Christmas in Inverness and the Scottish Highlands

Christmas in Inverness and Scottish Highlands

Christmas is a truly special time of year, whether you want to spend it with family, relax in your own company, or meet new people and new friends. Join us for a mulled wine and mince pie on arrival, Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, festive cream tea each day, and a small gift from Santa! Celebrate this magical time of year in Strathpeffer, a delightful Victorian spa town in the Scottish Highlands.

Your Tour Includes

• 4 nights hotel with Scottish breakfast

• 4 evening meals

• Mulled wine and a mince pie on arrival

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• Traditional Christmas Lunch with all the trimmings

• A visit from Santa

• Festive cream tea on two days

• Two nights live entertainment

• Local joining points

• Porterage at the hotel

• Christmas Itinerary

Day 1

Local departure by coach or home connect service, then on to Strathpeffer and our hotel for four nights. We enjoy a mulled wine with a mince pie on arrival to get us into the Christmas spirit.

Included Meals

• Dinner

Day 2Christmas Eve in Inverness

Today we explore the ‘capital of the Highlands’, Inverness. Discover this city at your leisure, perhaps choosing to visit Inverness Castle, a stately riverside fortress built in 1836, or Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to the Scottish patron saint, St Andrew. There is also Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and the Botanic Gardens. Why not browse the quaint shops in the Victorian Market, or stand on the unusual Greig Street Bridge which stands over the River Ness that flows into the famous Loch.

Included Meals

• Breakfast

• Dinner

Included Highlights

• Inverness

Inverness

Day 3Christmas Day at leisure

Merry Christmas! Relax in Strathpeffer, open some presents, tuck into a traditional turkey dinner, and enjoy the festive atmosphere in the hotel with your fellow travellers.

Included Meals

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Dinner

Day 4Boxing Day in the Black Isle

This morning we enjoy a scenic drive around the Black Isle – not actually an island! It is in fact a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by expanses of water, with the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south, and the Moray Firth to the east. Charming towns and villages dot this ‘isle’, with fine Georgian houses and quaint fishermen’s cottage. The region is famous for its pod of resident bottlenose dolphins which can often be seen at Chanonry Point. We return to the hotel for a festive cream tea.

Included Meals

• Breakfast

• Dinner

Included Highlights

• Black Isle

Black Isle

Day 5

We depart the hotel this morning, filled with magical Christmas memories, and return home.

Included Meals

• Breakfast

Accommodation

You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Highland Hotel in Strathpeffer.