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Highlights: *Perth, Loch Tay and Loch Tummel* Suggested
Itineraries Departing from
Edinburgh Highland Lakes and Lochs A journey through the Celtic heartlands in the central Highlands taking in the waterfalls in Birnam forest, Pitlochry, the Queen's View and the splendour of Loch Tay, an area abundant with standing stone circles. Depart Edinburgh and travel north over the Forth Road Bridge. Up the M90, passing Loch Leven where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner and later escaped. Continue past Perth, an ancient capital of Scotland, stopping in the Macbeth Visitor Centre at Bankfoot. Continue north to the Hermitage, set in Shakespeare's Birnam Wood. You can take a walk here, with your driver/guide, along the River Braan , through the forest, and into the folly overlooking the cascading waterfalls. This is a migratory route for salmon, which can often be seen leaping up the falls. The Hermitage is named after Ossian, a Celtic poet. You can even go inside the cave that he lived in. Pitlochry for lunch. You have an hour here to explore the town before continuing north towards Killiecrankie to the Queen's View overlooking Loch Tummel. Lately named after Queen Victoria who was a great lover of the Highlands, although it is believed Isabella, Robert the Bruce's wife first relished the view. We now go over General Wade's old bridge and down to Keltneyburn. We pass Fortingall, home to the Yew, the oldest piece of vegetation in Europe and supposedly Pontius Pilate's birthplace! Past Glen Lyon and along Loch Tay, named after Tatha, the Celtic river Goddess. We travel along the shores of this beautiful loch to Killin to view the falls of the River Dochart. Down through Glen Dochart now with views to the old railway viaduct and the mountains beyond. Passing Loch Earn and Loch Luibnaig, we make a last refreshment stop in Callander, then back to Edinburgh, passing Linlithgow Palace and Stirling Castle on the way. (8 Hours)
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