Travel Booking
As part of your tailor made tour, Scottish Highland Trails can advise on: rail travel including steam railway travel ferry travel tickets for events, e.g. theatre, concerts, Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo whisky tastings outdoor activities e.g. fishing, cycling, horse riding special dinners and evening entertainment...
Our Team
Scottish Highland Trails is a family run business specialising in tailor made tours of Scotland, established over 20 years ago. Jill McKean runs the business, and is passionate about all things Scottish! Jill is a professionally accredited tourist guide for Scotland, holder of the prestigious...
Loch Lomond
“You’ll tak the high road, and I’ll tak the low road And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye For me and my true love, will never meet again On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond” Loch Lomond, half an hour’s drive north of Glasgow,...
The Fishing Villages of the East Neuk of Fife
The eastern part of the Fife peninsula is known as the East Neuk; neuk being the old Scots word for a corner. This is a quiet, peaceful area, with farmland and pretty fishing villages dotted along the North Sea coast. Fishing was once the mainstay...
Inveraray, Argyll
The small town of Inveraray on the shores of Loch Fyne has been the seat of the Clan Campbell for centuries. Land was granted to the clan chief by King Robert the Bruce as a reward for the clan’s support at the Battle of Bannockburn...
Edinburgh
Capital of Scotland, UNESCO City of Literature, UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world’s biggest arts festival and the Royal Military Tattoo…there is so much to see and do in Edinburgh! Edinburgh Castle: icon of Scotland, no visit to Edinburgh is complete without a...
Glasgow
Glasgow, in the west of Scotland, is a fascinating city to visit. It is a bustling modern city which nonetheless celebrates its industrial heritage as the “Second City of Empire” during the 19th century. Here you will find great shopping, vibrant bars and restaurants, as...
Stirling
“He who holds Stirling, holds Scotland” The city of Stirling’s strategic position in the heart of Scotland has contributed enormously to its prominence in the history of Scotland over the centuries. Located at the lowest bridging point of the River Forth, Stirling was major focal...
The Isle of Harris
Harris is actually part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides which lies 24 miles off the north west coast of Scotland. Lewis and Harris are frequently referred to as two separate islands, but they are in fact all part of...
Scottish Highland Trails is at Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles, Skye.
I was surprised to read this in the news this morning - the Clan Donald Lands Trust has decided to put its estate on the Isle of Skye up for sale. The 20,000 acre estate includes Armadale Castle and the historic lands of the Clan MacDonald of Sleat. The Trust
Scottish Highland Trails
As some of you might know I volunteer with the amazing Protests & Suffragettes and we are helping with a student led campaign to name a new high school in Fife, Scotland after inspirational working class activist and Suffragette Janet McCallum 🙌 Everyone is eligible to vote so if you
