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Extension to Scotland. For $625 you will get:
Day 15 London – Free time
in London. Take night train to Edinburgh or Glasgow in
a couchette. Arrive on Day 16 in Edinburgh and admire the
rolling hills and dazzling seascapes that surround the Scottish capital.
Take a guided sightseeing tour of Edinburgh that offers views of New Town,
constructed in the 18th century during a time of rapid expansion,
known as the Scottish Enlightenment.
See Charlotte Square,
the center of New Town, then pass by the homes of Alexander Graham Bell and
Robert Louis Stevenson. View a
monument to Robert Burns, Scotland’s
national poet. Visit Calton Hill,
which offers views of the Firth of Forth to the Lomond Hills of Fife. Pass the Palace of Holyroodhouse,
still the Royal Family’s official residence in Scotland, and the city’s monument
to Lord Nelson. Visit Edinburgh
Castle situated atop an
extinct volcano. Enter the castle
through the Esplanade and see the Stone of Scone, the coronation stone that
was returned to Scotland
in 1997 after 700 years of English possession. Take a walking tour of Edinburgh
down the Royal Mile and through the Old Town
full of medieval buildings. On day 17,
go to Stirling Castle. Explore the land of Braveheart
and Rob Roy on our excursion into the Scottish countryside. Drive up the Firth of Forth to Stirling’s crag-top castle. Visit the William Wallace visitor center
(the Scotsman portrayed in the movie Braveheart.) Pass through the scenic mountains and lochs
of the Trossachs, gateway to the Scottish Highlands. You will also see the banks of Loch
Katrine, setting for Sir Walter Scott’s The
Lady of the Lake. On day 18 return home.
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