Beyond The Standing Stones
This incredible tour is meant for you if you want to be fully immersed into the Highland and Island culture for the majority of your time with us in Scotland.
Over the course of the time we have the pleasure of spending with you each of your senses will be entertained – you’ll see the landscapes that inspired ancient legends and historic tales, you’ll taste traditional Scottish cuisine such as haggis, cranachan, and whisky inspired dishes, you’ll touch buildings and stones built by people who lived hundreds and even thousands of years ago, you’ll smell the intoxicating scent of fresh highland and sea-scented air, and, lastly, you’ll hear the sounds of traditional Scottish folk music inspiring you to dance throughout our journey together.
On this tour we’ll go to the far north of our beloved country to see impressive white sand beaches with turquoise water, majestic glens and mountains, ride ferries across legendary waterways, dance traditional ceilidhs, step back in time to explore historic villages, heritage sites, and of course some of the mystical standing stones and circles of Orkney. If it was the stones in Outlander that first caught your eye, our Outlander tour visits Clava Cairns near Inverness, often linked with Craigh na Dun.
One of the highlights of this tour is a visit to the UNESCO site of Skara Brae, where you can understand the prehistoric life of our Scottish ancestors from over 5,000 years ago! Come along with us to experience some of the hidden gems our beautiful country has to offer on a magical, musical tour we hope that you’ll never forget.
Tour Information
Here’s what to expect from our Beyond The Standing Stones tour, including a cost breakdown and example itinerary. If you would like more information about this tour, please feel free to get in touch. Prefer your own dates? We also plan tailor-made private tours around the places you most want to see.
2026 Rates
- £3,700 per person for double occupancy
- £4,200 per person for single occupancy
2027 Rates
- £3,850 per person for double occupancy
- £4,350 per person for single occupancy
- 12 day tour
- 11 nights of accommodation
- Luxury mini coach and driver guide Â
- Breakfasts every morning
- Three group meals
- Ferries during the tour
- Entrance fees to all activities, events, sites and landmarks during the tour
- Live music sessions
- Group transport to the airport on your last day – your Departure Day
- Flights
- Transport from the airport upon arrival
- Lunches and all non-group dinners
*Please note the sites & activities listed are not exhaustive. Each tour is unique and is dependent on many variables. Finalised itineraries will be sent to you prior to departure
Day 1 – Journey North
- Loch Lomond
- Glencoe
- Glenshiel
Day 2 – Isle of Skye
- Misty Isle boat trip
- Broadford
Day 3 – Isle of Harris
- Check out
- Uig ferry
- Scenic walks along white sand beaches
Day 4 – Isle of Lewis
- Butt of Lewis
- Gearranan Blackhouse
- Dun Carloway Broch
- Callanish Standing Stones
Day 5 – Journey to Inverness
- Ullapool
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Beauly Priory
- Village of Beauly
Day 6 – Inverness
- Free day to explore on your own!
Day 7 – Journey to Orkney
- Orkney ferry
- Italian chapel
- Churchill barriers
- Kirkwall
Day 8 –Â Orkney
- Standing Stones of Stennes
- Ring of Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Cliffs of Yesnaby
Day 9 – Orkney
- Maes How Burial Chamber
- Orkneyigna Saga Centre
- Stromness
- Wideford Hill
Day 10 – Journey South
- Dunrobin Castle
Day 11 – Journey to Stirling
- Aviemore
- Dunkeld
- Farewell Concert & BBQ
Day 12 – Journey Home
- Group transport back to Glasgow International Airport
- Jason Wilber: April 22nd – May 3rd (SOLD OUT!)
- Patrice Pike: May 15th – 26th
- Mouths of Babes: May 29th – June 9th (ONLY 2 SEATS LEFT!)
- Katie Dahl: July 3rd – 14th
- Sean Heely: May 5th – 16th
- Mouths of Babes: June 2nd – 13th
- Tim Grimm: June 9th – 20th (SOLD OUT)
- Julie Wolf & Kris Delmhorst: June 30th – July 11th
- The Rough & Tumble: August 4th – 15th
- Dave Nachmanoff & Mike Lindauer: September 1st – 12th (SOLD OUT)
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