Day 1 Arrival Arrive Edinburgh Airport and pick up your rental car.
Drive to Airth Castle where the staff may take you on a ghostly tour of the
castle. Watch out for rooms No 3, No 9 and No 23 as they are all haunted by a
small group of playing children. Even their ghostly nanny is still around and
she sometimes looks after children whose parents have gone to dinner in the
hotel restaurant! Do remember – rooms that are haunted by ghosts will feel
chillier… Overnight at Airth Castle.
Day 2 Stirling Castle & Linlithgow
Palace Today you have the opportunity to tour two historic castles
associated with Mary Queen of Scots. Stirling Castle stands on volcanic rock
overlooking the town of Stirling. The Pink Lady, a beautiful woman in a pink
silk gown, has been seen many times at the castle. Some say it is Mary Queen of
Scots who was crowned in the old chapel in 1533, and others that it is the
ghost of a woman searching for her husband who had been killed when Edward I
captured the castle in 1304. A Grey Lady has also been known to appear and it
is assumed that she was an attendant to Mary Stuart and saved her from certain
death when the draperies on the royal bed caught fire. Unfortunately, every
appearance of the Grey Lady heralds a disaster to befall the Castle! Last but
not least, listen out for the mysterious footsteps that have been heard all
over the Castle…Just down the road at Linlithgow Palace, where Mary Queen
of Scots was born in 1542, Queen Margaret’s Bower is said to be haunted by
Margaret Tudor, waiting for the return of her husband, James IV, who was
battling against the army of his brother-in-law, Henry VIII. James died on the
battlefield and Margaret waited in vain –but not for too long, as she then
proceeded to marry her husband arch enemy, the Earl of Douglas. So may be
it’s a late regret that makes her appear in the Bower. Overnight at Airth
Castle.
Day 3 Glamis Castle Today make the trip through Fife to Glamis Castle,
one of Scotland’s most beautiful and most haunted castles. It was the home
of the Queen Mother in her youth and the birthplace of her daughter Princess
Margaret. However, its history dates back to the mist of time and Glamis was
once the hunting lodge of that most infamous of Scottish kings, Macbeth! The
castle plays host to a plethora of ghosts, one of which is Lady Janet Glamis,
who was accused of witchcraft by King James V and burnt at the stake at Castle
Hill in Edinburgh in 1537. According to eyewitness reports, a mist arose from
her funeral pyre and descended over all of Scotland. You may see her above the
clock tower or sometimes in the chapel, where no one ever sits on the seat in
the corner out of respect for Lady Glamis. There is also the spectral
appearance of a small servant boy, who had frozen to death, a serving girl
turned vampire and a tongue-less woman running through the grounds, but the
most amazing mystery is the Missing Room. The window to the room can be clearly
seen from the outside of the castle, but no entrance can be found and the
window is bricked up. It is said that the Earl of Glamis played cards with his
friends and did not want to stop when the clock announced the coming of Sunday.
A black-clothed stranger entered the room and joined their game and when next a
servant looked into the room he found his master and friends playing cards with
the devil surrounded by a wall of fire. The room has been bricked up ever
since, but on a quiet night you can still hear the men playing cards. Overnight
at Fernie Castle, near St. Andrews.
Day 4 Cawdor Castle Today we journey north into the Highlands. You will
have the opportunity to stop in one of the many picturesque villages on the
way, but make sure you leave enough time to take in a different kind of spirit,
Uisge Beatha. Take a tour of one of the many whisky distilleries in Speyside,
learn about the Angel’s Share and get a taste of the Water of Life. Take a
tour of Cawdor Castle, a superb fairy-tale castle romantically linked with
Shakespeare’s Macbeth. There are reports of 3 ghosts at Cawdor – a
mysterious appearance dressed in blue velvet and the ghost of John Campbell of
Cawdor, but the saddest appearance is that of a young lady without hands. It is
said that she was the daughter of one the Earls of Cawdor who had been in love
with a man her father did not approve of. As a punishment her father had her
hands cut off so that she “could never embrace her lover again”.
Overnight in Tulloch Castle.
Day 5 Dunrobin Castle Today you will visit Dunrobin Castle, the most
northerly of Scotland’s great castles and home of the Earls of Sutherland.
The upper floor of the castle is said to be haunted by the daughter of the 14th
Earl. She had been imprisoned in the attic by her father for falling in love
with the wrong man. When she tried to flee the Castle and elope with her lover,
she fell to her death from a window. This castle also holds Falconry
demonstrations in the afternoons. Overnight in Tulloch Castle.
Day 6 Inverness, Loch Ness
& Urquhart Castle Travelling south along the banks of Loch Ness, keep your
eyes pealed for its famous inhabitant, the loch Ness Monster. Your best vantage
point is at Urquhart Castle, the ruins of one of the largest castles in
Scotland which fell into decay after 1689 and was blown up in 1692 to prevent
it being occupied by the Jacobites. Eilean Donan Castle, Wester Ross - A Spanish soldier, killed in the
castle or in a nearby battle is said to haunt the castle. And one of the
bedrooms is haunted by a Lady Mary. Kellie Castle - The spirit of Anne Erskine
who fell from one of the upstairs windows is said to haunt a spiral staircase
in the castle. Continue south through one of the most
picturesque and haunting sites in Scotland, the valley of Glencoe, scene of the
1692 massacre of the MacDonald Clan by the soldiers of King William. Overnight
in Airth Castle.
Day 7 Edinburgh Castle It’s almost time to depart. Spend your
remaining time in Edinburgh, doing some last minute shopping or, if you
haven’t seen enough ghosts yet, tour the Castle which has many, including
a headless drummer who only appears when the Castle is about to be attacked and
a piper who disappeared in the tunnels between the Castle and the High Street.
Recently, builders undertaking renovating works have been disturbed by ghosts
said to be French prisoners of war, who were held captives in the Vaults
underneath the Castle. Borthwick Castle, Lothian - an apparition of Mary Queen of Scots, dressed as a
page boy, is said to appear; she escaped from Borthwick Castle in 1567 in a
similar disguise. Stay at Dalhousie Castle.
Day 8 Return home.
Some more:
Braemar Castle (nr. Aberdeen) - said to be haunted by a blonde haired,
pretty girl, possibly a newly married bride who committed suicide because she
thought her husband had abandoned her. (A sighting of her was reported in
1987). The spirit of John Farquharson of Inverey is also around - he is known
as the "Black Colonel". Castle Fraser (nr. Aberdeen)- a young woman who was
murdered in the castle in the 19th century and dragged down the stairs before
being buried. Her blood on the stairs could not be removed. Corgarff Castle (nr. Aberdeen) - ghostly screams have
been heard in the castle, but nobody has hazarded a guess at who, or what, is
making them. Craigievar Castle(nr. Aberdeen) - the ghost here is of one of the Gordon family
who was murdered by being pushed out of one of the windows of the castle.
Culzean Castle, Ayrshire - a ghostly piper is heard when a Kennedy is getting
married (the castle used to be a Kennedy stronghold). Another ghost seen here
include a young woman dressed in a ball gown. Skibo Castle (N. of Inverness) - although the present castle was built as recently
as the 19th century, it is on the site of much earlier buildings. A ghost of a
young girl used to haunt old castle. Bones were later found in the castle walls
and once they had been buried, the hauntings were never seen again.
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