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Tour special offers for December

Tour special offers for December

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Special offers for December Visit Lallybroch Castle ( Midhope Castle ) for just £90 from Edinburgh . Hourly service from Edinburgh between 10 am and 2 pm . Free pickup and dropoff from Edinburgh. Add two more Outlander film locations – Fort William and Wentworth prison –  for a unique tour costing just £150 . Phone 07305-294773 for details and availability of Scotland Tours from Edinburgh . See Jamie Fraser’s ancestral home – Lallybroch . Need a bit more Outlander ? Listen to Jamie as he…

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Lallybroch Castle tours

Lallybroch Castle tours

Outlander Visit Lallybroch , Jamie Fraser’s ancestral home or visit three top Outlander film locations on our unique shore excursions from Edinburgh Lallybroch Castle tours and news from Private tours Edinburgh , +447305-294773 . Looking for Jamie Fraser Outlander tours from Edinburgh ? How about taking a unique shore excursion visiting three key locations in the life of Jamie Fraser –  Lallybroch  ( Midhope Castle ) , Jamie’s ancestral home , Linlithgow Palace ( Wentworth Prison ) and  Blackness Castle ( Fort William ) . We also…

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Drummond Castle Gardens tour

Drummond Castle Gardens tour

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  Drummond Castle Gardens tour   Drummond Castle and Gardens – the grounds, which date back to 1630, are considered “the best example of formal terraced gardens in Scotland”. The castle was used as the Palace of Versailles in an episode of TV drama Outlander. Drummond Castle Gardens, which are protected as a category A listed building — in contrast to the B listed castle — already attract thousands of visitors per year, and are included on the Inventory of…

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Midhope Castle – Outlander’s Lallybroch phone 0800-6190575

Midhope Castle – Outlander’s Lallybroch phone 0800-6190575

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Midhope Castle – Outlander’s Lallybroch Located on the Hopetoun Estate is Midhope Castle ,  the external location for fictional Lallybroch, the family home of character Jamie Fraser. Midhope Castle dates back to the 15th Century and although the exterior is relatively intact the castle is derelict inside and not open to the public . Book your Outlander tours on 07305-294773 . Hopetoun House Hopetoun House was designed by William Bruce and then altered and extended by William Adam, Hopetoun House is one…

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Callendar House , Falkirk gets five star rating

Callendar House , Falkirk gets five star rating

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Callendar House has received a five-star rating from VisitScotland. The 14th century building, set within Callendar Park and opened to the public in 1996 after centuries as a family home with links to Mary Queen of Scots, has achieved the national tourism organisation’s top-quality award. The House dates back to the 14th century. For categories including core experience, catering, hospitality, friendliness, staff efficiency and cleanliness it reached “exceptional” standard following a Quality Assurance visit. Maureen Campbell, Chief Executive of Falkirk…

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Sam Heughan tweets support for Trump baby blimp

Sam Heughan tweets support for Trump baby blimp

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Sam Heughan, the Galloway-born actor and star of one of the most popular historical dramas to be broadcast in recent years Outlander ,  upset some of his many fans by sharing a Scotsman story on the so-called “Trump baby blimp” which was paid for by UK protesters against the US president’s visit this weekend. The giant inflatable was not allowed to fly over Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course when he visited over the weekend. Yet when Mr Heughan, best known for…

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe

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When Harry met Catriona ….. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle mingled with some important Irish figures during their official visit to Dublin, including President Michael Higgins, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar, and even rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll. But the couple got to meet some TV stars too. During a garden party at the British Embassy yesterday, the Duke of Sussex was photographed sharing a laugh with Outlander‘s Caitriona Balfe, who stars as Claire Fraser on Starz’s hit drama. The Irish actress wore a burnt orange short…

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Outlander tour – six film locations

Outlander tour – six film locations

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Our private group tours take up to four people to six Outlander film locations – Linlithgow Palace (Wentworth Prison) Castle Leoch (Doune Castle) Blackness Castle (Fort William) Midhope (Lalllybroch) Hopetoun House and Culross ( Cranesmuir ) Tours start at 9.30 am .  We also offer bespoke private tours with the option of choosing your own itinerary . Tours start from locations in Edinburgh or Glasgow . Normal pickup point is Edinburgh/ Glasgow city centre , your hotel or the airport . Itinerary…

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Shore excursions – tour of five Scottish castles

Shore excursions – tour of five Scottish castles

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Tour of five ancient Scottish castles – shore excursions Edinburgh 1  Midhope Castle – Lallybroch Those seeking a glimpse of the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser won’t find the real Lallybroch deep in the Highlands. Scenes were shot at Midhope Castle on the fringes of the Hopetoun Estate near South Queensferry. Midhope was built in the 15th Century and was built by John Martyne, laird of Medhope. It was rebuilt in the mid 1600s and remains much the same today….

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Tour of four ancient Scottish castles

Tour of four ancient Scottish castles

Four ancient Scottish castles feature in this tour – Drummond Castle and Gardens , Stirling Castle , Doune Castle and Linlithgow Palace 1 Drummond Castle and Gardens Drummond Castle and Gardens – the grounds, which date back to 1630, are considered “the best example of formal terraced gardens in Scotland”. The castle was used as the Palace of Versailles in an episode of TV drama Outlander. Drummond Castle Gardens, which are protected as a category A listed building — in contrast to the B listed…

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