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Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour

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  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour
  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour
  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour

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  • Tour ID:
    1161
  • Tour theme:
    Historic and Cultural Tours,
  • Duration:
    1 Day - 9 hours approx.
  • Starts from:
    Edinburgh, Glasgow
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  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour
  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour
  • Ayrshire and Robert Burns Private Tour

Tour Description


A must tour for the Burns enthusiast.
With the help of an expert tourist guide, explore the Ayrshire scenes that helped form the young Robert Burns, and make him the world’s favourite poet.  Visit his birthplace at Alloway, where you will see the ruined Kirk Alloway, forever associated with his most famous poem Tam o Shanter.  Explore the new Robert Burns Museum, with its unique displays on the poet’s life and works.  See the world-famous Burns Monument and the old Brig o Doon.  Visit Mauchline and the first home he set up with his wife, Jean Armour, then go on to the Bachelors’ Club he founded in Tarbolton.  See the still-working farms where he lived as a young man.

From Edinburgh we head west, via Hamilton and East Kilbride, towards Ayrshire.  From Glasgow we head south past Kilmarnock, where Burns’s poems were first published, and Ayr, “whom ne’er a town surpasses for honest men and bonie lasses”At Alloway we first visit the cottage where the poet was born, to find the atmosphere of Burns’s day evoked by audio-visual displays and period furnishings.

We then walk along the Poet’s Path, with its images from Burns’s best-loved works, to Kirk Alloway (where we see his father’s grave) and the Brig o Doon, while your tourist guide recites Tam o Shanter and other Burns poems.  After visiting the Burns Monument, with its Masonic symbolism, and the statues of Tam o Shanter and Souter Johnie, we enter the new award-winning Robert Burns Museum.  After exploring the Museum and browsing in the shop, we have lunch, either in the Museum Café or in the nearbyBrig o Doon Hotel.

After lunch, we head, past Mount Oliphant farm to Mauchline, where we visit the fascinating museum in the house where Burns first set up home with Jean Armour.  After a brief walk round the town, seeing the main sites associated with Burns, we break for tea or coffee, before heading for Tarbolton. On the way we pass the farms of Mossgiel and Lochlie where Burns lived and worked, then visit the world-renowned Bachelors’ Club.

It is now time to head back to Glasgow or Edinburgh.

Throughout the tour your knowledgeable guide will give you detailed information on Burns’s life and works and on the state of Scotland in the poet’s time.  As well as entertaining you with selections from Burns’s poems and songs, he will be delighted to answer any questions you may have.

A must tour for the Burns enthusiast!!!

Prices & Dates

Prices available upon request...

Pick up available from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

What's Included

Robert Burns Ayrshire Tour - Portrait from National Gallery
A must tour for the Burns enthusiast.
With the help of an expert tourist guide, explore the Ayrshire scenes that helped form the young Robert Burns, and make him the world’s favourite poet.  Visit his birthplace at Alloway, where you will see the ruined Kirk Alloway, forever associated with his most famous poem Tam o Shanter.  Explore the new Robert Burns Museum, with its unique displays on the poet’s life and works.  See the world-famous Burns Monument and the old Brig o Doon.  Visit Mauchline and the first home he set up with his wife, Jean Armour, then go on to the Bachelors’ Club he founded in Tarbolton.  See the still-working farms where he lived as a young man.

Robert Burns Ayrshire Tour - Burns CottageFrom Edinburgh we head west, via Hamilton and East Kilbride, towards Ayrshire.  From Glasgow we head south past Kilmarnock, where Burns’s poems were first published, and Ayr, “whom ne’er a town surpasses for honest men and bonie lasses”At Alloway we first visit the cottage where the poet was born, to find the atmosphere of Burns’s day evoked by audio-visual displays and period furnishings.

