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55 offer you discount on Grand UK Holidays tours To book, call Grand UK Holidays direct on 01603 886 795 and quote TRA55 for the Travel 55 discounted price This is a selection of Grand UK Holidays' tours, but discount is available on any holidays in Grand UK Holidays' brochures when you book direct with Grand UK and quote the Travel55 TRA55 |
| Deeside
Delights - Scotland Coach Tours - 7 or 8 Days Tour Highlights • Spectacular Highland scenery •Traditional Ceilidh Night •Tranquil Deeside • Grantown-on-Spey • Cairngorms National Park • Braemar (not 7 day tours) • Whisky Country |
Visit a beautiful part
of Scotland, which has been favoured as a retreat by the Royal
Family since the days of Queen Victoria. The River Dee flows
down a green, sylvan valley from the mountains of the Cairngorms
to the sea at the granite city of Aberdeen and has become
a popular tourist area. Our holiday centre of Ballater is
an attractive village with many Royal associations and Balmoral
Castle, the Queen’s Highland home, is only eight miles away. |
| Deeside Delights - Holiday Itinerary |
SUNDAY From local departure points we head towards our overnight stop in the north of England. |
MONDAY Crossing the Scottish border we head for the Highlands, climbing over the Grampian Mountains to reach Royal Deeside and Ballater, where we stay for four nights at the Loirston Hotel. |
TUESDAY At leisure to relax and explore Ballater. Discover the beautifully restored Old Royal Station, where Queen Victoria used to alight from the train on her visits to nearby Balmoral. |
WEDNESDAY A scenic half day excursion, passing the magnificent baronial castle of Balmoral, built for Queen Victoria in 1855, then to the pretty village of Braemar, ringed by mountains and known for its famous Highland Games (not 7 day tours). |
THURSDAY A superb full day tour through the Cairngorms National Park to Strathspey and gracious Grantown-on-Spey, which has elegant Georgian buildings, then through the heart of Whisky Country, dotted with famous distilleries, to return to Ballater. |
FRIDAY A full day scenic delight as we explore along the rivers of the Dee and Don, with visits to Alford, a pleasant market town with a host of walks and castle trails, Banchory famous for its leaping salmon and Aboyne, set beside the Dee. |
SATURDAY Heading south we skirt Edinburgh and make our way across the border into England for our final overnight stay. |
SUNDAY Our scenic touring holiday draws to a close with the journey homeward. |
| Loirston Hotel | |
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THIS RATHER INTIMATE hotel is located by
the green in the attractive village of Ballater in the heart
of Royal Deeside. Here you’ll find a welcoming log fire in
the lounge, a wood panelled entrance foyer, restaurant and
lounge bar. All the bedrooms feature private facilities, television
and tea and coffee making facilities. • Full breakfast and three course evening dinner plus tea or coffee • Two nights entertainment - including a traditional Ceilidh Night • No lift, ground and first floor bedrooms available |
| Deeside Delights - 2009 Tour Code BAL | |||
| Grand UK Brochure Price in Black Travel 55 Discount Price in Red |
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7 Days Half
Board |
8 Days Half
Board |
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March 29 |
£299 £279 |
May
17 |
£389 £362 |
April
19 |
£309 £288 |
June
28 |
£419 £390 |
October
25 |
£319 £297 |
July
26 |
£419 £390 |
August
23 |
£419 £390 |
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*7
day tours depart on Sunday and return on Saturday with the
free day on Wednesday. |
September
20 |
£419 £390 |
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| Reserved Coach Seats | |
| YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY to choose the coach seat of your choice
which is yours from the moment you join your tour coach. Seat
numbers are not allocated on regional transfer services. In
most cases on coaches equipped with a rear mounted WC, seats
23 and 24 move to the driver’s side of the vehicle, whilst
seats 45 and 46 move one seat forward of the rear seat. |
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| Please note
that SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED ON COACHES. Passengers who do
smoke will have ample opportunity to do so at the comfort
stops en route. |
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| Joining Points | |
| On most of our coach holidays you can choose from more than 350 (200 for departure code C tours) convenient local joining points across Southern England, East Anglia and the South West, the Midlands, London and the Home Counties. |