Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours
Glencoe · Fort William · Glenfinnan Viaduct
For anyone who wants to stand under the Glenfinnan Viaduct, with Glencoe on the way there.
This is the day for fans of the Harry Potter films, and for anyone who simply wants to see the West Highlands at their most dramatic. From Edinburgh you head north past Callander to Glencoe for a photo stop among the mountains, then on to Fort William for lunch. The highlight is Glenfinnan, where you have time to walk to the viewpoint over the viaduct and down to the monument on the shore of Loch Shiel. Pitlochry is the stop on the way home. There are two departure times, and either way it's close to a twelve-hour day with a lot of it on the coach, so bring a book for the motorway.
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 7.15am
A break
The busy gateway town on the River Teith where the road enters the Highlands, with a Roman fort, the Crags and the Rob Roy Way.
More about Callander
A photo stop
A deep Highland glen walled in by the Three Sisters and the Aonach Eagach, cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, with a visitor centre off the A82.
More about Glencoe
Lunch
The town under Ben Nevis at the head of Loch Linnhe, where the West Highland Way ends and the Jacobite leaves.
Early lunch
More about Fort William area
A stop
A curve of 21 concrete arches, 380 metres long, carrying the West Highland Line over the River Finnan since 1901.
Photos of the viaduct; Jacobite steam train in summer, not guaranteed
More about Glenfinnan Viaduct and Glenfinnan Monument
A break
A Victorian resort town on the Tummel, grown up after Queen Victoria's visit of 1842 and the railway of 1863, with its theatre, its dam and its salmon ladder.
In peak months the route may run in reverse with a different refreshment stop
More about PitlochryWhere it ends
Back at about 7pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 7.15am. 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.
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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.
7.15am to 7pm from Edinburgh, from £61 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
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Doune Castle · Rest · Inveraray · King's Knot
Loch Lomond, Inveraray and the Argyll hills, a big West Highland loop from Edinburgh.
About 8 hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £57 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Edinburgh or Glasgow2 days
Inveraray · Glencoe · Glenfinnan Viaduct · Commando Memorial
Two days from Edinburgh or Glasgow, with a night in Fort William and Eilean Donan in the morning.
About 13 hours on the road in allUp to 37 on a coach
From £125 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
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Luss · Rest · Inveraray · Culloden Battlefield
Four days that include the Jacobite steam train over the Glenfinnan Viaduct and two nights on Skye.
About 17½ hours on the road in allUp to 16 on a coach
From £329 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
