A Scottish Journey

Dreary and at times boring.
Unfortunately weather not conducive to touring.

Did not enjoy this trip/ tour al all. Only one star but really should be no star

Good value for the money spent

Have already just done so but your site seems not to like it

Excellent Guide and Driver

Wanted to see Scotland and travel thru places that my Scottish ancestors lived in or near.

As above,the whole package was good.

Value for money both tour and accommodation.

Although the scenery was spectacular, the tour leader's lack of knowledge about Scotland and some accommodation caused us to feel bitterly disappointed with this tour.

Excellent tour guide and driver hotels not as expected

This was a very interesting tour, Scotland has such a wonderful diversity of scenery. If there were a fault, maybe more personalised one off tours could be organised like the private tour of Duart castle. It would have Been nice to have seen a piper, for instance after all its what you think of Scotland

Isle of Skye and Isle of Mull, were fabulous. Scenery throughout spectacular.

Good value for money
Accommodation and meals

We enjoyed getting to see everything in Scotland, The Isle Of Skye, The Isle of Mull, and the Isle of Iona. The accommodations were great and the food delicious!! Our guide ,Gordon, was very good, being a Scotsman himself. He certainly knew his country.

As I had booked 2 tours following each other I think one free night at the beginning or at the end of either tour should have been offered ...I feel that the "early bird " customer discount was not enough...considering the price .
Other than that point I have no complaints

Lovely places to visit, places we stayed were lovely.

The only negative was a couple of the Hotels being very tired.
Extremely poor lighting in some rooms .
Other Hotels on the other hand were excellent.

Excellent value for money

Loved all the places we travelled to, most of the hotels were good. A nice number of passengers and all got on well. The driver and tour guide were wonderful

The guiding was comprehensive, informative and flexible. We learnt a lot about the ecology, history and people of Scotland.

The bus was comfortable and clean. We really enjoyed all the different styles of hotels we stayed in and the food service was amazing. Thank you for the extra evening meal which we enjoyed at Duisdale House Hotel.

My interests lie with flora and fauna along with history and old architecture. I was suitably impressed with everything we stopped to see.

The only slightly down point of the journey, which relates to personal preferences, was the lunch stop at the Waterside Seafood Restaurant. Yes it was supposed to be a taste experience and it was, but the meal needed to include more food without a smoked flavour. I think this would have enabled a better appreciation of the smoked flavours.

The one thing that I felt was missing was a balance to the history, ecology and amazing food and accommodation - a arts/musical experience. Could you please consider including a music and dance experience (as in try it out) in the future?

We were very,very satisfied with out trip.

From start to finish our tour was the most enjoyable experience. Our tour guide Rob was full of knowledge and showed a genuine passion for his country and it's history. I was amazed at just how much we packed into our tour. All of the places we visited and what were able to see was done at a relaxed and comfortable pace without feeling rushed at any time. We had free time in most destinations and our guide was always ready with recommendations of what we could do and where to eat. I am a convert to Back-Roads and will be back for another tour!

We saw breathtaking views with very few tourists around because early in season. Tom Mcgiver was very knowledgeable about the history which was of interest to us. He was very humorous. But may need to work on his jokes??
Only 5 people on the tour so was very easy to know everyone and all blended well.
Thoroughly recommend these tours

The places we visited were all "must sees" when you think of Scotland.St Andrews was great for golf lovers and Inverness was interesting as a larger city. There was so much history to become immersed in -some relating to current TV shows!
My favourite places were the Isles of Skye and Mull with their pretty towns and stark countryside.

Overall very good
Days a little too long and hence unable to enjoy interesting hotels