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- Art and Culture - Edinburgh
- Edinburgh is considered one of the cultural capitals of Europe.
National Gallery of Scotland
Known for its 15th to 19th century British and European paintings. Highlights include portraits by...
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh is the largest and capital city of Scotland. Home to a little under half a million Scots, it is widely regarded as one of Europe’s most handsome capitals. The city is famous for the...
- Edinburgh Airport
- More Tour and Travel Advice for Europe
Generally tour starting in Edinburgh stay at one of the two following hotels. You should however check and confirm this against your tour documents when yo...
- Edinburgh Castle and the Stone of Destiny
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Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle has evolved into its current state through various renovations and additions carried out between the 12th to the 20th century. It has been used as a fortres...
- Edinburgh Festival and Fringe Festival
- The ‘Edinburgh Festival’ is an umbrella term for a group of independently-organised summer festivals. Of these, the Fringe is the biggest and the festivals all mesh together providing a...
- Edinburgh Military Tattoo
- The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is held on the Esplanade with Edinburgh Castle as a backdrop and is held over a 3 week period every year.
An international display of performance art and music it a...
- Edinburgh Military Tattoo (Tour)
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Style of Tour
Time Out/Superior/Hotel Tour
Featuring
Scotland
Staying in
Edinburgh
Starting in
London or Edinburgh
Finishing in
London or Edinburgh
Trip Forum Meet...
- Glasgow
- Built on the steep banks of the Clyde River, Glasgow is a city of around three quarters of a million Scots and is definitely the party capital of Scotland.
The city’s beautiful architectur...
- Gretna Green
- Gretna Green is a small village in the south of Scotland, distinct from the larger nearby town of Gretna, Scotland. Both are on the same road near the border with England on the west coast, near th...
- Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
- The Palace of Holyroodhouse has been a residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the 15th century.
The Palace stands in at the bottom of the Royal Mile and the ancient Abbey of the Pal...
- Loch Ness
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by – Matt Vernick, Tour Manager, Europe
Just north of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands is Loch Ness. The murky Loch is long and narrow and does not stand out from the many other lak...
- Parlament House, Edinburgh
- The Scottish Parliament Building is now the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood and was designed by Catalan architect Enric Miralles.
Only since 2004 have the Scots had their own governm...
- Scotland
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Capital: Edinburgh
Currency: Pound Stirling
Language: English
Contiki Tours that travel to Scotland >
Places Contiki Visits in Scotland
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Scottish Highlands
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- Scotland (Tour)
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Style of Tour
Time Out/Superior/Hotel Tour
Please Note: This tour often operates as a Modulated Tour as part of the longer Great Britain and Southern Ireland tour.
Featuring
Scotla...
- Scottish Evening, Edinburgh
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by – Shawna Murray, Tour Manager, Europe
It perfectly completes a full day in Edinburgh by the group heading to the Murrayfield pub (across from the Scotish National Rugby Stadium and ...
- Scottish Highlands
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Although geographically, cultural and ethnically different to the rest of Scotland, it is the Scottish Highlands that is the source of the tartans, clans, bagpipes, heather and whiskey that hav...
- The Royal Mile, Edinburgh
- The Royal Mile in Edinburgh is a stretch of four ancient streets between Castlehill to Canongate which formed the main thoroughfare of medieval Edinburgh. The Royal Mile is home to the new Scottish...