Bespoke tour to Scotland: on the trail of Outlander

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On the trail of Outlander: escape to a place where impregnable castles and passionate highlanders live

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On the trail of Outlander: escape to a place where impregnable castles and passionate highlanders live

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CASTLES OF SCOTLAND:
ON THE TRAIL OF OUTLANDER

For those who have long wanted to visit Scotland's most beautiful places, see mysterious castles and be transported to an era of dizzying romance

Group: up to 10 people

Start and finish locations – Edinburgh (Sat-Sat)

Scotland in spring turns from a harsh country of leaden skies and dank fogs into a blooming beauty. Apple trees and cherries are blooming, the air is filled with the sweet aroma of new life. It is this spring, while Edinburgh has not cooled down from the coronation of Charles III, that we will go to follow in the footsteps of Claire from the TV series "Outlander". Let's escape from boring reality in the times of undefeated highlanders, majestic castles, beautiful gardens and raging passions.

Join us for a plunge into the world of intrigue and sentiment of the Middle Ages.

Visa - UK

Duration: 8 days

Cultural level

Covid - no documents required

Relax level

Watch what awaits you next, don't forget about the gift

Beauty level

Group: up to 10 people

Start and finish locations – Edinburgh

Visa - UK

Duration: 8 days

Relax level

Covid - no documents required

Culture level

Beauty level

Watch what awaits you next, don't forget about the gift

For those who have long wanted to visit Scotland's most beautiful places, see mysterious castles and be transported to an era of dizzying romance

Scotland in spring turns from a harsh country of leaden skies and dank fogs into a blooming beauty. Apple trees and cherries are blooming, the air is filled with the sweet aroma of new life. It is this spring, while Edinburgh has not cooled down from the coronation of Charles III, that we will go to follow in the footsteps of Claire from the TV series "Outlander". Let's escape from boring reality in the times of undefeated highlanders, majestic castles, beautiful gardens and raging passions.

Join us for a plunge into the world of intrigue and sentiment of the Middle Ages.

If you:

Want a new experience, crave adventures in Scotland's most beautiful places, ready for incredible discoveries with like-minded people

Want to discover new talents, shake up and re-energise yourself with majestic castles and stunning nature

Appreciate interesting and exciting networking. We create a community where you're sure to find like-minded people.

Love comfort and carelessness when everything is organised and thought out, and you can only have fun.

Nodding approvingly at each point above…

So our bespoke tours ARE SPECIALLY FOR YOU
Let's create a story that will give you goosebumps even years later and make your face smile because of the happy memories!

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New treasures in your memory box:

Relive an era of palace intrigue, beautiful ladies, fearless Highlanders, and the endless passion of the Middle Ages

Walk through the city of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Joan Rowling

See the famous train ride to Hogwarts

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Step into the shoes of James Bond in the Glencoe Valley of Skyfall

Visit Sir Walter Scott

Feel like an Outlander, transported back in time

We have already organized everything, see what awaits you:

Program of the tour:

Day 1: A royal walk back in time
Location - Edinburgh

After getting acquainted, we go for a walk around the city of Sir Walter Scott and J.K. Rowling. We are waiting for a tour of the Royal Mile, the street connecting the two main attractions of the city – Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Palace of Elizabeth II. To the sounds of bagpipes, which are often heard here, you will be transported back 400 years and get acquainted with the history of the city, as well as learn the legend of Mary King's close.

Once outside the castle walls, you will forget about the real world and plunge into the world of secrets and riddles. You'll see royal relics and the Stone of Destiny on which all the monarchs of Scotland and later the whole UK were crowned in 847.

In the evening we will have dinner in an atmospheric restaurant. After all, Scotland is famous not only for its impressive landscapes, but also for its devotion to traditional cuisine.

You'll have a real English tea party in one of the most beautiful places in Scotland. It couldn't be more fabulous!

Together we will conquer the Throne of Arthur – we will climb a hill with a panoramic view of the whole city. This will be our first small tracking. We will find out why the hill is so called. The difficulty level is low.

