Adrianna + Dan
A Celtic Elopement
The Trip of a Lifetime
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Day 1 - Welcome to the Edinburgh!
✈️ Fly to Edinburgh and take a taxi into town!
🏨 Stay: 28 North Bridge or The Scotsman
🌟 Highlights:
• Milkman for coffee & treats 🍵
• Wander Victoria St. (Inspired Diagon Alley!)
• Greyfriars Kirkyard
• Wander Grassmarket & Shop
• Royal Mile + Castle Wander (Optional is the Castle tickets themselves!)
• Em’s Kitchen for Breakfast, Mary’s Milkbar for Ice Cream!
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Day 2 - Auld Reekie!
🌟 Highlights:
• Dean Village & Water of Leith Walk
• Wander Circus Lane
• Stockbridge Area & Lannan Bakery!
• For amazing views: Calton Hill OR Arthur’s Seat if you’re up for a hike!
• Holyrood Palace Tour (if you’re feeling like seeing how fancy people live)
• National Museum of Scotland if it’s raining. Perfect way to spend a few hours! (Don’t miss the rooftop!)
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Day 3 - An East Neuk Adventure
🚗 Drive to St. Andrews (≈ 1.5 hours)
🏨 Stay: No. 1 Apts on South Street
🌟 Highlights:
• Dune Bakery in South Queensferry while looking at Forth Bridge!
• Stop in all the tiny towns: Saint Monans, Crail, and scour the beaches for sea glass!
• St. Andrews Cathedral
• Wander the Old Course where golf was born
• Wander University of St. Andrews
• West Sands Beach (Sea Glass!)
• Wander University of St. Andrews
• Fisher & Donaldson Bakery
• Romantic dinner @ Forgans!
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Day 4 - Feelin' Horny?
🚗 Drive to Aviemore (≈ 3 hours)
🏨 Stay: Sweeney Aviemore
🌟 Highlights:
• The Hermitage! This place is magical, just walk through the beautiful trees to Ossian’s Hall (20min each way)
• House of Bruar for lunch and the fanciest grocery store known to human kind.
• Cairngorm Reindeer Herd! Book ahead!
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Day 5 - Battlefields & Mythical Monsters
🚗 Drive to Drumnadrochit (≈ 1.5 hours)
🏨 Stay:Loch Ness Inn
🌟 Highlights:
• Culloden Battlefield for somber remembrance
• A lunch & wander through Inverness, gateway to the NC500
• Urquhart Castle (inspiration for the castle in BRAVE!)
• Keep your eyes peeled for Nessie!
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Day 6 - Over the sea to Skye!
🚗 Drive to Isle of Skye! ( ≈ 2.5 hours)
🏨 Stay: Sligachan Hotel or Marmalade or Airbnb
🌟 Highlights:
• Eilean Donan Castle: STUNNING, and say hi to our dear friend Sarah! (We’ll tell her you’re coming!)
• Lean To coffee for tea & a treat
• Slow wander through Portree. Check out the Lump!
• Òr Shop!
• Mackenzie’s Bakery
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Day 7 - Land of Giants & Legend
🚗 A Slow Drive around the Island!
🌟 Highlights:
• Old Man of Storr
• The Quiraing
• Dinosaur footprints at An Corran Beach
• Fairy Glen wander
• Visit the Fairy Pools
• See the stunning Talisker Bay & have a dram at the Talisker Distillery!
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Day 8 - A Handfasting for Forever
🌟 Highlights:
• Soak up the most meaningful, intimate, stunning ceremony of your love.
• Celebratory dinner & dessert @ Scorry Breac for fancy or Dulse & Brose
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Day 9 - Harry Potter + A Trek Towards Home
🚗 Drive to Fort William (≈ 2.4 hours)
🏨 Stay: The Garrison
🌟 Highlights:
• Choose Your Own Adventure: Ferry OR Road!
• Glenfinnan Viaduct (Harry Potter train!)
• Admire Loch Shiel (The Black Lake, home of Hogwarts!)
• St. Finnan’s Church just up the hill
• Wander the High Street of Fort William
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Day 10 - The Most Beautiful Drive Home on Earth
🚗 Drive to Edinburgh (Or Stirling) (≈ 3 hours)
🏨 Stay: Hampton Airport Hotel (if early flight) or Victoria Square or Allen Park
🌟 Highlights:
• Glencoe Visitors Center + Thatched Roof Hut!
• Three Sisters Viewpoint for a photo and a stretch
• Kingshouse for a tea break + wild deer in the parking lot!
• Mhor Bread for a treat (Home of the amazing pie!)
• Stirling Castle. Worth every penny to see.
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Day 11 - Homeward Bound
✈️ Fly home! Take time to rest & reminisce about your incredible trip! 🏴
Sláinte & Safe Travels!