Castillo de Urquhart, Culloden, Clava Cairns, Lago Ness
Descripción
Viaje de vuelta: Le llevaremos de vuelta a su barco alrededor de 1 hora antes de su hora de salida. Casi siempre llegamos de vuelta ANTES que los autobuses del barco. Somos muy eficientes y hemos estado haciendo esto durante 7 años, sirviendo a miles de pasajeros de cruceros cada temporada de verano. Verás Clava Cairns de la fama de Outlander, el campo de batalla de Culloden, el castillo de Urquhart, Inverness, el lago Ness y las famosas vacas de las tierras altas en Beauly. Este tour se realiza generalmente en una minivan de 8 plazas, pero a veces hasta un autobús de 33 plazas que todavía es un autobús pequeño. Nuestro tour se basa en una experiencia de calidad de los comentarios de nuestros clientes en 2019. Somos una nueva empresa que pretende complacer y nuestros guías le ofrecerán conocimientos locales y responderán a todas sus preguntas. Nuestro tour saldrá de 30 minutos a 1.5 horas después de la llegada del barco. Este tour puede ser de 8 plazas a 33 plazas dependiendo del número. Te encantarán nuestros experimentados guías turísticos con sus uniformes morados o su atuendo de tartán y kilt.
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
⸻ Campo de batalla Culloden • Culloden Moor, a las afueras de Inverness, es el lugar de la Batalla de Culloden (16 de abril de 1746), la última batalla campal librada en suelo británico. • Marcó el final del Levantamiento Jacobita de 1745, cuando el Príncipe Carlos Eduardo Estuardo – “Bonnie Prince Charlie” – trató de reclamar el trono para la dinastía de Estuardo exiliado. • El ejército jacobita, formado en gran parte por miembros de clanes de las Highland, se enfrentó a las fuerzas gubernamentales del duque de Cumberland. Esto incluye el tiempo de viaje para llegar desde el puerto de 45 minutos. 30 - 45 minutos en el sitio.
• Los Cairns de Clava son un grupo de cairns funerarios de la Edad del Bronce, de unos 4.000 años de antigüedad, ubicados cerca del Campo de Batalla de Culloden, a las afueras de Inverness. • El sitio incluye tumbas de paso, cairns de anillo, piedras de pie y cairns de bordillo, dispuestos en un patrón circular. • Los fans de la serie de televisión Outlander reconocerán a Clava Cairns como la inspiración para la ficción Craigh na Dun, donde Claire Randall es transportada en el tiempo a través de las piedras en pie. • Mientras que Clava Cairns en sí no tiene una "piedra dividida" mágica como en la serie, el escenario - con su círculo de piedras de pie - se siente muy similar. Incluye 15 minutos de viaje desde la última ubicación.
Llega al centro de la ciudad de Inverness, donde se incluye la entrada a la nueva galería de vistas del castillo de Inverness. Mira justo al otro lado de la ciudad. Visite la estatua de Flora MacDonald fuera del castillo y vea las tiendas y cafeterías en Inverness. Quizás probar una cerveza local en el bar más antiguo de Inverness, The Gellions, que data de 1841. Lamentablemente solo fotos hasta 2024 como vasto está nublado para la renovación completa. Incluye 30 minutos de viaje desde la última ubicación
Viaje junto al lago Ness durante 15 millas, deteniéndose para tomar fotos de Nessie (si tiene mucha suerte).
Pase por el pintoresco pueblo y deténgase cuando visite el centro Nessie y la tienda de ginebra.
Visita las ruinas del castillo de Urquhart, así como el centro de vídeo. Vea un video histórico de 6 minutos con subtítulos en su propio idioma. Pasea por las ruinas o navega por la tienda o cafetería. Incluye conducción en lago ness durante 30 minutos
Vea arrullos y alpacas de la vida real en la granja de Robertson en las afueras de Beauly. Incluye 30 minutos de viaje desde la última ubicación.
