Scotland Bike Tours: Highlands, Lowlands, and Islands

7-Day / 6-Night Bike Tours

Inns

• Ballathie House Hotel, Kinclaven
• Kenmore Hotel, Kenmore
• Western Isles Hotel, Tobermory
• Kilcamb Lodge, Strontian

Rates and Dates

• $2995 - Jun 6-12, Jun 15-21, Jun 24-30

Itinerary / Distances

• Day 1: Arrival Day. 13 mi (21 km) Easier
• Day 2: 35 or 41 mi (57 or 66 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Day 3: 37 or 44 mi (60 or 71 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Day 4: 29 mi (47 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Day 5: 10 or 26 mi (26 or 42 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Day 6: 16 or 26 mi (26 or 42 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Day 7: Departure Day

Deposit

$300 per person. Final payment due 60 days prior to your tour (personal check, Visa or MasterCard).

Bike Rental

$100

Single Travelers

Supplement for guaranteed private room (when available): $240

Supplement for single travelers willing to share a room: no charge*

*This fee will be fully refunded if we find someone to share your room. See "Single Travelers" at The Details for more information

What's Included

6 nights of lodging (double occupancy); 6 breakfasts and 5 dinners; detailed maps and itineraries; 2 experienced guides; full van support; transfers from and to Glasgow Airport (on the beginning and ending dates of the tour); all transfers during the tour; and the cost of all ferries and excursions and most entry fees. Airfare is not included.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel...
(a) at least 61 days prior to your tour we will return 100% of your tour payments;
(b) 60 days or less from the date of the tour you must pay the full tour price.

Should Bike Vermont have to cancel your tour we will refund all your tour payments immediately as full settlement.

We strongly recommend you purchase Trip Cancellation Insurance as soon as possible. A detailed comparison of trip cancellation insurance policies and prices is available online and links for these sites are available at the end of the reservation page. We recommend CSA Travel Protection based on their rating by Consumer Reports. We will also send you an application form with your Confirmation.

Terrain

Easier to Intermediate

• Average Daily Mileage: 23 mi (37 km)
• Average Daily Mileage with Options: 30 mi (49 km)

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"Where the Highlands meet the Lowlands, and they both meet the sea." That's where we go on our cycling tour of Scotland, immersed in some of the grandest scenery in the British Isles and treated to the essence of all things Scottish: romantic castles guarding their domain; luxurious palace homes of dukes and barons; deep wandering lochs and soft wooded glens; and lovely winding roads where we are often the only travelers. We visit ancient villages, tour whisky distilleries, and shop for crafts, antiques, and woolens.

Our cycling route is truly outstanding. We ride to Glen Shee and Pitcairn Green and visit historic Huntington Castle, we visit the medieval village of Dunkeld where the Scottish National Trust has restored a number of 17th-century houses and where the ancient ruins of Dunkeld Cathedral still stand high above the town.

In the afternoon we follow a lovely road along hedgerows, crossing and recrossing the River Tay before arriving in Kenmore. The next morning we visit the busy fishing port of Oban and then ferry across to the Inner Hebrides, the fabled islands off Scotland's western coast. Here we explore the wonders of the Isle of Mull, riding out to Duart Castle (built in 1360) and to Torosay Palace. We stay two nights in Tobermory, famous for its glorious harbor framed by a brightly painted crescent of 17th-century houses. We can enjoy a lovely ride along the ocean, or many choose to take the "day off" to explore the many shops and sights in the village and take a tasteful tour of the local distillery. On our last cycling day we ferry across the Sound of Mull to Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula where we are treated to the most spectacular mountain-to-ocean scenery imaginable.

Scotland Bike Tour

We stay at a marvelous variety of small four-star hotels including Ballathie House Hotel on the banks of the River Tay, the Kenmore Hotel near the shores of Loch Tay; Western Isles Hotel overlooking Tobermory Harbor; and Kilcamb Lodge on the shores of Loch Sunart.