Edinburgh Cultural, religious and historic sites Trips

Very busy. Lots of walking and getting on and off the bus. You get a taste for lots of sites but never enough time to really get to know them. I saw them is often all ypu get.

This was an excellent 15-day tour which captured all the best of Ireland and Scotland, its castles, landscapes and history. It is value for money and surpassed my expectations, and some of the hotels and meals offered were top class. Having been on a couple of Insight Vacations tours previously, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this tour. I certainly would opt to go on other Trafalgar Tours and have my sights on Turkey, Spain, Portugal, South Africa and South America. Alas, being retired, I have to stretch my finances and hopefully, can achieve my goals in the next five years. The tour itinerary was remarkable in that it included all the famous sites that a two-week tour can capture. Starting with bustling Dublin and the enthralling Irish music, dance and humor cabaret, we went to Waterford and saw, amongst other products, the crystal replica of the Ashes trophy, the holy grail of cricket, fought over regularly between the Australians and English. Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone story did not disappoint either. The drive around the Ring of Kerry and seeing the spectacular scenery, stopping at Galway, Derry / Londonderry, walking on the slippery stones of the Giant's Causeway, absorbing the history of Ireland, N Ireland and Scotland, a visit to Stirling Castle, Isle of Skye, Loch Ness and finally climaxing with the Edinburgh Military Tatoo. What a blast!!

I was so delighted to share in the experience with 40 other wonderful people. The tour was well planned and the experiences we had were wonderful as well as educational.

We enjoyed our tour very much. The sights were interesting with a nice variety. The accommodations and food were very enjoyable as well. The tour was well organized and we had an excellent tour guide () and an amazing and skilled bus driver (). They worked so well together, by the end of the trip we all felt like one big family.

This was an excellent tour & would highly recommend it. Our bus was new with lots of leg room & overhead storage & toilet. Our driver was confident & helpful getting on & off the bus. He was also very social. Our tour director was excellent & I cannot say enough good things about him. Our our hotels were very good, clean, comfortable & lots of amenities & in a central location. Breakfasts were included & there was always a nice variety of food to chose from. When dinners were included there was always a nice choice. For lunches & dinners when we were on our own, it was nice getting the directors advise. We always received our next days itinerary the night before and we had lots of stops for a bathroom break/ refreshments, etc. When we had a local tour with a local guide, they were always very interesting, plus we usually had a little free time to wander or shop. I feel Insight Tours always looks to see what their travellers may want included.

I thought the trip was very well planned out. There were a couple locations. I wish we had an extra day like in Belfast and in Dublin. I do wish that once the trip transitions from Scotland to Ireland that we would have just started Ireland in Belfast and Did the Ireland root counterclockwise. I think it would’ve given us more time to enjoy the city and broken up a long travel day. I thought the accommodations were good and the provided dinners were acceptable. We went to places and did activities that I never would’ve thought to do on my own and some of those days like the Erin Islands ended up being my most favorite day of the trip.