🏴 SCOTLAND | 4 Days of Adventure, Beauty & New Friends
August 28–31
Want to see legendary castles, mountains, lakes, the sea, and even real Harry Potter filming locations?
Hear their stories from a professional historian and return home with hundreds of photos and new friends?
📌 Then join our journey!
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📍 Day 1 — Thursday, August 28
07:30 — Departure from London (Ealing Broadway)
If you live along the route, we can pick you up.
☕ Coffee / rest stop on the way
🎯 Durham Cathedral — featured in the Harry Potter films
🎯 Cragside (National Trust): a Victorian mansion, the first house in the world lit by hydroelectricity
🎯 Alnwick Castle — the iconic Harry Potter castle
🎯 Check-in near Edinburgh
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📍 Day 2 — Friday, August 29
The historic heart of Scotland — castles, gardens & lakes
🎯 08:00 — Breakfast and departure
🎯 Linlithgow Palace — birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots
🎯 Stirling Castle — one of Scotland’s most important fortresses
🎯 Drummond Castle Gardens — Renaissance-era gardens
🎯 Ardchullarie More & Loch Earn — peaceful lake views
🎯 (optional, if time/energy allows) Glamis Castle — royal residence full of legends
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📍 Day 3 — Saturday, August 30
Oban & Glenfinnan Viaduct — seals and the Hogwarts Express
🎯 Early departure at 07:00 to Oban. Optional sea trip.
🎯 Glenfinnan Viaduct (≈ 1h20) — watch the Jacobite Steam Train (Hogwarts Express) pass
🎯 Loch Shiel — used as the Black Lake in the Triwizard Tournament scenes (Goblet of Fire) where Harry saves his friends underwater
🎯 Overnight near Edinburgh
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📍 Day 4 — Sunday, August 31
🎯 Craigmillar Castle (10–15 min from the city centre) — medieval castle, relaxed visit and photos (≈ 1h)
🎯 Rosslyn Chapel (≈ 25 min) — mystical site with legends (≈ 1h)
🎯 Lunch in Edinburgh
Optional afternoon:
- Whisky tasting at Holyrood Distillery (≈ 1h)
- Or a walk by the Firth of Forth with views of the bridges (≈ 1h)
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🚗 Small group, friendly atmosphere, plenty of stories, laughs, and photos.
💷 Cost
- £640 — shared room
- £720 — single room
- £1250 — per couple
Included:
Transfer,
Hotels,
Sea trip