Robert Burns Ayrshire Tour - Brig o DoonWe then walk along the Poet’s Path, with its images from Burns’s best-loved works, to Kirk Alloway (where we see his father’s grave) and the Brig o Doon, while your tourist guide recites Tam o Shanter and other Burns poems.  After visiting the Burns Monument, with its Masonic symbolism, and the statues of Tam o Shanter and Souter Johnie, we enter the new award-winning Robert Burns Museum.  After exploring the Museum and browsing in the shop, we have lunch, either in the Museum Café or in the nearbyBrig o Doon Hotel.

After lunch, we head, past Mount Oliphant farm to Mauchline, where we visit the fascinating museum in the house where Burns first set up home with Jean Armour.  Robert Burns Ayrshire Tour - MauchlineAfter a brief walk round the town, seeing the main sites associated with Burns, we break for tea or coffee, before heading for Tarbolton. On the way we pass the farms of Mossgiel and Lochlie where Burns lived and worked, then visit the world-renowned Bachelors’ Club.

It is now time to head back to Glasgow or Edinburgh.

Throughout the tour your knowledgeable guide will give you detailed information on Burns’s life and works and on the state of Scotland in the poet’s time.  As well as entertaining you with selections from Burns’s poems and songs, he will be delighted to answer any questions you may have.

A must tour for the Burns enthusiast!!!

Departure & Map

Terms and Conditions

NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS
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TOUR INFORMATION 
The outline of the itinerary must be taken as an indication of what each Group should accomplish and not as a contractual obligation on the part of Go Scotland Tours. Any changes in itinerary may be caused by local political conditions, delays, mechanical breakdown, weather, border restrictions, sickness or other unforeseeable circumstances. No refund will be given for services not fulfilled. It is a fundamental condition of joining the tour described in the itinerary that you accept this flexibility and acknowledge that delays and alterations with resulting consequences, comfort or disappointments are possible.


TOUR INSURANCE PROTECTION 
To protect yourself against cancellation charges, we highly recommend that you purchase Travel & Medical Insurance for your added protection and convenience. We accept no responsibilities for these items.

REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS 
Below are the standard terms of cancellations. For regular tours please refer to each tours individual terms when making the booking online. Be-spoke services terms may vary and change.
Be-spoke (Private) 1 Day Services; private services of only 1 day (tours, transfers, etc..) are non-refundable 1 week prior.
Be-spoke (Private) Multi-day Services; A 75% refund (25% of package price or £200 GBP if 10% of the price lower, the deposit is non-refundable) will be made if cancellations are received a minimum of 60 Days prior to the Tour departure. From 59 to 30 Days 50% of the tour cost is non-refundable. From 30 days prior to departure, 100% of the tour cost is non-refundable.

UNUSED SERVICES 
In case of you are canceling any portion of the tour while en route, there are no refunds for pre-booked hotels, sightseeing tours or any other services or costs. Note: No refunds are made for any unused services including accommodations, sightseeing tours, transportation, etc. with or without notice and the above schedule lists cancellation penalties in effect from time of reservation on any tour or extension. Go Scotland Tours is not responsible for cancelations or delays caused by forces of nature or airlines or cruise line.

CHANGES OF BOOKING
Be-spoke services; Changes made 30 or more days prior of tour start date non-refundable fee of £85 GBP will be charged. Changes made within 30 of tour start date non-refundable fee of £115 GBP.
Regular tours; no charge for changes
Note; charges may vary then what is specified above. This will be discussed at time of change.

CHANGE OF ITINERARY 
No changes can be made in the itinerary as set out in the itinerary once travel has commenced unless confirmed by the Tour organizers in accordance with the provisions listed here. 

CHANGE OF HOTELS OR SERVICES 
Go Scotland Tours. reserves the right to substitute hotels listed for others of a similar category. In the event of any program or hotel changes while you are on the tour, you will be immediately informed and booked in another hotel of the same category. Any costs incurred due to changes made by the tour participants or due to additional services requested will be borne by the tour participants. 

RESPONSIBILITY 
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ITINERARY, ACCOMMODATIONS AND PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.


 

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