🏨 Blackness & Stirling Castle, Wallace Monument Private Day Tour from Edinburgh Activity

Blackness & Stirling Castle, Wallace Monument Private Day Tour from Edinburgh

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From $619.40

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Pricing Info:

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

- In one day you will visit four most popular historic sites in Scotland
- Stop for photos at the Forth Bridge (Queensferry)
- Enjoy free time at all 4 locations
- See sights such as Blackness Castle, Stirling Castle, Wallace Monument

• Full-day small group tour from Edinburgh
• Enjoy privileged, personalized attention from your driver/guide on this small group tour (no one apart from you and your family members, friends will attend this tour)
• Kids friendly (5+ age)
• You have more free time for sightseeing compared to similar bus tours
• Small group tour with a maximum of 6 passengers
• Enjoy privileged, personalized attention from your driver/guide on this small group tour
• Tour can be customised
• Please note that tours stops and timings are flexible and for reference purposes only

What's Included

Driver as a guide

What's Not Included

Admission fees

Food and drinks, unless specified

Gratuities

Traveler Information

TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Service animals allowed
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

South Queensferry

Will make 2 stops.

First stop in Queensferry under the bridges (10 min) and another at the Forth Bridges Viewpoint (10 min)

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Blackness Castle

• Blackness Castle stood in for Fort William in series one of TV show Outlander.
• Take in the castle’s stunning location on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth
• Learn about the Crichtons – for whom Blackness was built – one of Scotland’s most powerful families
• Stand in awe of the formidable fortress – this was not only a noble residence but also a stronghold built for war
• Climb the towers and curtain wall for sweeping views of the Firth of Forth and its rail and road bridges

(admission not included in tour price)

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Stirling Castle

• Stirling is one of Scotland’s greatest stone castles – an icon integral to how we understand the nation’s story. The castle peaked in importance in the 1500s, but its volcanic crag has been fortified since ancient times.
• Generations of Scottish monarchs have enlarged, adapted and embellished Stirling Castle. Explore its three main enclosures, and then admire the refurbished Royal Palace – childhood home of Mary Queen of Scots. The palace’s lavish design drew on European Renaissance fashions to show off James V’s power and good taste.
• Historic Scotland has recreated the palace interiors as they may have looked when the Scottish king’s grand scheme was complete. Costumed characters mingle with visitors, bringing the royal Stewart Court to life.
• Stand in the Great Hall, the largest medieval banqueting hall ever built in Scotland
• Admire the original ornate façades and the recently recreated sumptuous interiors of the Royal Palace
• Step into the Chapel Royal, elaborately redecorated for the coronation visit of Charles I in 1633
• Visit the Stirling Heads Gallery to see the original oak carvings, then marvel at their painstakingly detailed replicas
• View the tapestries in the Queen’s Lodgings, replicas of a medieval set held in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Enjoy majestic views of the King’s Knot and Royal Park, which were once royal properties associated with the castle
• Imagine the great battles that took place around the castle as you look towards the southern Highlands and the Ochil Hills

(admission not included in the tour price)

1 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

National Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument is one of Scotland’s most celebrated landmarks. The stunning 67 metre tower is instantly recognisable, and attracts more than 100,000 visitors every year.

The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, a hilltop overlooking Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish hero

The tower stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley.

A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms.[5] Inside is also a Hall of Heroes, a series of busts of famous Scots, effectively a small national Hall of Fame.

(admission not included in tour price)

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

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