Country Roads of Scotland - Premium

It was a complete pleasure. Well organized, professionally executed by friendly, knowledgeable staff. *personal info removed by Feefo*couldn’t have been better. Big kudos to them. I heartily recommend them and the itinerary.

Despite discussions with travel agent, this novice traveler (& wife) was ill-prepared to "drink from the firehose" of activity within the short period of time this trip provided. To our initial surprise the assigned travel director was not a native to the area. This was quickly overcome as we were quickly made aware of his experience and knowledge which made up for the deficit. The trip offered a range of relatively significant cultural and historical perspectives providing "a little about a lot, not a lot about a little" to this traveler. For this reason, a cautionary travel note is warranted. The relative size of the country is insignificant compared to the socio-cultural impact it has experienced and has provided to the rest of the world throughout the ages i.e. French, English, Spanish, Nordic, etc. The lodging and food experience while culturally-appropriate, was wide ranging in quality providing recollections of the collegiate dormitory experience. Some of the amenities (or lack thereof) are questionable, or may just be one of unexpected cultural differences. Time allotted to site visits appeared to be inadequate for the amount of information available to review and the land area to cover (walk over). Overall, this trip provided a good cultural experience generating some potential consideration for a re-visit to this country - perhaps in a different format. Unfortunately, while our travel director was receptive to our initial request and researched accommodations for us to visit the castle of my ancestors, much to our chagrin, the schedule and our fatigue did not allow for this to become reality.

Beautiful country with amazing tour director & bus driver. Some hotels were challenging due to no lifts and lots of stairs to climb & tubs too high to climb into. Not suitable for people with mobility issues. Food & hospitality at local venues were amazing.

Scenery was beautiful. Our driver; Arthur was fantastic. Some of the housing was dated and rustic. Some of the dinner meals were less than satisfying and small portions. Felt rushed for many of the breakfast and lunch where we would only have 30 minutes for a group of 40 people. Would have liked to spend more time in some of the towns and areas we visited, but this option was not made available to our group. Should consider adding an additional day or two days to the trip.

The trip from start to finish was amazing. Hotels were great the food was good. My only thing was bus ride was longer than I had realized. Because of that it was very rushed along the way in our stops. Some stops were only 10min,20min. The pace was to fast for me. Would have loved to stop at more castle tours on the way.