1. Scotland
Luis Martínez
Jose David León
Juan Carlos Lizana
Alfonso Torrico

2. 1-Introduction
We are going to visit Scotland this year, from 10 June 2013 until 18
June 2013.
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.Occupying the
northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares
a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to
the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North
Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest.

3. • In addition to the mainland, Scotland is made up of more than 790
islands including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

4. 1.1-Travel Information
• We are going from Malaga to Edimburgh on 10 June 2013.
We will take off at 11:40 from Malaga airport, and we are going to
land in Edimburgh at 18:10
•

5. • We are going to travel with «Air Scotland» and the
cost in total is 180,90 euros.
• When we will arrive in Edimburgh we are going to
rent a car for 8 days. We will rent a Kia Picanto for
about 60 euros.

6. 2-Information about the country.
• The languages ​​spoken today or in the past in Scotland are divided
into two families: Celtic languages ​​and Germanic languages​​. The
only Celtic language which is still preserved in Scotland is the
Scottish Gaelic, spoken in parts of the Highlands and in the
Hebrides but had previously spoken in much wider areas.
• RELIGION
Since the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the Church of Scotland, also
known as The Kirk, became Scotland's national church. It is a Calvinist
Protestant Church and a Presbyterian system of organization, and
enjoys independence from the state.

7. • GASTRONOMY
Scotland's cuisine shares many of the characteristics of English cuisine,
but with some features and own food, often derived from its history and
foreign influences. In general, Scottish cuisine is characterized by its
simplicity, using indigenous natural products (dairy, meat, fish, fruits
and vegetables) and giving up the spices and herbs. Ex: Scotch broth.
• ECONOMY
Although the Bank of England is the central bank of the UK, three
Scottish banks still have the power to produce their own banknotes: the
Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank.
The value of the Scottish banknotes in circulation is estimated at 1,500
million pounds.

8. • The Scottish territory covers 78,772 km2, and its population is
estimated at 5,116,900 inhabitants, giving a population density of 65
inhabitants per km2. The capital is Edinburgh, while Glasgow is the
largest city and metropolitan area concentrates 40% of the Scottish
population.
• FLAG

9. 3.planning for the trip
We will land in Edinburgh, we will stay 8 days in Scotland. We will visit
the numerous castles and gardens that exist there.
We think to stay the first 2 days in Edinburgh.

10. DAY 1
We land there about 18:00, To begin to know the city nothing better
that visit the tourist attraction most visited of Scotland, the Castle
of Edinburgh.

11. The visit to this castle lasts 3 hours, the visit includes the chapel of
Holy Daisy and the prisons, besides the famous cannon-shot.

12. After to visit the castle we will go down for the Royal Mile to visit St
Giles's Cathedral.
on the night, already , it is the ideal moment to do someone of the
tours of ghoststhat you will find in the Royal Mile (between the
Church Tron and St Giles's Cathedral).

13. The night in Edinburgh we will spend it in the hotel Balmoral, one of
the best hotels in Scotland because the queen of England stayed
one night in one of his exclusive rooms.

15. DAY 2
Today we will start by raising Calton Hill, the most famous hill of
Edinburgh, known as " the Athens of the North " for the
monuments that there they find. From there you will have a few
magnificent conference of Edinburgh. Going down where we have
risen we will take Princes Street until North Bridge comes to the
bridge
Taking the Royal Mile in descending sense you will be happening for
diverse museums and places of interest: the Museum of the
Infancy of Edinburgh, the Museum of Edinburgh, the People's
Story Museum and Canongate's Cemetery (where Adam Smith is
buried)

16. DAY 3
On the second day of our cultural trip in Scotland, we leave the
capital to enter the National Park Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.
This one is a precious place replete with calm and beautiful
corners close to the popular Lake Lomond. We will visit Luss's
picturesque village, in the western shore of the lake to know his
history and to contemplate magnificent Ben Lomond's conference
that can be admired from his wharf. We will continue our itinerary
up to Glencoe's not less famous valley, where in 1692 there took
place one of the darkest episodes of the history of Scotland, the
known one as " Glencoe's Massacre ".
We will spend the night in Fort William, to Ben Nevis's feet, the
highest mountain of the United Kingdom.

17. DAY 4
The famous and emblematic Lake Ness sera our near destination in
this fantastic cultural tour that we offer him in Scotland. We will
realize an excursion by ship on his mysterious waters together with
Drumnadrochit, a popular people placed together with the lake.
We will visit also in a small bay the ruins of Urquhart's castle and
his visitors' exceptional center. In the evening we will come to
Inverness with free time to walk along the city before having
dinner.

18. DAY 5
We will continue our cultural itinerary in Scotland travelling up to
Skye's fabulous island, Before coming to our destination of today,
we will know Eilean Donan's castle, placed strategically in the
precious confluence of three fiords and famous for appearing in
the movie " The Immortal ones ". Once in Skye, we will travel
following our cultural tour up to Elgol's picturesque villa, from
which we will be able to contemplate a few unforgettable
conference panoramic of the mountains Cuillin. We will realize
from here an agreeable walk by ship to visit the spectacular Loch
Coruisk. The waters that bathe these coasts are frequently visited
by seals, dolphins, pecular sharks, whales minke, marine otters
and, in some occasions, killer whales.

19. Skye island

20. DAY 6
This morning we will know Loch an Eilein. We will continue our trip
visiting the Museum of Newtonmore's Folklore, a fascinating place
in which we will know since the former inhabitants of the
Highlands were living with the nature. In the evening we will do a
visit to one of many distilleries of whiskey that they find of way
Pitlochry, our destiny of today. Possibly we will visit Dalwhinnie's
distillery, where we will know the process of creation of this
legendary and famous drink known as the "uisge-beatha", which in
Gael means the water of the life. We will spend the night in
Pitlochry, a picturesque people construído in the Victorian epoch
about the first tourist boom that developed in Scotland.

21. DAY 7 & 8
In the last day of this sensational cultural trip, we will go towards
Stirling's historical locality where we will visit his famous castle,
former court of the kings Estuardo. Placed in one of the oldest
cities of Scotland, this castle offers magnificent conference of
Stirling's valley, dominating strategically in all the directions.
Under his battlements there took place some of the most important
battles of the history of Scotland, as Stirling Bridge or
Bannockburn. We will return later to Edinburgh and will give for
concluído this sensational and unforgettable trip of cultural
tourism in Scotland, an extraordinary and incredibly beautiful
country.

22. THE PRICE
PRICE OF THE TRIP 559 £ for person.
price includes:
The transport in vehicle deprived from the beginning up to the end of
the trip in a limited group.
The services of a Spanish-speaking guide during the duration of the
same one. 4 breakfasts
The price does not include:
The housing in Edinburgh.
The dinners and the daily lunches: Every morning we will stop in a
local shop in order that every client could buy what it needs to
have lunch. In the night, the guide will advise on the best places
to have dinner in every people where we stop and the different
prices.
The entry to Castles, Museums, Visitors' Centers, similar events or
realized activities.