Day 2: In Search of the Holy Grail and Visit Sir Walter Scott
Location: Walter Scott Castle (Melrose) -> Edinburgh

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The day will begin with a visit to the Rosslyn Chapel, where, according to one of the legends, the Holy Grail Cup is hidden! We'll admire the picturesque stained glass windows and 15th century carvings. The chapel became world famous after the release of the book and the movie "The Da Vinci Code''. The beautiful Roslin Chapel is really full of mysteries and riddles, filled with mystical artifacts. You can look at its interior endlessly, there are so many complex decorative elements and symbols there.

Later we head to the Gothic Abbotsford Castle – the estate of Sir Walter Scott, built according to his own design.

Sir Walter Scott is known not only as a brilliant author of historical novels, but also as a collector of things with history. There are an unprecedented number of unique artifacts in his house that you will see with your own eyes: Marie Antoinette's mantel clock, a silver urn from John Byron, a crucifix that belonged to Mary Stuart and many other amazing things! You will find yourself in the writer's library, where all the books are arranged as they were once put by the owner of the house

We will have lunch in a cozy pub, and then visit the kilt factory. You will learn interesting stories about different fabrics and figure out how the "right" Scottish kilt should look like.

Day 3: Gardens, Palaces & Castles
Location: Edinburgh - Pitlochry

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I promise you'll have a huge amount of mind-blowing photos on this day, because we're going to Jupiter Artland!

The wow effect: impressive contemporary art objects, landscaping, and mesmerizing sculptures. This kind of experience energizes and provides the inspiration we all need.

Next is Hopetoun House, a 300-year-old palace that retains its 18th-century atmosphere. Try on the life of a noble lady from the past. In the first season of Outlander, this palace was the home of the Duke of Sandringham. The rooms of Jamie and Claire's Paris apartment and the Hawkins estate from season two were also filmed here.

We'll take a photo in front of the gloomy Blackness Castle, the grandeur and mystery of which amazes even the sophisticated traveler. Not for nothing is this fortress the location of Black Jack Randall's Fort William headquarters. Jamie's heartbreaking incarceration scene was also filmed here.

Walk through the city of Cork, a market town with charming colorful houses, authentic medieval pubs, an old jail and even a pillar of shame to which criminals - usually women accused of witchcraft - were chained. Here and there are locations from the film. For example, the house of Gaylees Duncan and the palace garden where Claire used to gather herbs.

The panorama at Forth bridge is a marvel of Scottish engineering and one of the first cantilever bridges in the world.

Day 4: Portal to the Past
Location: Pitlochry

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In the morning, we leave for a promenade in Drummond Castle Garden, the court garden of the Renaissance. It's particularly magical in May as the avenues are lined with flowers and you can soak up the gorgeous scents. Just think, you'll see the beech trees planted by Queen Victoria in honor of her visit in 1842! This is where the shooting of the Palace of Versailles took place.

After lunch, we'll head to Glen Lyon Hollow. It has been officially declared one of Scotland's 40 most outstanding landscapes. And Sir Walter Scott once described it as "the longest, loneliest, and most beautiful Hollow in Scotland.

We'll take a leisurely stroll through the emerald hills and, at the end of the trail, come to a unique cliff. We'll try to follow outlander back in time, burying ourselves in the stones of Mary's Praying Hands.

In the evening we will rest in the hotel. We can sit in one of the local pubs and feel the spirit of rugged men and the aroma of real Scotch whiskey.

Day 5: The Treasure of Pearl Castle
Location: Pitlochry - Inverness

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To feel like princesses, we drive in the morning to Blair Castle, which looks like it came off the pages of a Disney fairy tale. Reindeer will be strolling through the park, and we'll admire the gorgeous interiors, antique pieces of art, and even enter a room filled with jewels!

Around lunchtime, we'll drive to the authentic Tomatin Distillery! This is one of the largest whiskey distilleries that is made using the original recipe and following centuries of tradition. Here you will learn about the manufacturing process, see the casks in which it is aged (many of them older than you), and, of course, taste the varieties that the whole of Scotland is proud of.

Cheerful and satisfied we arrive in Inverness. Inverness is one of the oldest major cities in the country and the capital of the Highlands. It was the setting for the filming of the romantic Scottish TV series, Outlander. We will take a guided walk through the city center, see Inverness Castle, waterfronts as if frozen in the Middle Ages, sharp spires of cathedrals and graceful bridges.

