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DISCOVER INVERNESS, THE CAIRNGORMS & STRATHSPEY STEAM TRAIN

08 April 2026

5 Days from just £499.00

Duke of Gordon Hotel

INVERNESS STRATHSPEY STEAM RAIL JOURNEY AVIEMORE HIGHLAND FOLK MUSEUM DALWHINNIE DISTILLERY

Kingussie nestled in the Scottish Highlands surrounded by stunning landscape of snow caped mountains and picturesque pine trees with its invigorating highland air the perfect location to holiday. The Duke of Gordon Hotel is situated in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, which is located in one of the last truly unspoilt parts of the world. The Hotel looks out across the picturesque Spey Valley to Ruthven Barracks that was built in 1715 on the site of an earlier stone castle. The surrounding area is filled with historic attractions, natural wonders.

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Tours in this Itinerary

Departing

8 Apr, 2026

Duration

5

Price

£499

Hotel

Duke of Gordon Hotel

Title

Discover Inverness


Itinerary

Day 1: Depart North Wales and travel north to Scotland and our hotel in Kingussie for a 4-night stay.

Day 2: This morning we travel to Aviemore and board the Strathspey Steam Railway, a heritage steam railway that runs for 10 miles along heather covered moorland with the Cairngorm Mountains behind, for a return journey to Broomhill. Spend the afternoon at leisure in the beautiful mountain town of Aviemore, with sights reminiscent of a Swiss ski village.

Day 3: Our first stop today is the open-air Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore. With over 30 historical buildings and thousands of artefacts, visitors will learn how Highland people lived and worked from the 1700’s to the 1960’s!

A classic excursion for any tour of Scotland is a visit to a distillery. Included is a visit to the Dalwhinnie Distillery, the distillery stands in the Cairngorm National Park at the heart of the Scottish Highlands in the village of Dalwhinnie. From this remote but accessible location comes the liquid known as the gentle spirit. Take a peek at the ins and outs of the working distillery to discover the essence of this unique location and its iconic malt.

Day 4: Today, we journey to Inverness, the cultural capital of the Highlands, where you can spend the day at leisure. Voted as one of the ‘50 Best Places to Travel in 2025’ by Travel + Leisure, explore this compact city and discover a slower way of life, but still with interesting things to do. See its 19th century Cathedral, stroll along the banks of the River Ness and browse the indoor Victorian Market.

Day 5: We depart Kingussie and make the return journey home. We will stop for lunch and there will also be various comfort stops en-route.

Hotel

THE DUKE OF GORDON HOTEL, KINGUSSIE***

The Duke of Gordon Hotel, owned by Cairngorm Travel, is one of the Premier privately owned hotels situated in the Heart of the Scottish Highlands in the village of Kingussie. The hotel looks out across the Spey Valley and the Cairngorm National Park to Ruthven Barracks, the site of an earlier stone castle, constructed in the 1300’s by the ancestors of the 1st Duke of Gordon.

With origins in the eighteenth century the hotel was originally built as a stop-over for passengers travelling by stagecoach along the old A9 to Inverness and the North of Scotland. The facilities and atmosphere now experienced in the hotel, combined with the hospitality of our staff make the Duke of Gordon the ideal place to stay when visiting the Highlands.

The Duke of Gordon’s truly traditional Scottish atmosphere proved to be an ideal filming location for the popular TV series MONARCH OF THE GLEN with a number of our guests appearing as extras.

As a result of extensive modernisation, the Duke of Gordon is one of the very few Highland hotels that can offer all the facilities and some comforts of a modern hotel combined with the traditional character and heritage of an old Scottish coaching inn. The hotel has 60 en-suite bedrooms, direct dial telephone, colour TV and tea/coffee making facilities.

The experience of dining in the elegance and splendour of our impressive Balmoral Restaurant with its heavily corniced ceilings and Peddie murals depicting Scottish Highland history and local scenes of great natural beauty is one not easily forgotten. Our menus are carefully selected and prepared to provide the best traditional Scottish fayre. These, combined with our very personal service, make dining at the ‘Duke’ truly a Jewel in the Highland Crown.

On several evenings guests are piped into dinner by a piper in full Highland dress. Entertainment takes place most evenings in the Ruthven Ballroom in the form of Ceilidhs, folk nights and dancing. The Duke of Gordon and the Spey Valley have enchanted Royalty through the ages dating back to the visit of Queen Victoria and her devoted Consort on 8th October 1861. Come and see why Her Majesty was so inspired that she made specific reference to her visit to the ‘Duke’ in her personal diaries.

Includes

  • 4 Nights Dinner Bed & Breakfast
  • Return Steam Train Journey Strathspey Railway Aviemore to Broomhill
  • Admission to Highland Folk Museum
  • Admission to Dalwhinnie Distillery