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By Time Exposure Travel
Price is €612 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Explore Dunnottar Castle, Crathes Castle & Scotland’s Historic Heartlands.

    Discover Aberdeenshire’s most spectacular castles and historic sites on a fully guided private tour from Aberdeen.

    With a private guide, you don’t just see Aberdeenshire—you experience it on a carefully paced private journey designed to help you connect with the places you visit.

    Dunnottar Castle - One of Scotland’s most iconic castles, dramatically set on an impregnable rocky headland in the North Sea.
    Crathes Castle and Gardens - A beautifully preserved 16th century castle on Royal Deeside.
    Lunch at lovely local restaurant.
    Drum Castle – An impressive 14th century historic medieval stronghold.
    Old Aberdeen - St Machar’s Cathedral (14th century), and King’s College (15th century) offer a glimpse into Scotland’s academic and religious past.

    Every tour is exclusive to your group only.

    Most castle grounds are free to visit, but charge for interior tours.

    Attractions are subject to seasonal opening times

Activity location

  • Dunnottar Castle
    • Dunnottar Castle Lodge
    • AB39 2TL, Stonehaven, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Dunnottar Castle
    • Dunnottar Castle Lodge
    • AB39 2TL, Stonehaven, United Kingdom

Check availability

Aberdeenshire Private Half Day

  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English

8 seat mini van
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00
Price details
€577.74 x 1 Adult€577.74
Paid at activity€33.85
Total
Price is €611.59

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Castles free to see from outside and may charge for internal tours
  • Inclusions
    Private Transport and driver/guide
  • Inclusions
    Route and timings will depend on your accommodation starting point and your choice of attractions.
  • Inclusions
    Pick up from within Aberdeen area
  • Inclusions
    All tours tailored to suit your exact requirements or locations chosen from Tour Details
  • Exclusions
    Crathes Castle - Free to see from outside. Pay at door if you wish to go inside. No pre booking.
  • Exclusions
    Dunnottar Castle - Free to see from outside. Pay at door if you wish to go inside. No pre booking.
  • Exclusions
    Meals / Snacks not included in cost

Know before you book

    • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Service animals allowed
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Dunnottar Castle

  • 1h
One of Scotland's and the worlds most spectacular castles, Dunnottar is a ruined medieval fortress located upon an impregnable rocky headland near Stonehaven. The surviving buildings date back to between the 13th and 16th centuries, but was originally fortified in the Early Middle Ages. The castle is free to see but to go inside costs £9.50 pp.

Crathes Castle

  • 45m
Fascinating 16th Century Castle with turrets, gargoyles, 16th-century painted ceilings and ancient, great yew hedges and walled gardens set in the magnificent surroundings of Royal Deeside.

Milton Of Crathes

  • 1h
An example of a lovely local restaurant and an opportunity to try some fresh Scottish fare.

Drum Castle, Garden & Estate

  • 45m
Dating back to Robert the Bruce in the 14th century, Drum, with its dark history is "must see" on the castle trail as is it's 18th-century gardens, including a rose garden and arboretum containing trees from all regions of the 18th century British Empire.

Old Aberdeen

  • 1h
Fascinating and ancient buildings dating back hundreds of years

Location

Activity location

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    Dunnottar Castle
    • Dunnottar Castle Lodge
    • AB39 2TL, Stonehaven, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Dunnottar Castle
    • Dunnottar Castle Lodge
    • AB39 2TL, Stonehaven, United Kingdom

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