This is a unique private tour from Private tours Edinburgh of one of the key filming locations of the Crown TV series in Scotland, St Andrews, plus a visit to two Royal castles, Balmoral and Glamis, with longstanding connections to the Royal family. On this tour, we get a fascinating insight into the lives of the British Royal Family. Prince William met Kate Middleton at St Andrews University . Balmoral was the summer home of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen Mother was born in 1900 as Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and spent most of her childhood at Glamis Castle. Her second child, Princess Margaret, was born at the Castle on August 21, 1930. Glamis Castle was remodelled in the 17th century to look like it does today . Balmoral Castle is open to the public this year from 4th May until 11th August.
This tour normally takes 9 hours, including travel time between each location.
Last minute bookings available
Posted By : karenmM1693OG
The rating is from a 2-4, thus a 3.
Several things to note - in order of appearance before you spend 500+ dollars -
First, if you want to see Balmoral Castle - ask your driver to take you there first not last. We arrived after 4pm and had pre-purchased tickets but could not tour the castle (only the grounds) and could not receive the audio as they stop giving them out at 4:00 on the dot.
This left us with less one hour to take in the outside of the castle, which was the number one reason we wanted to do this tour.
Second, David is a nice but quiet guy who is a driver. He is not a tour guide. He offered very little spontaneous information about the castles or Scotland. If we asked a question he provided a short polite answer. This did not feel like a tour but a very long Uber drive.
Third, the Glamis Castle tour was led by a knowledgeable docent but this stop takes more than one hour if a cruise ship group is in line ahead of you. Our driver was not aware of this timing and reported he had never been on the tour! But it is well worth the visit.
If this tour day can be re-tooled and some Castle or Scotland facts can be provided beyond a basic wiki page, with the order of the trip reversed, it would be lovely!
Note 10-5 is not accurate.
You need to leave earlier and the your day takes 9 hours (with no extra stops) not 7 hours.
It’s a rushed day for even just 3 stops!
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Posted On : 2023-06-23 05:26:40 
