Edinburgh Tattoo & The Forth Road Bridges
Based at PITBAUCHLIE HOUSE HOTEL
DEPARTS TUESDAY 17TH AUGUST
RETURNS FRIDAY 20TH AUGUST
4 Days from £412
Scotland’s cultural & governmental capital, Edinburgh, has much to offer its visitors – The Royal Mile with its street entertainers and Arthur’s Seat are among its famous attractions, while Princes Street offers shopping of the highest standard. The Military Tattoo takes place at Edinburgh Castle and still continues to attract over 100 million viewers worldwide.
New for 2021 our tour will include a sightseeing cruise including Inchcolm Island and Scotland’s Forth Bridges. A wonder of the modern world, the bridges tower side by side over the Firth of Forth and represent the pinnacle of engineering from three centuries.
Our base for the tour is once again the very comfortable PITBAUCHLIE HOUSE HOTEL which lies in 3 acres of landscaped gardens just south of Dunfermline (an approximate 45 minute journey from Edinburgh). Features of the hotel include a restaurant, and 3 lounge/bars, one of which overlooks the gardens. All of the en suite bedrooms have tv, telephone, iron/ ironing board and hospitality tray. Please note the hotel does not have a lift; some ground floor rooms are available but these are on a request basis only.
Brief Itinerary
Tuesday 17th August
Departing Newark early morning, we travel via the scenic Pennines and cross the border the border in to Scotland at Gretna. We then bypass Glasgow and Falkirk so to our base in Dunfermline, and a welcome cup of tea/coffee and scones.
Wednesday 18th August
Midmorning we travel the short distance into Dunfermline, once the capital of Scotland and rich in royal heritage. You may wish to visit the 12th century abbey (final resting place of Robert the Bruce and the burial site of 11 other Scottish Kings and Queens) or the restored 15th century Abbot House and cave in which St Margaret bathed the feet of the poor. We then return to our hotel for an early dinner/high tea before departing for the highlight of the tour – the late evening performance (9pm) of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. We then return, arriving back at our hotel in the early hours of Thursday morning (19th August).
Thursday 19th August
After a leisurely breakfast (and our drivers legal 9 hours rest) we travel to South Queensferry for a spectacular 90 minute sightseeing journey aboard the Maid of The Forth cruising under all three Forth Bridges and down towards Inchcolm Island where you may spot grey seals, porpoises and puffins.
Friday 20th August
Departing our hotel after breakfast we return, so home to Newark for approximately teatime/early evening.
B=Breakfast Included, D=Dinner Included
PRICE £412 per person sharing an en suite twin/double bedded room
SUPPLEMENTS
Single room (en suite) £69.00
Please see page 20 of our brochure for details of optional travel insurance
Pick ups over 10 miles radius of Newark
*Please see inside front cover of brochure for details of early booking discounts and pick up supplements
PRICE INCLUDES
Travel Wright air conditioned executive specification coach throughout including excursions as mentioned in the tour itinerary.
3 nights bed and breakfast accommodation 2 nights dinner and 1 early dinner/ high tea at the Pitbauchlie House Hotel.
Mid priced ticket to Military Tattoo
90 minute sightseeing cruise of the Firth of Forth
NOT INCLUDED
Meals other than stated above or drinks with meals
Admission to other attractions (where applicable) eg Dunfermline Abbey
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
| Name | Address | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
| APU/O | Briar Road, Ollerton | |
| Asda | Asda, Newark Road, North Hykeham | |
| Barbican | Barbican Hotel, Lincoln | |
| Bingham Market Place | Bingham Market Place | |
| Bingham Nottingham Road | Bingham Bus Stop oppo White Lion, Nottingham Road | |
| Gonerby | Recruiting Sergeant, Great Gonerby | |
| Grantham | Grantham Bus Station | |
| Holiday Feeder Averham | Averham Flash Layby | |
| Holiday Feeder Bingham | Bingham Layby | |
| Holiday Feeder Chatsworth | Chatsworth House | |
| Holiday Feeder Gonerby | Gonerby Services | |
| Holiday Feeder Long Benn | Long Bennington | |
| Holiday Feeder Ollerton | Ollerton Bus Lane | |
| Holiday Feeder Tuxford | Tuxford Sun Inn | |
| Ollerton Police Station | Ollerton Police Station | |
| TBA | TBA | |
| TW | Travel Wright Depot, Jessop Close, Newark |
| From Price | Call Back | Telephone | Favourites |
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