Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours
Holy Island · Alnwick · Bamburgh Castle
The winter version of the Northumberland day: Lindisfarne, Alnwick and Bamburgh Castle.
When the days are short, this is a good way to see something different from Edinburgh. It runs from October to March and visits three of the best places on the Northumberland coast. There's Holy Island, where the tide decides when you can cross, the town of Alnwick with its castle and garden, and Bamburgh Castle, high on its rock above a huge sandy beach. It's a small group of up to 16 and back by 6pm. Entry to the castles and the priory is extra, so add the ones you'd like when you book.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8am
A stop
Priory gardens in winter; tide permitting, otherwise St Abbs
A stop
Garden entry optional; Alnwick Castle not visited in winter
A stop
Entry optional
A break
Where it ends
Back at about 6pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
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Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
Run by
Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.
Timberbush Tours answer them, and you book with them directly.
8am to 6pm from Edinburgh, from £54 an adult.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before a day tour, and up to 7 days before a tour of several days, by Timberbush’s own terms.
Booked with Timberbush Tours, or call them on +44 (0)131 226 6066
From Edinburgh9 hoursBack 5.45pm
Anstruther · St Andrews · Falkland · South Queensferry
St Andrews and the fishing villages of the East Neuk, a gentle coastal day from Edinburgh.
About 4½ hours of it on the roadUp to 53 on a coach
From £53 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Edinburgh9½ hoursBack 6.15pm
Holy Island · Alnwick · Flodden Field
Across the border to Holy Island and Alnwick Castle, a day in Northumberland from Edinburgh.
About 5½ hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £58 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Edinburgh9 hoursBack 5.30pm
Rosslyn Chapel · Melrose · Scott's View · Glenkinchie Distillery
Rosslyn Chapel, the Borders abbeys and a whisky distillery, an easy day with little time on the road.
About 3 hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £43 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
