Outlander: Edinburgh & the Highlands

Day 1
A City That Has Never Forgotten

Morning- Palace of Holyroodhouse: In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie held court here during the Jacobite Rising — the very world Jamie and Claire enter in Dragonfly in Amber, navigating politics, secrets, and choices they cannot undo. Beneath that history sits an older layer: Mary Queen of Scots lived here, and her secretary David Rizzio was murdered only steps from where she slept. The palace holds all of it, quietly.

Afternoon- The Royal Mile: The ancient spine of the Old Town, running from the castle to the palace. Your guide brings it alive at every step — the closes and wynds, the sites of revolt, the Jacobite history underfoot. Stops include Canongate Kirk, Bakehouse Close (where the series placed Jamie's print shop), and the hidden closes that feel, even now, like they are keeping something. Lunch at a local café.

Evening: Dinner in the Old Town, followed by a quiet walk through streets that look, after dark, very much as they did three hundred years ago.

Day 2
THE VILLAGES THE STORY CHOSE

Morning- Culross: The village that the series transformed into Cranesmuir. Its ochre and white painted houses and cobbled streets speak to what drew the production here — this is what Scotland looked like when the story was set. Take your time with it. It is one of the most quietly atmospheric places in the country.

Afternoon- Falkland and Falkland Palace: The village that became 1940s Inverness on screen — Claire's world before the stones. A stunning Renaissance royal residence and a favourite of Mary Queen of Scots, it contains one of the oldest surviving tennis courts in Britain, built for James V in 1539. History here has a layered, almost mischievous sense of itself.

Evening: Return to Edinburgh for dinner.

Day 3
CASTLE LEOCH, AND THEN CHOCOLATE

Morning- Doune Castle: The 14th-century fortress that became Castle Leoch — one of the most emotionally significant places in the series. Built by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, it was among the most powerful strongholds in medieval Scotland. The great hall is the kind of space where you stop talking and simply stand in it for a while.

Afternoon- The Highland Chocolatier, Grandtully: History is serious work. Scotland also understands pleasure. One of the country's finest artisan chocolate makers, tucked into the Perthshire landscape — the kind of stop that makes a journey feel personal rather than prescribed.

Evening: Arrive in Pitlochry, a Victorian spa town set among some of the most beautiful scenery in Perthshire. Dinner at a local pub.

Day 4
WHERE HISTORY HAS WEIGHT

Morning: Drive west into one of the most dramatic landscapes in Scotland. The approach to Glencoe Valley shifts the quality of the light and the air. Something changes.

Afternoon- Glencoe Valley: In February 1692, government troops killed members of the MacDonald clan here, guests who had offered them shelter. One of the darkest chapters in Scottish history, and Gabaldon gives it the gravity it deserves. The landscape is breathtaking. The weight of what happened in it is present in every direction.

Evening: Arrive in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis. Dinner and a well-earned rest.

Day 5
A PLACE OF CONSEQUENCE

Morning: Fort William carries some of the darkest memories in Jamie's story — the place where Captain Jonathan Randall left marks that never fully healed. Gabaldon does not let us forget it, and standing here, neither can we. Ben Nevis rises behind the town, enormous and indifferent, as it has through every chapter of Scottish history you've spent this week walking through. A final morning for coffee, reflection, and whatever the journey still has to give you.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

•   Private guided tours throughout

•   All site and attraction admissions

•   Hand-selected luxury accommodation

•   All breakfasts and select meals

•   Private transport throughout Scotland

•   Linen field journal & wax-sealed stationery

Limited to 12 travelers. Intimate by design, unhurried by intention.