Grand Tour United Kingdom
travel tours
8-day very varied journey through the United Kingdom. Most beautiful railways of Wales and Scotland, steam trains in Wales.
London > Birmingham > Colwyn Bay > Ulverston > Glasgow > Fort William > Inverness > Edinburgh > London
days in total: 12 / 8
travel tour planed by Wouter
We recommend you the following tickets and rail passes for this travel tour.
It is also possible to buy point to point train tickets for the connections from stop to stop. Please follow therefore the links to the schedules in between of each stop. They are marked with a little shopping cart.
1
Start your tour in London, take on of the many trains towards Birmingham.
train types
Virgin Trains (VIG)
2
Take the local train towards Wales, towards Pwllheli. Pick an village of choice on your route towards
train types
Arriva Trains Wales (ARR)
3
Travel from the Westcoast of Wales along the coast to Porthmadog. Here you change to one of the most beautiful narrow-gauge steam trains, to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Through Snowdonia to Llandudno and in the afternoon to Ravenglass / Ulverston / Lake District, overnight stay in Ravenglass/Ulverston.
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4
Overnight stay in this area.
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5
Opportunity for a ride on the Ravenglass - Eskdale narrow gauge railway through the Lake District, visit to Muncaster Castle or a walk along the coast. Via Carlisle and Glasgow you travel to Fort William, a beautiful route over the deserted Rannoch Moor.
Flo
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6
Stay overnight in Fort William. Particularly beautiful route through the Scottish highlands, past glenns and the sea to Mallaig. (From 19 April to 25 October 2019 you can also travel this route from Monday to Friday by steam train "The Jacobite" From 4 May to 29 September, the Jacobite will also be available on weekends. ) By ferry to Armadale, opportunity to visit the famous castle garden, by bus over the rugged Isle of Skye to Portree. Stay overnight in Portree.
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train types
ScotRail (SCO)
7
By bus to Kyle of Lochalsh and a beautiful train journey through the Highlands to Inverness. Further travel to Wick possible, or back to London.
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night train
Caledonian Sleeper Inverness - London
8
Visit the city of Edinburgh
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night train
CAL Edinburgh - London
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