Scotland: the Outlander route
8 days, by car and at your own pace · Departures from Lisbon or Porto
Glen Coe, Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle, Culross and Edinburgh.
For fans of the series who want to walk where it was filmed. The Inverness of 1743 is actually the village of Falkland, and Cranesmuir is Culross, with its 16th to 18th-century stone streets. Along the way: Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood, Hopetoun House and Linlithgow.
Day by day
- Day 1
Arrival in Edinburgh.
- Day 2
Edinburgh and around: Glencorse Old Kirk, Hopetoun House, Blackness Castle and Linlithgow Palace.
- Day 3
Edinburgh to Aviemore, through Perthshire, Falkland and Newtonmore.
- Day 4
Aviemore to Inverness, with Culloden and Clava Cairns.
- Day 5
A loop through Sutherland (Strathpeffer and Beauly), back to Inverness.
- Day 6
Inverness to Fort William, by Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.
- Day 7
Fort William to Glasgow or Edinburgh, via Glen Coe, Loch Lomond, Doune Castle and Culross.
- Day 8
Flight home.
Included
- Return flight
- Hotels in Edinburgh, Aviemore, Inverness and Fort William
- Car hire
- Travel insurance
Not included
- Edinburgh accommodation tax, paid at the hotel
- Tolls
Good to know
- In the UK you drive on the left.
- You need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), requested online before you go.
- To collect the car you need a credit card in the main driver’s name.
- The last night can be in Glasgow or Edinburgh, whichever suits your flight.