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Beyond Edinburgh (Half Day Tour)

By Monarch Tours
10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
Price is NZ$1,032 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Discover what is beyond the city walls on your very own half day private tour of the surrounding areas of Edinburgh in our superb Land Rover Discovery. Our flexible routes takes you to the imposing Crichton Castle or Craigmillar Castle, the enchanting Rosslyn Chapel. After seeing some of the sites, we head to Dalkeith Country Park and the Restoration yard for lunch and a bit of shopping.

Based on one of our other tours, this has proven to be a superb option for the traveller that wants to venture out of Edinburgh City centre, to see the sites, possibly do a distillery tour and even be dropped of at some of the great shopping locations Edinburgh has to offer. We have toured antique stores, art galleries, and even a few coffee shops. Jokingly nicknamed the Golf Widows Tours by some of the guests, this offers one of the best ways to do something with a later start and earlier finish than other private driving tours with a price that reflects this (10am Start - 3/4pm drop off).

Activity location

  • Rosslyn Chapel
    • 1 Chapel Loan, Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin
    • EH25 9PT, Roslin, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Dunfermline
    • Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Beyond Edinburgh (Half Day Tour)

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,031.88 x 1 TravellerNZ$1,031.88
Total
Price is NZ$1,031.88

Activity itinerary

Rosslyn Chapel

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Option - Visit the mythical Rosslyn Chapel made famous for its part in the Dan Brown film the Da Vinci Code, with Orcadian roots, connections to the Knights Templar, Aliens, theories of Jesus Christ's head entombed in a secret chamber under the chapel. There are too many reasons to visit this amazing place.

Crichton Castle

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket not included
Option - See the diamond-faceted façade of Crichton Castle, a 14th century tower house. (Not open during the winter, but you can go for a wander around the grounds)

Dalkeith Country Park

  • 1h 30m
Option - Stop off at the Restoration Yard, a converted stables from the 1700's for a spot of shopping and lunch.

Glenkinchie Distillery

  • 1h 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Option - Tope of the day by visiting our local-ish lowland distillery, Glenkinchie. Here you can do a tour around this beautiful distillery and finish up with a sample of what it has to offer.

Location

Activity location

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    Rosslyn Chapel
    • 1 Chapel Loan, Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin
    • EH25 9PT, Roslin, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Dunfermline
    • Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Glasgow
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Falkirk
    • Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    West Lothian
    • West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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    Midlothian
    • Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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