Estructura • El viaducto es el viaducto de mampostería más largo de Escocia, con una extensión de 549 metros. • Está hecho de arenisca roja y consta de 29 arcos elegantes, cada uno de unos 50 pies de altura. • El viaducto tiene una curva de barrido, dándole un aspecto muy elegante a través del paisaje.
Deje el pueblo Drumnadrochit y luego regrese al barco por tierra salvaje 1000 pies arriba de la montaña y descienda al pueblo de Beauly, pasando por el antiguo Priorato.
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Qué incluye
Valoraciones de viajeros
Información importante
- Accesible para silla de ruedas
- Los bebés y los niños pequeños pueden ir en un cochecito o en una silla de paseo
- Hay asientos o sillas infantiles disponibles
- Las opciones de transporte son accesibles para sillas de ruedas
- Los viajeros deben tener al menos un nivel de condición física medio
Opiniones(125)
Rabbie is wonderful. An authentic Highlander.
What a lovely description of Rab — “an authentic Highlander” is a compliment we know he’ll appreciate! We’re very fortunate to have guides who bring their own personality and love of the Highlands to our tours. We’ll be sure to pass this on to him.
I can’t say enough good things about Thistle tours. Our guide was so friendly and knowledgeable and customized the tour to our interests. The second half of the day was rainy but it was still great! The rain made for excellent moody castle and Loch Ness photos! So many thanks to our guide June for making this such a memorable day!
We love that you embraced the Highland rain — it really can make Loch Ness and the castles look wonderfully atmospheric! June will be thrilled to know that her friendly approach, knowledge and willingness to tailor the day helped make it so memorable for you. Thank you for choosing Thistle for your Highland adventure.
Great experience at Invergordon, they picked up us at the port just outside the ship, excellent guide tour, Robbie was great, lot of knowledge and very friendly, we really enjoyed, we really recommend this tour.
It’s great to hear that everything went smoothly from meeting you at the port through to your day exploring the Highlands. Robbie/Rab will be very pleased to know that his knowledge and friendly nature made such a good impression. Thank you for choosing to spend your time in Invergordon with us and for recommending the tour to others!
We booked a Thistle Excursion as an alternative to a more expensive Princess Cruise Tour. It well-exceeded our expectations! Though it was rainy, Thistle tour guides were right where they said they would be when we disembarked the ship, and we had no trouble finding them! We were pleasantly surprised to find that our transportation for the day would be a Mercedes van as opposed to a larger coach bus. This made it much more comfortable and easy to hear our tour guides and to get in and out at all of the stops. Speaking of tour guides, Simon was AMAZING! He shared so much knowledge and history of Scotland and the highlands with us. He also had a way with his storytelling that was engaging and never felt like too much or a bore. We learned the whole time we were with him, and I think he went above and beyond to share his country with us. The highlights of the trip for our family were Urquahart Castle and Loch Ness, but we also appreciated Clava Cairns, Culloden, and the Highland Cows. As far as timing, it was definitely a busy day, but we felt like we had enough time at each of the stops. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this tour to anyone!!
What a wonderful review — thank you! We’re especially pleased that choosing a smaller independent excursion over the ship’s larger tour worked so well for your family. Simon has a real gift for bringing Highland history to life without making it feel like a history lesson, and we know he’ll appreciate your comments enormously. It’s also lovely to hear that the smaller Mercedes made the day more comfortable and personal. Thank you for trusting us with your day in port and for recommending us so highly.
Aileen was an absolute joy and an amazing guide. We saw all of the local highlights and had an exceptional day seeing ancient burials, historic battlefields, the loch, the castle and even highland cows. My family said it was the best excursion we have ever done. Aileen made the day perfect and allowed my family to create lifelong memories.
Thank you so much for this wonderful review. We’re delighted Aileen helped make your day so special. Knowing your family described it as the best excursion you’ve ever done means the world to us. We hope those Highland memories stay with you for many years, and we’d love to welcome you back again!
