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Edinburgh, Loch Ness, The Highlands from London - 3 Day Rail Tour

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Discover one of the most memorable and unique cities in all of Europe, Edinburgh. Explore the city, where a sense of history is around every corner, before heading off to experience the wild, untamed beauty of the Scottish Highlands - home of dramatic scenery and the Loch Ness Monster!

• Round-trip train tickets to Edinburgh with reserved seats

• Stay two nights in a centrally located 3-star hotel, bed and breakfast

• Hop-on Hop-off City Sightseeing Tour of Edinburgh

• Entry ticket to Edinburgh Castle

• City map and information booklet

• Day Tour to Loch Ness & the Highlands

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Outbound Day 1: Train departs London Kings Cross: 07:00 / train arrives in Edinburgh: 11:20 (11:28 on Saturdays)

Return Day 3: Train departs Edinburgh: 17:30 / train arrives at London Kings Cross: 22:09

Your electronic tickets and vouchers will be sent to you one week prior to your scheduled departure date via email (or if booked within one week then within 24 hours of booking). We would recommend getting to the station 30 minutes before your scheduled train departure time

Overnight accommodation: Prices stated are per person based on two people sharing a twin/double room (Single travellers pay single occupancy rate)

This Tour is unescorted on Days 1 and 3. The excursion to Loch Ness on Day 2 is fully guided and operated by Highland Explorer Tours, whose terms and conditions apply

Child age: 5-11 yrs inclusive. This Tour is not suitable for children under 5 years old

We will make every effort to fulfil any requests you have for seating on the train, however this cannot be guaranteed

Please do not wait to meet our staff at the train station as we do not conduct in-person departures.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What‘s Included

Two nights' accommodation in a centrally located 3-star hotel, including breakfast

Entry to Edinburgh Castle (on day 1)

Hop-on hop-off Sightseeing tour

Round-trip train tickets to Edinburgh with reserved seats

Guide except Day 2

Hotel pickup and drop off

What To Expect

Day 1

London to Edinburgh by train, then visit Edinburgh Castle & hop on hop off bus

Accommodations

Overnight in Edinburgh - 3 star hotel

1

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age, although the nature of the early settlement is unclear.

1 hour • Admission Included
2

Palace of Holyroodhouse

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland, Queen Elizabeth II.

Admission Not Applicable
3

Princes Street

Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east

Admission Not Applicable
4

Edinburgh Waverley Station

Waverley Bridge is a road bridge in Edinburgh linking Market Street in the Old Town with Princes Street in the New Town. The bridge forms part of the roof of Edinburgh Waverley station and marks the eastern boundary of Princes Street Gardens. The current bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 by Blyth and Westland.

15 minutes • Admission Not Included
5

John Knox House Museum

John Knox House, popularly known as "John Knox's House", is a historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century.

Admission Not Applicable
6

Arthur's Seat

Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

Admission Not Applicable
7

Royal Mile

The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Admission Not Applicable
8

The Museum of Edinburgh

The Museum of Edinburgh is housed in Huntly House, one of the iconic and historic buildings on the Royal Mile, in the Canongate area, toward the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is well served by regular and city sightseeing buses.

Admission Not Applicable
9

St. John's Scottish Episcopal Church

The Church of St John the Evangelist is a Scottish Episcopal church in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is sited at the west end of Princes Street at its junction with Lothian Road, and is protected as a category A listed building.

Admission Not Applicable
Day 2

Loch Ness, Glen Coe & the Highlands Tour

Accommodations

Overnight in Edinburgh - 3 star hotel

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Loch Ness Region

Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 kilometres southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 16 metres above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie".

45 minutes • Admission Not Applicable
2

Cairngorm Mountain Resort

The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain of the Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms became part of Scotland's second national park on 1 September 2003

Admission Not Applicable
3

Inverness

Inverness is a city on Scotland’s northeast coast, where the River Ness meets the Moray Firth. It's the largest city and the cultural capital of the Scottish Highlands. Its Old Town features 19th-century Inverness Cathedral, the mostly 18th-century Old High Church and an indoor Victorian Market selling food, clothing and crafts. The contemporary Inverness Museum and Art Gallery traces local and Highland history.

