3-Day Rail Trip to Edinburgh, Loch Ness and the Highlands from London

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Location: London, United Kingdom

Duration: 3 days (approx.)

Tour Code: 3858EE091

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10 reviews of 3-Day Rail Trip to Edinburgh, Loch Ness and the Highlands from London

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Reviewed by Benjamin T, March 2013

Great Trip ! ! !
We stayed at the Missoni Hotel right near the castle, close to everything.
I wouldn't recommend coach, pay the extra for first class.
Amazing city cannot wait to go back.

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Reviewed by Mark D, June 2012

This tour was great. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and the Scottish Highlands are magnificent. It was also fun taking a ferry ride on Loch Ness, although unfortunately I wasn't able to spot the monster!

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Reviewed by Charles H, June 2012

Amazing experience, hotel outstanding and guide (Emma) and driver (Keith) were exceptional.

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Reviewed by Charles H, June 2012

Amazing experience, hotel outstanding and guide (Emma) and driver (Keith) were exceptional.

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Reviewed by Tom W, USA, August 2010

The tour guide was great on the trip to Loch Ness. Edinburgh was very nice. The hotel was good with typical smaller european room sizes. Overall all a very worth while trip. The boat trip on Loch Ness is a must or you won't see much of the loch.

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Reviewed by Anonymous, December 2009

Great tour, especially if you're looking to cover a reasonably large amount of ground in Scotland, on not much time. Thought the pace was very good, and really some of the scenery is simply breathtaking.

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Reviewed by Paul A, USA, December 2009

Only problem was we got to the train station and they only had tickets for one out of four in our party. This was corrected and we left about an hour later than originally planned. Highland Tour was excellent!!Great accommodations in Edinburgh in perfect location!

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Reviewed by Robyn A, Australia, April 2009

Culturally enlightening. Would definitely recommend. The trip to Loch Ness was fantastic, absolutely magic scenery.

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Reviewed by Stella S, May 2011

The tour package was done very badly.
First, the organiser was late to meet us at King's cross station. She only arrive at 640am when the train was to depart at 7am. For first timer like me, it causes unnecessary worries that we are unable to get proper briefing from the organiser.

Furthermore the hotel allocated was so horrible.
The Royal British Hotel is not only old.
The room is very very dirty with many dust gathering in all parts of the room.
The floor squeaks no matter how quietly you try to walk.
We have to find ourselves another hotel on our own expense so that we can sleep for the night.

Luckily the second day tour by the highlands tour is a good one.
I strongly recommend to do a free and easy tour on your own bypassing this package altogether.

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Reviewed by Anonymous, September 2008

While Edinburgh was beautiful and worth seeing, the tour was packed with screwups and disappointments. The Royal British Hotel, supposedly a 3 star B&B, was absolutely disgusting. I felt like my room was a scene from a scary horror movie. The bed linens looked worn and moldy. The staff was very unfriendly. The train experience going there was fine, but on the way back to London, the train company failed to put an entire coach on the train. We were part of 50 people without a seat or place to put our luggage. Arguments amongst the passengers ensued, NO APOLOGIES OR HELP from the train staff. Lastly, the day trip to Loch Ness and the Highlands. The bus driver was extremely unfriendly, and even yelled at a family of Asian tourists in front of the whole bus that he was tired of them and that they were no longer allowed to ask questions. I figured out that they just didn't understand if they were on the right bus. When we got closer to the highlands, a truck turned over in front of our bus, now blocking the entire two-lane road. We had to turn around and go the other way, now 2.5 hours behind. We got to Loch Ness finally, which was nice. However, the entire time, the driver would say things to the entire group like 'if you are not here in exactly 10 minutes, I will leave without you.' I did not appreciate his arrogance or attitude. In the end we missed out on many stops in the highlands as mentioned in the tour. Loch Ness is worth seeing but this bus company was very unprofessional.

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