Day 6: In search of the Loch Ness Monster
Location: Inverness to Port William

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After breakfast, we head out for a ride on Loch Ness Lake, bobbing on the waves and looking out for the mysterious creature in the dark waters. We'll walk through the ruins of the ancient castle Urquhart. Once this place was a Celtic settlement of the 13th century. Against the background of the castle walls you get very atmospheric photos! This castle has an amazing history, the most powerful clans wanted to own it.

We'll ride along the Great Glen Moor Valley, the longest valley in Scotland, and see the panoramas once admired and for which the rugged highlanders spilled hot blood.

We'll get to the Glenfinnan viaduct, which you've definitely seen if you've seen the Harry Potter movies. After all, this bridge is the road to Hogwarts.

In the evening we arrive and stay in the lovely town of Fort William, where scenes from The Highlander, Braveheart, and other atmospheric movies were filmed.

Day 7: In the Footsteps of Outlander and Mary Stuart
Location: Port William - Edinburgh

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The stark panoramas of Glencoe Valley can be seen in the backdrop of the Outlander series. In this legendary place, also known as the "Valley of Tears", stood the hut of the half-giant Hagrid, a character from the Harry Potter films. Here we will trek "The Lost Valley" through the magical gorge between the Three Sisters Mountains. We will also repeat James Bond's photo from the movie "Skyfall".

Passing through the mysterious Rannoch Moor.

Take a trip to Stirling Castle, where Mary Stewart spent her childhood. Walk around to see the scenery that the young future Queen of Scots once admired. Among the sumptuous halls with carved furniture, fireplaces and tapestries, Queen Mary of Scots and her courtiers still reside to this day.

After breathing in this beauty, we will drive to Doune Castle, where the first season of Outlander and the pilot episode of Game of Thrones were filmed. You'll even get to take a photo in one of Claire's costumes!

In the evening we will return to Edinburgh.

Day 8: Time to go home
Location: Edinburgh

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This day is entirely at your disposal. We'll have a quiet breakfast and share impressions of our adventures. We'll think about where we want to go for new experiences. After all, now experiential tourism has become our way of life!

If you are leaving that day, we will take you to the airport. And if you decide to stay a few more days, we'll recommend places to have a good time.

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That's not all, see who will accompany us and where we will live.
We have a lot of surprises!

Accompanying:

Aleksandra Imaikina is the founder of Firuzzi Art&Travel project, an art historian and your accompanying person during this tour.

For more than 10 years I have been promoting Experiential Tourism format, in which you not only visit another country, but also get bright emotions, live a new experience, make useful and pleasant acquaintances.

The theme of my thesis at Sotheby's University of Arts (London) has become a way of life. I choose hedonism, enjoying every minute of travel and endless fun. I organize it for myself and my guests. So that at the end of the tour you say, "Aleksandra, we want more!"

A few facts about me:

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Art dealer and advisor, experience in the auction house

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Graduate of Sotheby's Institute of Art in London

Participated in the organization of the Russian Film Week in London

Participated in the organization of Irina Khakamada 's performance in London

Conducted a tour program for Pavel Volya and Laysan Utyasheva in St. Petersburg

Speaker at the art fair Art Russian Fair 2021

The experience of conducting tours for the Prince of Saudi Arabia and Princess Gloria Turn-and-Taxis

Work at international art fairs

Experience in conducting tours for British American Tobacco and Gazprom

Work experience at the 2014 Olympics, with Volkswagen Russia

Bachelor of Arts from St. Petersburg State University and Bard College (New York)

Art dealer and advisor, experience in the auction house

Так нужно

Graduate of Sotheby's Institute of Art in London

Participated in the organization of the Russian Film Week in London

Participated in the organization of Irina Khakamada 's performance in London

Conducted a tour program for Pavel Volya and Laysan Utyasheva in St. Petersburg

Speaker at the art fair Art Russian Fair 2021

The experience of conducting tours for the Prince of Saudi Arabia and Princess Gloria Turn-and-Taxis

Work at international art fairs

Experience in conducting tours for British American Tobacco and Gazprom

Work experience at the 2014 Olympics, with Volkswagen Russia

Bachelor of Arts from St. Petersburg State University and Bard College (New York)

Accommodation:

We have booked rooms for you in 4* and 5* hotels, which will pleasantly surprise even sophisticated travelers. All selected locations have been successfully tested for service, caring staff, delicious food and comfort.

