Castles & Palaces
Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich in the Scottish Highlands

11 tours departing from Scotland

Castle Tours from Scotland

Multi-castle day trips and guided experiences departing from Scotland.

Eilean Donan Castle reflected in the still waters of Loch Duich at dawn
Full Day · 13 hours

Loch Ness, Glencoe & Scottish Highlands Day Trip from Edinburgh

Eilean Donan Castle, the mysterious Loch Ness, and the wild Glencoe valley in one epic day

4.7
(18,856)

From £77

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Edinburgh Castle perched on its volcanic rock above the city at dusk
Half Day · 1.5 hours

Edinburgh Castle: Guided History Tour with Entry Ticket

Scotland's most visited attraction — a thousand years of royal history on an extinct volcano above the city

4.8
(10,369)

From £48.88

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Stirling Castle perched on volcanic rock above the Scottish lowlands
Full Day · 10 hours

Stirling Castle, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs from Edinburgh

Scotland's most important castle and its most beautiful loch in a single Highland day

4.6
(9,200)

From £61

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Bamburgh Castle rising from its basalt crag above the Northumberland coast
Full day (9 hours)

Edinburgh: Holy Island, Bamburgh Castle & Alnwick Day Trip

Three legendary fortresses of the Northumbrian coast — Lindisfarne, Bamburgh and Harry Potter's castle

4.7
(3,820)

From £67

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Dunnottar Castle perched on sea cliffs above the North Sea, Scotland
Full day (12 hours)

Edinburgh: St Andrews, Dunnottar Castle & Falkland Palace Tour

Scotland's most dramatic cliff-top castle, the home of golf, and a royal Stuart palace in one day

4.8
(3,100)

From £76

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Kilchurn Castle ruins reflected in the still waters of Loch Awe in the Scottish Highlands, with misty mountains behind
Full Day · 10.5 hours

Kilchurn Castle, Inveraray & Glencoe: Highlands Day Trip from Glasgow

Loch Awe ruins, a harbour town lunch in Oban, and the most dramatic valley in Scotland — all in one small-group day from Glasgow

4.9
(2,442)

From $68.66

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Doune Castle rising above the River Teith in the Scottish Highlands — Castle Leoch in Outlander
Full Day · 10 hours

Outlander Filming Locations Day Trip from Edinburgh — Doune Castle & Highlands

Castle Leoch, Cranesmuir, and the Scottish Highlands that inspired Diana Gabaldon's world

4.8
(2,640)

From £78

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Kilchurn Castle ruins on its headland at the head of Loch Awe in Argyll, Scotland — viewed from the shore on the Oban circuit tour
Half Day · 3 hours

Oban: Dunstaffnage Castle, Kilchurn Castle & the Coffin Trail

A local Oban circuit past two Highland castles, ancient burial grounds, and Highland cattle — with an optional seafood lunch on the pier

4.9
(27)

From $104.73

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Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside — the Royal Family's Scottish Highland retreat, accessible to visitors from 1 April to approximately 10 August, featured on the Edinburgh Balmoral and Scone Palace Royal Tour
10 Hours

Edinburgh: Balmoral Castle and Scone Palace Royal Tour

Two royal landmarks in one private day from Edinburgh — the ancient coronation site of Scottish kings and the Royal Family's Highland retreat

5.0
(22)

From $756.41

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Palace of Holyroodhouse at the foot of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, with the ruined Holyrood Abbey nave visible to the right and Arthur's Seat behind
5 hours

Palace of Holyroodhouse & the Royal Mile: Royal Edinburgh Walking Tour

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, a guided Royal Mile walk from Victoria Street to White Horse Close, and Edinburgh Castle — all in a 5-hour guided circuit of the Old Town's royal axis

4.4
(5)

From $115.21

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Dunnottar Castle on its sea cliff above the North Sea, Aberdeenshire, Scotland — Day 1 of the Scottish Highlands 4-Day Castle Tour From Edinburgh
4 Days · 3 Nights

Scottish Highlands 4-Day Castle Tour From Edinburgh

Five castles, three nights, and the full sweep of the Highlands — Edinburgh to Aberdeenshire and back on Scotland's classic multi-day castle circuit

4.7
(3)

From $867.11

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