Admission Not Applicable
4

Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. Standing at 1,345 metres above sea level, it is at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William.

Admission Not Applicable
5

Glencoe National Nature Reserve

Glencoe is a village in western Scotland. It lies in steep-sided Glencoe valley, in the Scottish Highlands. The area is known for waterfalls and trails that climb peaks such as Buachaille Etive Mor and Bidean nam Bian. In the village, Glencoe Folk Museum occupies 18th-century thatched cottages, with displays on local heritage and the Glencoe massacre of 1692. Wildlife in the area includes red deer and golden eagles.

Admission Not Applicable
Day 3

Edinburgh (full day free in Edinburgh) then train back to London

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

1

Princes Street

Princes Street is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland, and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1 mile from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east

Admission Not Applicable
2

Royal Mile

The Royal Mile is a succession of streets forming the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Admission Not Applicable

Options

Tattoo- Standard C. Adult Only

Winter - Standard with a Child

Nov- March

Tattoo - First C. Adult Only

First Class

Winter - First C Adult & Child

Nov- March

Winter - Standard Adult only

Nov - March

Summer- First C Adult & Child

Sept - Oct

Summer - First C- Adult Only

First Class

Winter - First C. Adult Only

Nov - March

Summer -Standard Adult & Child

Sept - Oct.

Summer - Standard Adult only

September - October

Reviews

4.08

40 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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  • A lovely time was had …

    Leon S,

    Nov 22, 2022

    - Viator

    4.00

    Lovely time … tours were well done and the City is a delight. No issues with your tickets and a smooth process. Guide to Loch Ness (Owen) was a winner!

  • Lochness tour

    Harry B,

    May 1, 2022

    - Viator

    3.00

    We opted for the first class train ride from London to Edinburgh. The Twain trip was enjoyable and the breakfast we pretty good. No complaints there. The Lochness Tour is great. Colum was a great driver/tour guide. We missed the Edinburgh Castle tour the first day because we missed the time slot. The tour folks said the bus from the Lochness Tour would drop us off where they picked us up. WRONG!!! The walk back to our hotel was probably twice as far as it was supposed to be. The bus did not have wifi or restroom facilities. The Ibis that we stayed at was probably the worst ibis we have ever stayed at. No room service, but that okay because the room didn’t even have a phone!! You would probably be better off booking all these things yourself. I would use the tour company for the Lochness Tour.

  • Much more to it than we expected!

    6556,

    Sep 19, 2019

    - Viator

    5.00

    Hotel was very close to railway station & bus stops for hop on hop off. Wish we had had more time. Weather was beautiful.

  • Do it yourself!!

    Carolyn G,

    Jul 18, 2018

    - Viator

    3.00

    This is a self-guided tour, meaning that you are on your own for 2 of the 3 days in Edinburgh. So you could organize it yourself: book a Loch Ness tour out of Edinburgh Take the hop-on/off bus tour all the way around the circuit to get oriented. Fabulous guide to Loch Ness. Awful hotel: small, cramped, worn and no A/C during a heat wave. Evans Tours messed up my train reservation.

  • The person that arranged our rail...

    Ronald M,

    Mar 19, 2018

    - Viator

    4.00

    The person that arranged our rail trip did not give us accurate or adequate information regarding how to get to our hotel from the train station. We had upgraded our train trip to first class to make sure we had a reserved seat and had that on the trip to Edinburgh but they had not arranged for reserved seat on the way back so we ended up having to jockey for an available seat. It was really an uncomfortable situation. Accommodations were nothing special but comfortable and adequate.

    The best part of the trip was our trip to the Highlands - our guide was Duncan and he did a very good job pointing out highlights and also letting us rest it was a long trip. The rest of the trip you are on your own and it was nice to be in control of where and when you wanted to go.

From £923.63

4.08
40 reviews
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