The Footprints of the Early Scots Tour:
Day One : Leave Edinburgh at 8.30am for majestic Loch Lomond ; via Inveraray to lunch wholesome and tasty food at Kilmartin House . Visit the standing stones at Temple Wood and Dunadd Fort (with a footprint and a font that marks this early capital of the Scots). To Oban, and the ferry to the Isle of Mull; stay at the highly cherished Argyll Hotel on the Island of Iona or the homely Seaview B&B.
Day Two : A tour of Iona Abbey, the cradle of Celtic Christianity, followed by a leisurely half day boat trip to Staffa. Travel in the footsteps of Sir Walter Scott, and Mendelssohn to name but a few who were inspired by the island with its famous Fingle's Cave, and a panoply of puffins and seals. Stay second night on Mull or Iona.
Day Three : Leave Mull for glorious Loch Awe and Loch Tay; enter verdant and mysterious west Perthshire, search for the elusive Cave of Caerbannog; stay at the hideaway, Ardeonaig Hotel .
Day Four : Explore west Perthshire including visiting Europe's oldest living tree; find the evidence of the footsteps of the early Celtic Christians as they moved across this artery of Scotland, from Iona to Dunkeld. Visit Dunkeld Cathedral at the ancient pre-Christian confluence, and drink from one of the sacred healing wells around the old 'city'. Visit Meigle and Abernethy, ancient Pictish Christian sites.
