| If you are seeking luxury travel packages for | | | | putting before visiting the Edinburgh Woolen Mill or |
| Gleneagles, one thing to keep in mind is that if you | | | | the Edinburgh Tartan Shop. You might even try |
| are traveling to Scotland, you should also take in | | | | paying a visit to Edinburgh Castle, which is open to |
| some of the other delights that this magnificent | | | | the public. |
| country has to offer. It would be a shame if you | | | | Edinburgh has a lot to interest the tourist in addition |
| restricted yourself to just the one area, missing all of | | | | to Princes Street, including the castle itself and the |
| the wonderful scenery and the ancient and | | | | Royal Mile. In addition, there is a whole town of old |
| sometimes bloody history that Scotland is steeped in. | | | | houses that have been discovered beneath the city, |
| Gleneagles itself is a beautiful traditional hotel set in its | | | | many said to be haunted. It also boasts Holyrood |
| own 850 acre estate in Perthshire, Scotland. It was | | | | House, home to Mary Queen of Scots, and lies close |
| host to the G8 summit a couple of years ago, and is | | | | to the Scottish Parliament. You don't leave Edinburgh |
| a 5 Star hotel with superb cuisine that is renowned | | | | without taking in the sense of history that is plentiful |
| the world over, and also boasts three top | | | | from this magnificent city, which is home to Sir |
| championship golf courses. You can't spend a night at | | | | Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and |
| Gleneagles without testing yourself against one of | | | | Robert Louis Stevenson, who based his character Dr. |
| these, and also trying out its award winning spa. The | | | | Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Deacon Brodie, a local worthy |
| surrounding countryside is magnificent and even a | | | | who frequented the Royal Mile. |
| walk round the estate gives you plenty to explore as | | | | Luxury travel packages for Gleneagles can easily fit |
| you work up an appetite. Gleneagles is the hotel of | | | | tours to these two great cities, and some packages |
| choice of the stars of screen, stage and sports fields | | | | are available to make the best of your time by also |
| the world over. | | | | fitting in trips to St. Andrews and the Kingdom of |
| The hotel offers not only golf, but falconry, fly | | | | Fife, as it calls itself. Fife is an ancient county of |
| fishing and horse riding among many other sports, | | | | Scotland where the kings were once crowned. In |
| and is only an hour drive away from the beautiful | | | | fact Charles the First was born in Dunfermline Palace, |
| capital city of Edinburgh and the metropolis of | | | | and the same town also is the birthplace of Andrew |
| Glasgow, and even less from the famed St. | | | | Carnegie. |
| Andrews, with its seven links golf courses, including | | | | Another famous location in Fife is St. Andrews, with |
| the famed Old Course, a favorite venue of many | | | | the ruins of its cathedral and its famous university, |
| international golfers for the British Open | | | | attended by Prince William. All of this is within an |
| Championship. Tours to St. Andrews frequently offer | | | | hour's drive of each other. However, in order to |
| a round of golf at the Old Course. | | | | enjoy such luxury tours to the fullest, you also |
| Apart from London, Glasgow is the largest retail | | | | expect luxury accommodation and travel, and the |
| center in the UK, and offers a lot of great shopping | | | | planners of such vacations should make sure that |
| opportunities for both men and women. It is an | | | | your flights are at least business class and your road |
| architectural masterpiece of Sir Charles Rennie | | | | travel is by limousine. |
| Mackintosh, who designed many of the buildings in | | | | Your hotels should be of four or five star luxury, and |
| this expansive city. After a visit to Glasgow, why not | | | | your food out of this world. In fact if you can find |
| head over to the east side of Scotland to Edinburgh, | | | | vacation packages that offer trips for just two |
| Scotland's capital city, where the magnificent castle | | | | people: you and your partner, then that would be the |
| overlooks Princes Street. This famous street has high | | | | ideal. You don't really want to share with others, and |
| quality retail outlets on the north of the road and a | | | | luxury packages for Gleneagles designed just for you |
| beautiful park on the south, running the entire length | | | | would enable you to get the best value for your |
| of this mile long street with a five star hotel at each | | | | money, and to live better than you do at home. |
| end. You can also admire the famed floral clock and | | | | After all, isn't that the purpose of a vacation? |
| gilded fountain, or perhaps even try a game of | | | | |