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Scottish Highlands for the 80+ visitor.
Hi all,
I
am very much hoping that you can help/advise me, as I am not having
much luck Googling stuff so far! My Mum has heard me rave about how
wonderful the Scottish Highlands are for such a long time and when we
came back from our family holiday (staying just outside Inverness) in
August she decided that she would really like to plan a holiday to the
Highlands in spring/early summer 2018.
The problems I am
having are that my Mum is nearly 85 years old and has some
health/mobility issues - she wouldn't feel confident hiring a car and
would prefer a fairly chilled tour guide holiday style if possible. Some
of the coach tours are okay, but they can be very frantic. Also my Dad
died in December 2016, so my Mum is hoping that one of her friends
(similar age & some mobility issues) will be joining her as company.
My plan is to book a taxi to collect her & friend from
Inverness Airport and take them to their hotel.
I am busy searching for suitable hotels that do half-board, have lift access to bedrooms and have single rooms (or no single room supplements) - any suggestions most welcome!
I am then looking for a company that have
tour guides that either do tours by car or use small mini-buses for
smaller groups. This would need to be something suitable for little old
ladies - we loved walking in the Cairngorms National Park, they couldn't
do this, but instead would need driving along with someone showing them
the sights! It would be great if they could have the opportunity of
day-trips out - the tourist route around Loch Ness, a visit to Dunrobin
Castle, a visit to Fort George, a visit to Cairngorm Mountain to go up
in the cable car, etc... I just really don't know how to plan all of
this for her and desperately need some advice about this!
I
know that this is a HUGE ask, but I really am stuck here, so if anyone has got any suggestions I would really appreciate your help.
Thank LOADS,
Cathy
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Best of Scotland in 1 week itinerary (fully by public transport)
My Scotland travels (includes Edinburgh, Skye, Harris, Mull, Arran, Orkney, Loch Lomond, Islay, Oban, Dunoon, Speyside)
I also compiled a search on our website for Hotels in Inverness, unfortunately, there isn't a half-board search option but if you spot one that you fancy I'm sure you will be able to find out if they provide half board from the descriptor on our website or if you used a tool such as booking.com or Tripadvisor! You can have a gander at the search here.
Whisky, Castles and Food a speciality.
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