Edinburgh Day Tour with Historical Explorations

Traveling in our spacious executive cars ensures a comfortable and luxurious journey for you and your group. Our vehicles are designed with your comfort in mind, featuring up to 8 passenger seats. The driver will stop at all destinations for the group to explore and will provide local facts and history. All tours are customizable.
Entry fees are not included, however these are not mandatory. You will still be able to explore the grounds, and take photos if you don't wish to enter all locations.

Not included:

• Entry to Blackness Castle (8 GBP/person)
• Entry to Dunfermline Abbey (10 GBP/person)
• Entry to Linlithgow Palace (10 GBP/per person)
• Entry to Falkirk Wheel (14.50 GBP/per person)
• Entry to Stirling Castle (14.50 GBP/per person)
• Entry to Wallace Monument (11.50 GBP/per person)

What to expect:

Duration: between 8 hours and 10 hours

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Our driver will pickup at the Edinburgh location of your choice and we will start our journey here.

10 minutes

Blackness Castle

Blackness, Linlithgow, EH49 7NH

First we'll visit Blackness Castle, a formidable fortress know as "the ship that never sailed". Admire its unique shape, explore the ramparts, and relish the breath-taking views.
Travel time is 45 minutes to get here and we'll spend up to 45 minutes minutes with time to enter the castle if you wish, which costs £8pp

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Linlithgow Palace

9 Kirkgate, Linlithgow, EH49 7AL

The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Kelpies & The Helix

Visitor Centre, Falkirk, FK2 7ZT

The Kelpies are 100ft tall horse-head sculptures. Built 2013 between Falkirk and Grangemouth.
The origins of the kelpie are believed to be rooted in human sacrifices to the water gods however this concept eventually died out and the story of the kelpie was then used to keep children from playing too near the lochs and dangerous rivers

30 minutes

Falkirk Wheel

Lime Road, , Falkirk, FK1 4RS

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Stirling Castle

Castle Wynd, Stirling, FK8 1EJ

located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland. The castle sits atop an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation. It is surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, giving it a strong defensive position. Its strategic location, guarding what was, until the 1890s, the farthest downstream crossing of the River Forth, has made it an important fortification in the region from the earliest times.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

National Wallace Monument

Hillfoots Road, Abbey Craig, Stirling, FK9 5LF

The National Wallace Monument is a 67 metre tower on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th- and 14th-century Scottish hero

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Dunfermline Abbey and Palace

St. Margaret Street, , Dunfermline, KY12 7PE

We'll venture over into the Kingdom of Fife, and our next stop is Dunfermline Abbey. An ancient abbey with royal connections. Discover the abbey's rich history, stroll amidst the ruins, and appreciate the intricate stonework. Travel time to this destination is 30 minutes and we will spend up to an hour here.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Queensferry Crossing

South Queensferry, EH30 9ST

On the return to Edinburgh we'll stop by the Queensferry Crossing to see the 3 bridges.
Rail Bridge was the first of the 3 bridges, built in 1890.
Forth Road Bridge built in 1964 and was the fourth longest in the world at the time.
Queensferry Crossing built in 2017 at 1.7 miles. It’s the longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge in the world

15 minutes

Edinburgh

Edinburgh

To complete the tour our driver will drop you back off at your Edinburgh drop of location.
We will drive back to Edinburgh for your drop off which is a 1 hour drive back over the queensferry crossing

10 minutes