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Tours from Glasgow · Run by Timberbush Tours
Loch Lomond · Callander · Stirling Castle
Loch Lomond, the Trossachs and Stirling Castle from Glasgow, just your group.
A relaxed private day close to Glasgow, good for a family with younger children or anyone who doesn't want long hours on the road. You cross the Campsie Fells to Loch Lomond, stopping at Balloch or Luss, with the option of a cruise, then drive through the Trossachs to Callander for lunch. The afternoon is at Stirling Castle, high on its rock above the town. You're back in Glasgow at about 5.15pm. The price is for the whole vehicle.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Leaves at 9am
Seen from the coach
A stop
Britain's largest inland stretch of water, with more than thirty islands and the Highland Boundary Fault across its middle.
1-hour cruise optional
More about Loch Lomond (Balloch or Luss)Seen from the coach
Lunch
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 stop
The great royal castle on its crag above Stirling, where Mary, Queen of Scots was crowned, with the Great Hall and the Royal Palace.
Entry optional
More about Stirling CastleWhere it ends
Back at about 5.15pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Your hotel, or any address in the city centre
Leaves at 9am.
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.
9am to 5.15pm from Glasgow, from £960 a vehicle.
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 Glasgow11½ hoursBack 7.30pm
Glencoe · Fort William · Fort Augustus
Loch Lomond, Glencoe and Loch Ness in a day from Glasgow, an hour shorter than the same day from Edinburgh.
About 9 hours of it on the roadUp to 53 on a coach
From £67 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
From Edinburgh or Glasgow2 days
Glencoe · Fort William · Commando Memorial · Blair Athol Distillery
Two days from Edinburgh or Glasgow: Glencoe and Loch Ness, then Culloden and the Cairngorms.
About 11 hours on the road in allUp to 37 on a coach
From £125 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
