Christmas In The Scottish Highlands
Christmas In The Scottish Highlands
Book NowJoin us as we head to the popular Highlander Hotel for our Christmas in the Scottish Highlands tour. This new tour for the 2027 Christmas season celebrates in style with a great festive fayre and entertainments package nestled inside the Cairngorms National Park surrounded by dramatic hills, pine forests and big Highland skies. On Christmas Eve enjoy a Traditional Highland Night including piping in the haggis, a 5-course meal and of course a wee dram, accompanied by Scottish entertainment, be sure to keep an eye out for Santa and his Cairngorm Reindeer during the evening. Christmas day is a traditional, relaxed affair of great food, board games, and evening entertainment, if you’ve been good, you may even find a small gift from Santa. Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a Panto including fun, laughter and shouts of ‘behind you’, join us for this great tradition in Inverness. Put this great tour for 2027 on your list, celebrate with friends old and new in the beautiful Highlands.
Your Holiday Includes:
Door to door service
Porterage
Welcome Drinks reception
Dinner bed and breakfast (includes Traditional Christmas Lunch and buffet dinner on Christmas Day and Traditional Highland Night 5-course menu on Christmas Eve)
En suite bedrooms
Small gift from Santa
Festive Hotel Entertainment
Christmas Pantomime, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness (Panto cast/title announcement, Spring/Summer 2027)
Excursions
Executive coach travel throughout
£100.00 single room supplement
Itinerary:
Thursday
Depart Leyland at 08.00hrs for our journey to Newtonmore and the Highlander Hotel with a suitable lunch stop en-route. Arrive to a warm Highland welcome while your case is taken to your room. Enjoy a welcome drinks reception this evening before dinner followed by musical entertainment.
Friday (Christmas Eve)
Enjoy a hearty breakfast before todays excursion to Grantown-on-Spey and Aviemore. Tonight, back at the hotel experience a wonderful Traditional Highland Night consisting of a 5-course meal, piping in the haggis and, of course a wee dram all accompanied by Scottish entertainment. Look out for Santa and his team of Cairngorm Reindeer during the evening! For those wishing to attend Midnight Mass at the village Church of Scotland, mulled wine and hot minced pies will be served on your return.
Saturday (Christmas Day)
Merry Christmas to all our Avatravellers and our wonderful driver. Enjoy a good breakfast to start your day but leave a little room for lunch! Enjoy a morning of leisure opening your presents and relaxing with family or friends before Traditional Christmas Lunch is served, as well as a gift delivered from Santa. Following lunch perhaps take a stroll around the village or a brisk walk to Glen Banchor to enjoy the spectacular scenery. Alternatively, retire to the lounge and test your brains with a board game. Dinner tonight is buffet style, followed by an evening of entertainment.
Sunday (Boxing Day)
This morning enjoys an excursion to the beautiful Glenmore Forest Park and Cairngorm Ski Centre. The drive up to Cairngorm Mountain will delight offering stunning views down towards Loch Morlich and beyond at over 600 meters above sea level, if you're lucky, you may even spot some of the reindeer who are part of Britain's only free roaming reindeer herd. Following time to perhaps visit the Cairngorm Café at car park level we head to the 'Capital of the Highlands' - Inverness, to take our seats in the Eden Court Theatre for an afternoon of fun and laughter for the Christmas Pantomime. Arrive back at the hotel for dinner and our final night of music and entertainment.
Monday
Check out of our hotel following breakfast for the return journey home with a suitable lunch stop en-route.
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| SRS | £100.00 Single Room Supplement | For Sole Use |
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| Hotel | The Highlander Hotel Kingussie Road Newtonmore PH20 1AY |
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| Hotel Star Rating | 3 star |
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| Hotel Website |
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| Hotel Contact | 01540 673341 |
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| About the hotel | The Highlander Hotel is in a wonderful location set within the Cairngorms National Park in the picturesque Highland village of Newtonmore, only 6 miles from the geographical centre of Scotland. A delightful hotel with warm and welcoming guest areas where you can sit, relax, and chat to friends old and new. Guest bedrooms are spacious, traditional rooms with all the essentials you need for a comfortable stay. N.B. - This is a low-rise hotel that has ground floor accommodation on request, upper floor is accessible by stairs only. |
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| Hairdryer | Yes |
| Lift | No – see footnote in ‘About the Hotel’ |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Toiletries | Yes |
| Safe/Safety Deposit Box | No |
| AC | No |
| Pool | No |
| Gym | No |
| Iron | Yes |
| Tea/Coffee | Yes |
| Porterage | Yes |
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Below is a list of coach joining points available on this tour. Please note, not all pick-ups are available on all departures.
Below is a list of coach joining points available on this tour. Please note, not all pick-ups are available on all departures.
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| Carnforth | Carnforth Truckstop |
| Heysham Port | Heysham Ferry terminal |
| Leyland Tesco Extra | Leyland Tesco Extra, Bus Lane |
