond. Here you have the opportunity to have lunch, and look at the modern visitor centre, with it's stunning views of the Loch. Before leaving the National Park, we visit the lovely lakeside village of Luss.

Highlands - the best landscapes

Continuing north from Loch Lomond, towards Fort William through some of the best scenery that Scotland can offer. We make several stops in the Highlands, which include famous Glencoe, in order to enjoy the views and to take photographs. The last stop before Fort William takes us to the "Three Sisters" at Glencoe. These are a group of three mountains that dominate the view.

The end of the first day takes us to the town of Fort William. Once checked into your accommodation, you are free to explore the town, admiring the beautiful Loch Linne.

From Fort William we drive to Fort Augustus. Fort Augustus is the largest village on Loch Ness. Significantly, it is at Fort Augustus that the Caledonian Canal rises through several picturesque locks to continue southward on its way to the Atlantic Ocean near Fort William.

From Fort Augustus we drive along the banks of Loch Ness towards Urquhart Castle. The castle sits on the edge of the water, commanding a magnificent view of Loch Ness (Perhaps you will see the monster, many have tried!).

From the castle, we travel east towards Inverness, the "Capital" of the highlands. We visit Inverness castle and admire the panoramic views of the city. Here we have lunch, then travel down towards Stirling.

Our final destination is Stirling Castle, featured in the film, "Braveheart", is perhaps the most famous castle in Scotland. It can be seen from miles around, as it dominates the city, sitting on top of an extinct volcano. Also, view the Wallace monument whose built in tribute to William Wallce, hero of the nation).