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Scotland Escorted Tour from Halifax

May 5-13 2026

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Scotland


 

Scotland Itinerary-Sandy Travel

May 5-13 2026

 

May 5 - Day 1

  • Group meets at Halifax airport to board flight. Routing is Halifax –Toronto –Edinburgh

 Day 2–Edinburgh (B, D)

  • Arrival at Edinburgh  airport and customs check
  • Depart airport and proceed directly to your Edinburgh Hotel.
  • Breakfast will be served at your Edinburgh hotel upon arrival.
  • 5:30 PM - Meet in hotel lounge for our welcome to Scotland reception and dinner

​Day 3–Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh City Tour, Glasgow City Tour (B)

  • Included hotel breakfast
  • Edinburgh Castle Guided  Tour
  • Edinburgh city tour. 
  • Glasgow City Tour.
  • Return from Glasgow to Edinburgh.

Day 4 Stirling- Callander- Glencoe -Spean Bridge (B.D)

  • Included hotel breakfast
  • A short stop in Stirling followed by lunch in Callander.
  • We travel though mountains of Glencoe on route to Spean Bridge.
  • Arrive  in Spean Bridge for check-in at  accommodations
  • Dinner included

Day 5–Spean Bridge --Inverness – Loch Ness – Spean Bridge (B, D)

  • Breakfast Included 
  • Travel to Inverness and visit Culloden Battle field
  • City tour of Inverness 
  • Photo stop along Loch Ness and Fort Augustas
  • Return back to Spean Bridge. 
  • Dinner included.

Day 6 Spean Bridge-Cille Choirell Church -Fort William-Spean Bridge (B,L)

  • Included hotel breakfast.
  • Visit Cille Choirill Chruch and learn about the Lochaber people who had occupied these lands  before emigrating to other parts of the world
  • A visit to Glencoe Interpretive Center.
  • Free time in Fort William.

Day 7 – Spean Bridge -Isle of Skye- Arisaig--Glenfinnan-Spean Bridge (B, D)

  • We travel to the Isle of Skye via the Skye Bridge with a stop in Broadford
  • Visit the Clan Donald center.
  • Leaving Skye via the ferry from Armadale we pay a visit to Mallaig, Arisaig and then Glenfinnan.
  • Arrive back in Spean Bridge .and last dinner in the Highlands at Spean Bridge Hall.

Day 8 – Spean Bridge -St Andrews- Dumferline (B, L)

  • Included hotel breakfast
  • Take a leisurely drive south .Arrive in St Andrews a fascinating city and the home of gold.
  • Lunch at a special location in St Andrews.
  • Arrive Dumferline.hotel for overnight

Day 9

  • Depart Dumferline to Edinburgh Airport(B)

 

TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:

  • International airfare with  Halifax-Edinburgh ( Departure also possible from other Canadian cities)
  • All transfers from/to airports
  • 7 nights’ accommodation
  • 14 meals
  • Local guides for most of the tour...
  • City tour of Edinburgh
  • City Tour of Glasgow
  • Walking tour of St Andrews & Inverness

Exciting day excursions, including entry to

  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Glencoe Interpretive Center
  • Culloden Center
  • Clan Donald Center
  • Gaelic Whisky Tasting
  • Glenfinnan Interpretive Center

PRICE - $4,695.00 per person, based on double occupancy.

Single occupancy pricing available.

Payment Schedule

 

$500.00 deposit per person is required to confirm seat.

$1,250.00 per person due November 5, 2025

Final payment balance is due February 5th 2026

 

All payments when made are totally nonrefundable.

 There are no refunds or credits.

Sandy Travel encourages strongly that you have both cancellation/trip disruption insurance as well as out of province medical insurance in place.

Full Disclosure Pricing – Sandy Travel has to deal with currency fluctuations and other items that can affect the final price. This includes potential supplier surcharges, tax changes imposed by the airline and other considerations. Because of this reality Sandy Travel reserves the right to add a small surcharge of 2-3 % to posted prices. In January 2026, before the amount of final payment for the Scotland tour will be confirmed and clients will be  advise if there is to be a surcharge for the tour.

 

Some General Comments –Scotland tour

Past clients have commented on some of these features of the Sandy Travel Scotland tour.

  • We do not check in and out of multiple hotels. You have first two nights in Edinburgh followed by four nights at same property in the Highlands and then one more night in Dumferline.
  • We do not leave the property until 9am. No 630 or 7am departures except for the last day we return and leave early for our return flight from Edinburgh to Canada
  • Most meals are included.
  • Many attractions are also included in the price.
  • Our final night in the Scottish Highlands will feature some local entertainment and some of my friends from the area will join us for dinner.
  • We generally never travel longer than 75 minutes before we stop for a stretch of your legs and to use the facilities.
  • The emphasis is on have a relaxing tour, meeting new friends on the tour, and receiving information on both historic Scotland and contemporary life in modern Scotland.