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Europe & the Mediterranean · Scotland

Edinburgh and the Highlands

Edinburgh history leads through the Cairngorms to a shared Highland house. Stay smaller by the river or choose a larger gathering with open days at home.

Your time
8 nights
A suggested starting point
Your route
Edinburgh · Inverness Area
When to go
Suggested: May–September; August festival demand needs advance planning.
Plan around your budget
Quote on request
Your dates, rooms and experiences shape the final quote.
  • City and Highland house
  • History and loch scenery
  • Shared-space choices

One journey. Your own rhythm.

A place to begin.

Choose a starting point, then tell us which stays and experiences speak to you.

The journey in chapters

A little closer
to what you love.

Stay somewhere special. Follow your curiosity. Leave the details to us.

Chapter 01 4 nights

Edinburgh

Allow arrival time, a castle visit and free neighborhoods.

Edinburgh
Edinburgh · Taylor Marx
The Resident Edinburgh

The Resident Edinburgh

A city base using the actual king or twin room block your party needs.

  • Edinburgh base
  • Room-block request
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The Balmoral — The Balmoral from Princes Street Gardens
The Balmoral from Princes Street Gardens
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The Balmoral

An alternative city hotel for the same Edinburgh chapter.

  • Edinburgh city hotel
  • King and twin requests
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Edinburgh Castle Guided Visit

Guided experience

Edinburgh Castle Guided Visit

Edinburgh Castle

Explore the city’s castle on a separately confirmed guided visit.

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Chapter 02 4 nights

Inverness Area

Separate the battlefield and loch days, keeping a day at home.

Freedom Cruise and Urquhart Castle
Freedom Cruise and Urquhart Castle
Ghillies Lodge — Ghillies Lodge living and dining space
Ghillies Lodge living and dining space
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Ghillies Lodge

A smaller river house with three ground-floor double or twin en-suites.

  • Three en-suite bedrooms
  • Sleeps six

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The Doune

The Doune

A six-bedroom house for a different-size gathering.

  • Six bedrooms
  • Sleeps twelve

Four upper-floor en-suites and two ground-floor rooms sharing a bathroom. Use only accepted room allocations.

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Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre

Explore independently

Culloden Battlefield and Visitor Centre

National Trust for Scotland

Spend a focused history day near the Highland base.

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Freedom Cruise and Urquhart Castle

Along the way

Freedom Cruise and Urquhart Castle

Loch Ness by Jacobite

Pair a lake cruise with the castle on a separate day.

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Planning details & sources

A thoughtfully arranged journey

  • This is a starting point. Your advisor will tailor the pace, dates and arrangements.
  • Ghillies and River Lodge are different houses on the same estate. The alternatives offer different operators and room allocations.
  • Long drives, room fairness, house minimums, meals, access and event consent must be confirmed. Hotel blocks do not silently replace an exclusive house.

The beginning of something good

Keep the feeling.
Make it your journey.

A few favorites are all we need to start shaping the details with you.

Let’s shape your journeyThoughtfully arranged. Entirely personal.