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Day One – Journey north to The Highlands
Enjoy a memorable day on the road through wonderful Highland scenery before arriving at your first romantic getaway.
Your hotel in the Scottish Highlands
Once a Victorian Sporting Lodge, this charming luxury hotel is set amidst 10 beautiful acres of the best ‘Monarch of the Glen’ countryside within the Cairngorm National Park. Surrounded by forests and mountains, you can even glimpse an ancient castle as you stroll through the gardens or dine on the elevated garden terrace. Recently refurbished and updated, the hotel is a wonderful blend of the traditional and modern, and has become an elegant yet informal country house where you immediately feel at home.
Food is an important part of the experience here, with an emphasis on using the best local and seasonal produce.
Day Two – Relax in to your Highland surroundings
Take your time over a sumptuous and leisurely breakfast (in bed, maybe?) before heading out to discover this most enchanting corner of Scotland. The nearby towns of Carrbridge and Grantown on Spey are each steeped in history, activities and scenery, while Aviemore, just 13 miles away, features quirky shopping, lunch- and dinner-spots, as well as a wealth of attractions such as the Cairngorm mountain funicular railway.
Whisky-lovers are spoiled for choice, with some of the world’s most celebrated distilleries on your doorstep, many offering a genuine hands-on experience at their visitor centres.
Day Three – Journey to the Isle of Skye
Scotland features some of the world’s greatest driving routes, and today you’ll experience some of the best as you make the journey to the beautiful Isle of Skye.
Your hotel on the Isle of Skye
Located on the Sleat Peninsula in the south of the island, the owners have worked hard to ensure that guests have a truly enjoyable experience, with welcoming touches at every turn. The good-sized rooms are decorated with a mixture of traditional and modern furnishings.
Dining options include a formal restaurant and a less formal bistro. There is an emphasis on local, seasonal, fresh and tasty produce. Lovely views across the pretty gardens to the loch and the mountains beyond make the most of the hotel’s exceptional location here on the beautiful southern tip of Skye.
Day Four – a romantic cruise off the Isle of Skye with Champagne lunch
This morning, enjoy another fine Scottish breakfast and perhaps a stroll in the extensive gardens, before you’re collected at your hotel in late-morning and transferred to the jetty at Isleornsay.
Here you’ll board a romantic 1940s cabin cruiser and set off on a leisurely cruise off the coast of Skye, taking in some of the most romantic locations around the island, such as the peninsulas of Sleat and Knoydart, and the ‘small isles’ of Eigg, Muck and Rum.
Along the way you’ll be treated to a gourmet Champagne lunch, freshly prepared on-board by your charming hosts. A very special day to remember.
Day Five – Isle of Skye
Often called ‘the world’s favourite island’, Skye features incredible scenery, world-class walking, one of the most famous distilleries, mountains, beaches and fabulous food and drink. The pretty ‘capital’ Portree has shopping, history and a wealth of things to see and do. Or… no-one would blame you for simply taking the day off and relaxing at your luxury hotel.
Day Six – The Trossachs
Take your time along another of the country’s finest touring routes on the way to a unique Trossachs hideaway.
Your hotel in The Trossachs
Framed by magnificent Trossachs scenery, this hotel is a wonderfully romantic retreat is run by a hospitable farming family who have created a gastronomic experience within their welcoming 18th century farmhouse, whose cosy interiors cleverly contrast traditional log fires and antiques with contemporary furnishings and modern works of art.
With magnificent views over Loch Voil and Loch Doine, this is the perfect place to soak up the peace and tranquillity of a sprawling highland estate, where red deer and grouse roam through dramatic walking country and red squirrels scurry across your path before darting back into the undergrowth.
The hotel is well located for great drives throughout the Trossachs as well as along Loch Tay, and around Ben Lawers, Scotland’s tenth highest mountain, and Glen Lyon beyond.
Day Seven – A day to remember in The Trossachs
Breakfast here is one of our favourite culinary experiences, the eggs’ rich orange hue coming courtesy of the chickens roaming the hotel grounds, and the rest of the produce arriving from within a stone’s throw of your table (or bed!).
Today you will enjoy a private wildlife safari by 4X4 into the hills with a champagne picnic. Your journey then continues through stunning Highland scenery. You’ll find superb walking on your doorstep, amidst vast, unspoiled scenery, as well as some of Scotland’s most legendary history.
Later, treat yourself to a romantic dinner at your hotel’s restaurant, one of Scotland’s finest, whose ever-changing menu crackles with the imagination and flair of a chef at the very top of his game.
Day Eight – Return home
Edinburgh and Glasgow are both less than two hours’ drive.
Pricing
£1645 per person for March & October, £1675 per person in April and £1795 per person for May to September.
Prices based on two people sharing a double room for seven nights on a bed & breakfast basis (three of these nights include dinner).
Your holiday also includes a scenic wildlife safari and champagne lunch, the cruise and lunch from Skye, as well as a single ferry crossing from Skye for a car and two adult passengers.
Various hotel and room upgrades are available on this holiday – ask us for a quotation. This combination can easily be tailor-made to suit.
Before your departure, you will receive personalised holiday information including full directions, recommended routes, and suggestions on places to visit depending on your interests and our local knowledge to ensure you get the most from your honeymoon.
All itineraries and room types are presented subject to availability at specific hotels.