So in Edinburgh we will stay in the old town among the historical monuments and picturesque architecture. In Perthshire, in a stunning Victorian mansion, which itself seems like the setting for a soap opera. In Inverness, in a picturesque setting in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, where the River Ness flows into Moray Firth Bay. And Port William will remind us of the historic mansion that once belonged to Lord Strathcona and now has luxurious rooms at your disposal.

Price

Early birds - £3,390 until + real whisky- experience

*Per person without accommodation

*To book a place in the tour, a 50% prepayment is required. Full payment one week in advance

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Lates but favourites - £3,490 until

Last but not least - £3,690 until

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FINAL PRICE

£3,390

*Surcharge for single occupancy - £900

Bespoke program:

Excursions, walks, trekking and accompaniment throughout the tour by an art historian

Professional licensed english speaking guide in Scotland

Individual tour of Edinburgh Castle

Entrance tickets to all museums, castles, cathedrals and parks on the program

Transportation - transfers by minivan (days 2-7), parking and toll roads

Advice on visa and airline tickets

Accommodation in hotels 4-5*, double rooms

Distillery visit and tour, whisky and live water tasting

INCLUDED

NOT INCLUDED

Flight

Food

Insurance

Food - Scottish breakfasts, picnic on the nature, real afternoon tea (2 meals)

Visit and excursion to the Kilt Factory, Highlander mythology, traditions and legends

Visits to 8 castles and 4 cathedrals with guided tours

4 trekking tours through the best natural beauties

Legendary Glencoe Valleys, Glen Nevis

Druid and Pictish artifacts and sites of power

Airport transfers

Optional extras:

Shopping

Single room accommodation with surcharge

Cabs and transfers out of the program

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Harmony. Our programme is a balance of quality and quantity, it's when you don't get tired and you're interested all the time. All journeys are repeatedly experienced by us. Every point in the programme is tested against the criterion of "this is incredibly cool". We are for conscious tours, for unique points in the route, for a special approach and immersion in history.

Experience. Experiential Tourism is experience tourism, where we, like the Columbians of the 21st century, truly discover countries and places long discovered but completely unexplored! We give you the opportunity to build a collection of impressions, experience new things, meet experts and professionals, and completely push the boundaries of possibility and consciousness.

Wow-effect. We love to surprise, give emotions, there are hidden secrets and unexpected gifts in each of our programmes, where everyone is in for a wow-effect.

Hedonism. Our programmes are for those who want to spend their time meaningfully, who have reached the point where every moment is precious, and who want to travel not only for pleasure and comfort, but also for profit. We're all about aesthetics, from selecting the most scenic spots on the world map to preparing the best service.

Safety. We are officially registered, we enter into a contract with you and take responsibility for full execution, we personally select those who will work with guests, we set high standards for our staff and provide high service.

так нужно

Safety. We are officially registered, we enter into a contract with you and take responsibility for full execution, we personally select those who will work with guests, we set high standards for our staff and provide high service.

Hedonism. Our programmes are for those who want to spend their time meaningfully, who have reached the point where every moment is precious, and who want to travel not only for pleasure and comfort, but also for profit. We're all about aesthetics, from selecting the most scenic spots on the world map to preparing the best service.

Wow-effect. We love to surprise, give emotions, there are hidden secrets and unexpected gifts in each of our programmes, where everyone is in for a wow-effect.

Experience. Experiential Tourism is experience tourism, where we, like the Columbians of the 21st century, truly discover countries and places long discovered but completely unexplored! We give you the opportunity to build a collection of impressions, experience new things, meet experts and professionals, and completely push the boundaries of possibility and consciousness.

Harmony. Our programme is a balance of quality and quantity, it's when you don't get tired and you're interested all the time. All journeys are repeatedly experienced by us. Every point in the programme is tested against the criterion of "this is incredibly cool". We are for conscious tours, for unique points in the route, for a special approach and immersion in history.

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Important: The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the programme, which will not make it any less intense or interesting