Our day with Danny, exploring the Scottish Highlands was amazing. Danny made our whole experience special. We loved the small group tour. I would highly recommend this experience, Thistle Tours and Danny.
Here’s a friendly, professional reply: Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear you had such an amazing day exploring the Scottish Highlands with Danny. Small group tours really do make for a more personal experience, and we’re so pleased Danny helped make your day extra special. Your recommendation of Thistle Excursions and Danny means a great deal to us. We hope to welcome you back to the Highlands again in the future. Safe travels and thank you for choosing Thistle Excursions!
Very nice day, guide Rab did well, although Scottish for NL is quite difficult to understand.
Thank you so much for your lovely review. We’re delighted you had such a good day with Rab. 😊 We completely understand that the Scottish accent can take a little getting used to! We hope Rab’s enthusiasm and local knowledge still made the tour enjoyable and memorable. We’d love to welcome you back to Scotland again one day. Safe travels!
Wonderful introduction to the Scottish Highlands. The best part was Urquhart Castle overlooking the Loch Ness. Oh, and the brief visit to the Highland Cow farm. We could have spent less time in Inverness, though that could have had something to do with the early timing of our arrival (and therefore too early for lunch). Our guide was very knowledgeable and pleasant - and he got us back to the cruise exactly on time.
Thank you so Much.
I really enjoyed this tour! The journey was beautiful and our guide, Seoris, is from the area and has such an intimate and personal knowledge of Scotland as a whole and every site we visited. He is so informative and engaging and I loved each and every stop along the tour! The pickup and drop off from port could not be more convenient. I would highly recommend this!
Thank you for your kind words.
My wife and I can confirm that this operator’s aggressive and sarcastic responses to their one-star reviews are authentic, since my wife received a similar diatribe with a logical red herring thrown in: “You not being in the queue at the earlier time was not my fault either.” Here’s what happened: our cruise ship, the Norwegian Star, apparently has a reputation among Inverness area tour guides for disembarking at a snail’s pace. Maxine had emailed us the night before to say that the Thistle tour’s departure would be adjusted to between 9:30-10 to accommodate a new face-to-face UK immigration process aboard the ship. Strangely enough, Maxine’s email directed us to meet at “Invergordon Tours,” and so I thought it would make sense to send a WhatsApp message to tell Invergordon Tours that we were on our way and update our progress through the immigration queue. (My wife and I were too flustered by the possibility of missing our tour to coordinate on the name of Thistle.) The gentleman on the other end of that WhatsApp chat was indeed quite helpful, though he had nothing to do with Thistle Tours. He was appalled by how Maxine treated us. Read on: We arrived at 10:05 after a 2.5 hour wait to meet one of the TWO immigration agents apparently necessary to match our faces to our passport pictures for thousands of passengers. Another tour operator (Invergordon Bus Tours; please take them instead!) let us know that Thistle had been there last time he had turned around, but apparently had left without us. Maxine cannot decide whether the tour left at 10:02 or 10:08, but the fact is that the tour had left before we arrived at 10:05 and that one of her tour guides told us that *she was not there.* We immediately booked a tour there at the port with Invergordon Bus Tours then logged on to TripAdvisor to request a refund from Thistle for missing the departure due to circumstances far outside our control. Maxine will not refund our money after several requests. Some losses due to clients’ unforeseen circumstances are certainly par for the course in the tourism industry. Treating customers in the way that she has us and others dissatisfied with Thistle’s services should not be. (Please see attached screenshot of one of her email responses to our request for a refund.)
You were at fault. Everyone else was waiting for you over 40 minutes. We were under pressure to go but we waited until AFTER 10am. Of course you’re upset because you lost money but if us refunded you then I’d lose the money for the seats I kept for you plus the castle entry. Yes it’s par for the course but you were at fault.
