Category: castle tours

  • The Crown Royal Castles tour of Scotland

    The Crown Royal Castles tour of Scotland

    NEW – The Crown Royal Castles tour of Scotland On this tour you get a chance to visit a filming location of smash hit TV series The Crown , plus two Royal Castles , where the Queen and the Queen Mother lived . The Crown has moved filming for season six to Scotland, as the…

  • Stirling Castle , Doune Castle and the Kelpies tour

    Stirling Castle , Doune Castle and the Kelpies tour

    Your private tour  includes a pickup from your hotel / Airbnb in Edinburgh  , a professional driver/guide , a stay of up to an hour at each location plus a return to Edinburgh . Your expert guide will give details of the history of each castle and information about films and TV shows made at…

  • Europe’s most beautiful castle is in the UK

    Europe’s most beautiful castle is in the UK

    Eilean Donan Castle Tours

  • Castle Leoch ( Doune Castle ) is open again

    Castle Leoch ( Doune Castle ) is open again

    Castle Leoch ( Doune Castle ) is open again ! After a year long closure for masonry inspections and building work , Doune is finally ready to receive visitors . Outlander , Game of Thrones and Monty Python fans can all look forward to seeing the inside of Doune Castle for the first time since…

  • Outlander castles tour bookings – Lallybroch , Palace of Versailles and Cranesmuir

    Outlander castles tour bookings – Lallybroch , Palace of Versailles and Cranesmuir

    Three ancient Outlander castles feature in this tour – Lallybroch ( Midhope castle )  , Palace of Versailles ( Drummond Castle and Gardens)  and Cranesmuir ( Culross Palace ) Book online now ! 1 Lallybroch – Midhope Castle The first location on this Outlander tour is Lallybroch – Midhope Castle, ancestral home of Jamie Fraser .…

  • 30 Scottish castle will re-open on 30 April

    30 Scottish castle will re-open on 30 April

    Scotland’s biggest operator of visitor attractions, Historic Environment Scotland (HES), has set out its plans for the reopening of its sites as Covid restrictions ease. This will see some of Scotland’s most iconic heritage sites, including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace , reopen to the public in line with Scottish Government…

  • Edinburgh travel tips

    Edinburgh travel tips Edinburgh welcomes millions of travellers every year eager to enjoy the sights of an amazing city .Here are my two top travel tips for anyone visiting the capital for the first time . 1 Castle explorer pass Scotland has over a thousand castles . Edinburgh Castle is probably the most famous castle…

  • Tours of Scotland – two castles and a distillery tour bookings

    Tours of Scotland – two castles and a distillery Looking for things to do in Edinburgh ? How about taking a tour from Edinburgh of two amazing castles and a whisky distillery ? Two ancient Scottish castles and a distillery feature in this tour –  Stirling Castle Doune Castle Deanston Highland Malt Distiller Doune Castle featured in Monty…

  • Drummond Castle Gardens tour

    Drummond Castle Gardens tour Drummond Castle and Gardens – the grounds, which date back to 1630, are considered “the best example of formal terraced gardens in Scotland”. The castle was used as the Palace of Versailles in an episode of TV drama Outlander. Drummond Castle Gardens, which are protected as a category A listed building…

  • Scottish Castles Tour

    Four ancient Scottish castles feature in this tour – Drummond Castle and Gardens , Stirling Castle , Doune Castle and Linlithgow Palace . 1 Drummond Castle and Gardens Drummond Castle and Gardens – the grounds, which date back to 1630, are considered “the best example of formal terraced gardens in Scotland”. The castle was used as the Palace of Versailles…