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Traitor nice on a Scottish Castles tour

And if your ever-faithful has been cooing over Ardross Castle then why not Traitor nice on a Scottish Castles tour.

With a four-day 381-mile driving tour across the Highlands.

Fringe benefits: Traitors time

Your Caledonoddyssey will begin on the shores of Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.

Where you can channel your 15th-century laird and do a bit of Nessie spotting too.

Is this a castle I see before me?

Thane and now: Cawdor Castle

Before you go in for some cosplay at Cawdor Castle which you’ll know through the Thane of Cawdor himself.

And lose yourself in elegant rooms, beautiful gardens and the old kitchen.

Where original features including a roasting spit, ice box and butter churn from centuries ago.

While Brodie Castle is where the Scottish King (its theatrical superstition not to mention him) is also wrapped up in Shakespeare.

Located near where he is said to have encountered the Three Witches.

Ye Jacobites by name

Chateau enough: Dunrobin

Continuing the historic theme you can follow in the footsteps of Outlander at Fort George, built to quell the Jacobites.

While your next stop Dunrobin looks more like a French château than a Highland fortress.

Step inside to discover its lavish 189 rooms filled with fine furnishings and treasures.

Then stroll through manicured gardens that stretch towards the coastline.

Speed bonnie boat

That bonnie boat: Slye

Now thankfully the Highlands are a less hazardous to traverse now compared to 1746.

So you won’t have to dress as your maid servant like Bonnie Prince Charlie, unless you have one and really want to.

That’s right, Day 3 takes you to Eilean Donan, one of Scotland’s most recognisable and photographed sights.

Where you can cross its stone bridge and step inside to uncover period furnishings with Jacobite Charlie left behind.

Meeting of the clans

Coast with the most: Skye

Take in Portree before catching a boat trip on your fourth day across the loch and enjoy a seal’s-eye view of Dungevan Castle.

The ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan MacLeod for 800 years, making it the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland.

While if you’re a Donald or any derivation thereof then you should take in the ruins of Armadale Castle.

And learn the story of the powerful Clan Donald, once known as the Lords of the Isles.

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