Welcome to Serenity Scotland

Private Guided Tours Scotland | A Bespoke Custom Tour from Edinburgh

Do you enjoy creating your own story?

We offer:

  • Bespoke, private guided tours
  • Experienced tour organizers and guides bring hand-crafted itineraries to life…

Custom Private Guided Tours of Scotland, the UK and Ireland…

With a bespoke private tour you can reset. Cultural conversations, charming villages, endless options for walking, adventure, time to learn, wholesome dining, and craft drinking. Refresh!

Started in 2003, Serenity Scotland provides great bespoke private tour and package experiences through a mixture of history, folklore, culture, stories, activities, music, food, drink, wilderness, and nature. Curating and cherishing some of our less-traveled places.

Experienced tour organizers and guides bring hand-crafted, customized itineraries to life…

Your unique, bespoke, private guided tour of Scotland itinerary will be carefully designed by Iain Stewart, a knowledgeable and locally connected expert. As your provider on the ground, we focus on well-designed private tours but also organise luxury tours of Scotland, family tours, romantic tours, educational tours, and more. All things considered, we will always work towards enriching your travel experience.

Our experienced, knowledgeable, and personable guides offer a private ethnographic and insider tour and view of life in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. Start at your place of choice in the UK or in Ireland.

What is your plan for bespoke travel in the UK and Ireland, and what do you wish to experience?

As an illustration, make your own Edinburgh private tour; learn about sheep herding in the Scottish Highlands; experience full-flowing waterfalls in the changing light; visit literary, TV, and movie locations.

Go Where You Want To Go…

Why not explore castles, beaches, and idyllic islands; go for a wild swim; and eat freshly caught seafood accompanied by some of the world’s best whiskies and gins?

Serenity Scotland lets you become a part of our local customs and traditions.

Subject to availability we are offering a special rate for folks who wish to tour Scotland between January and March 2025, please email Iain for details.

One of our client’s perspectives on a Serenity Scotland private tour from Edinburgh

A Private Guided Tour of Scotland from Edinburgh

Visitscotland – Scotland’s National Tourist Board is a helpful source for information and marketing and they have a travel trade site visitscotland.org on which Serenity Scotland are listed.

“In every walk with nature, one receives more than he seeks”
– John Muir

“I remember every stone, every tree, the scent of heather… oh, it was beautiful”
– Beatrix Potter

“Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, the hills of the highlands, forever I love”
– Robert Burns

Link to: 4 Day Classic Tour
Classic Tour of Scotland from Edinburgh

CLASSIC TOUR

Multi-Day Tours, Land & Sea Tours NC500, NE250 & SW300 Tours

Link to: Wild Doric Country, Castles & Coastline
Custom Private Tour of Scotland

CUSTOM TOURS

Design altogether your own personalized, independent tours or short breaks in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Link to: Whisky, Craft & Tradition Tour
Private Whisky Tour Scotland from Glasgow or Edinburgh

WHISKY & LOCAL PRODUCE TOUR

Whisky, Craft & Tradition Tour. Food & Drink Tour. Scottish Gin Tour.

Link to: Whisky, Dark Skies and Tradition
off-season private tours of Scotland from Edinburgh

OFF SEASON Oct-March

Whisky, Dark Skies & Tradition Argyll Arts Crafts & Garden Tour Traditional Arts & Crafts Tour

Link to: Fife Coastal Path Walking Tours
Private Walking Tours of Scotland

WALKING TOURS

Day-on Day off Walking Tour The Old Trails Walking & Folklore Tour

Link to: The Old Town Tour
Edinburgh Priavte Walking Tour

EDINBURGH TOURS

The Old Town, The New Town Burns &Stevenson Gardens of Edinburgh

Link to: St Andrews & Kingdom of Fife
The Kelpies on a Private Tour from Edinburgh Scotland

DAY TOURS

St Andrews & Kingdom of Fife Highland Perthshire & Stirling Scottish Borders Hadrians Wall &the Border Country

Fife Coastal Path walking tours of Scotland

Fife Coastal Path Walking Tour Package

Variable Days. Open to not only individuals, but couples and small groups.

TAKE ME THERE
Bespoke, private guided tours of Scotland

Bespoke Tours and Itineraries for Groups

Quality providers on the ground, carefully curating inspirational group tours across Scotland

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Custom, craft, guided tours of Scotland

Traditional Skills and Creative Holidays

Understand more deeply the ways of tradition, cultural techniques and practices

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“If we could give 6 stars, we would! Our experience with Serenity Scotland was exceptional. Ian Stewart, our tour guide, knew how to pace the day, gave wonderful recommendations for delightful meals, and our lodgings were always first rate. I wouldn’t tour the country any other way! We saw so much in our 5 day tour, and learned loads about our Scottish roots. Tapadh leat, Serenity Scotland!”

“We could not have asked for a better experience with Iain as our guide. We had planned the outline of a trip with our travel agent and expected that we were hiring a driver to get us from place to place, but Iain was so very much more. He was completely in tune with our preferences and made each day a fantastic experience. He even made dinner reservations for us! He is incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Scotland as well as the geography and important sites, and we learned so much while enjoying the beauty of the country. Were we to plan another trip to the UK, we would definitely work with Iain again. Thank you, Serenity Scotland!”

“A tour with Iain Stewart, Serenity Scotland, was a gift we gave ourselves and our family. From Edinburgh west to Arisaig, Skye, Mull, and islands in between, three generations of family leaned into our shared history and love of Scotland. Iain is akin to a great symphony conductor, weaving relationship to place and time into a harmony of spirit that touches each one he guides into a unique experience. We couldn’t have been more pleased with our trip with Serenity Scotland.”

“Iain Stewart was the most professional, gracious and informative guide imaginable. We walked parts of the Fife Coastal Path over 4 days….Iain took genuine interest in the reasons for my trip. I learned so much about my heritage and the history of Scotland in the most experiential and stunning way possible. “

“Touring with Allan was like coming to Scotland and traveling with one of your friends around the countryside while he showed you the sites.”

“Seeing Scotland through the eyes of Iain Stewart is a magical experience. Our group has traveled with Iain a number of times over the years, including to the Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides. Iain takes you off the heavily-traveled tourist path to cozy seaside villages, windswept ocean trails, to solemn ancient standing stones and vibrant, music-filled pubs. His incredible knowledge of his beloved country, its people, its history and its language truly bring Scotland alive for his travelers. He is also an accomplished musician, and if you’re lucky, he might play a fiddle tune for you.”

“Tour was great and Allan, our guide, was extremely knowledgeable. Highly recommend.”

“Our six tours with Iain have included group demographics of ladies only, family (including adventure seeking teenagers) and seniors. While on tour, Iain has thoughtfully connected with each group member providing a meaningful, personal and unforgettable experience for all! We often find ourselves telling an Iain joke or sharing information learned to others.

These Canadians have loved each unique adventure with Iain through Serenity Scotland and are dreaming of ‘next time’!”

“Ireland was a delight to visit because of Iain Stewart and Serenity Scotland. He worked out our trip around the things we wished to see and explore. His knowledge of Scotland and Ireland and insight on the history and people just added to his wonderful sense of humor. We would travel with him again any time.”

“We did a 10 day customized tour with Iain. 5 nights in England and 5 nights in Scotland. We were two couples traveling together. It was an amazing trip! I highly recommend Iain. His knowledge of the history of the area, his driving, commentary, and overall his accommodating effort were outstanding. He knew places to visit, overnight accommodations which were all made in advance, and his recommendations for restaurants were all perfect for us. All of our expectations were met, plus more.
If traveling in this area again, we would definitely use Serenity Scotland Tours.”