The Outer Hebrides & The Highlands
Enjoy an adventure to Scotland’s idyllic Outer Hebrides
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Enjoy an adventure to Scotland's idyllic Outer Hebrides and The Highlands on a tour that takes in two of the UK's most famous train lines, the West Highland and the Jacobite, as well as time in Stornoway and Isle of Barra.
You arrive in Glasgow today to meet your fellow travellers and Tour Manager.
Enjoy a journey on the magnificent West Highland Line from Glasgow to Fort William today. This spectacular rail journey travels under the gaze of moody mountains and over stone bridges on a route which takes in the best of the wild and dramatic landscapes of the Scottish Highlands. This rail journey is widely regarded as one of the finest in the world.
We continue on the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig today. This stunning section is wellknown for its appearance in the Harry Potter films and provides astonishing views of the brooding forests and ancient glens of central Scotland as it passes by Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the UK as well as Loch Nevis, the deepest freshwater lake in Europe. On arrival in Mallaig, we continue by coach through Skye and by ferry to the Outer Hebrides and Stornoway.
We take a full-day coach excursion today visiting the Butt of Lewis, Port of Ness, the Callanish Standing Stones and the visitors centre. The stones were erected in the late Neolithic period and were used for rituals during the Bronze Age. We are accompanied by our specialist local guide Chris Ryan.
We take the coach driving through Uists today, breaking for lunch at the Stepping Stones Restaurant, before later stopping at the Kildonnan Museum.
This morning we visit Barra Airport, the only airport in the world which has planes landing on a beach. Later we visit Kisimul Castle and the Annie Jane memorial after which we continue to Vatersaay.
We sail through the lovely Sound of Mull today eventually arriving in Oban where we board the majestic West Highland Line once more, arriving back in Glasgow, where we enjoy a final farewell meal.
Following breakfast this morning you are free to depart at your leisure.
The Outer Hebrides section of the tour is guided by a local specialist guide Chris Ryan. Chris came to live on the Isle of Lewis in 1993, taking up residence in his wife's croft which had been in her family for many generations. Chris was the first professional guide on the Isle of Lewis.
Provisional departure and return times, where available, can be found together with our dates and prices by clicking on the 'Prices & Availability' button. We write to all booked customers approximately 10 weeks prior to the start of their tour to advise the exact departure and return time for their particular group.
An escorted experience and all travel arrangements
Comfortable accommodation in your destination
Delicious meals included
Exciting excursions and free time to explore
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Tour Rating
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The outer Hebrides lived up to our expectations. The tour packed in as many places as possible in the time available and accomodation and meals were of a generally good standard. This tour involves a lot of travel on buses, trains and ferries.
The hotelier at the hotel will on Barra was rude and hostile to visitors. Three mealtimes, inc the Barra Hotel and the Nevis Hotel, were at 6.30pm - our concerns that this was too early were ignored. Other than that the trip was great.
That was the overall ambience
The tour was well organised, hotels all comfortable and tour manager and guides very good.
A chance to see interesting places in relatively unspoilt locations.The local guide was important,pointing out things we would probably have missed.
Well organised and varied with different forms of transport. Made interesting by well informed manager and driver. Some hotels could have been nearer to town centre.
An enjoyable and varied holiday, very well organized but with too many changes of hotel.
Overall an excellent tour. Plenty to see and well-organised on the ground. The only disappointment was the absence of the Jacobite Railway to Fort William.
The trip itself was excellent just one problem the Barra Beach Hotel certainly left a lot to be desired, (1) Attitude of management and staff (2) size of room with only a wire cage to hang our belongings (3) no consideration for disabled guests we had to navigate steps in various stages i.e. 2x10, 2x5, 1x8 &1x3. I certainly do not recommend anyone with a disability staying here, although i would warn even the able bodied person to avoid this hotel all together, as for the food I don't even want to get started on that subject. Such a shame it took the edge off what was otherwise an excellent well managed holiday
This was for me, a magical holiday. I have long wanted to visit the Outer Hebrides and I love train travel too! So this was an ideal holiday. The added bonus of the lovely and long coach drive through Skye was the icing on the cake.
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