Our great value winter and spring breaks based at the Alexandra Hotel in Fort William are packed with fantastic inclusions and stunning scenery! The popular tours explore the beautiful western Highlands and offer excellent excursions, great rail journeys on the West Highland Line and Kyle Line, full board at the hotel and three drinks vouchers each evening, along with entertainment on one night.
DEPARTS
Tuesday 18 February 2020
Tuesday 17 March 2020
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
The beautiful West Highland Line from Fort William
The Nevis Gondola cable car
Tour of the Ben Nevis Distillery with a wee dram
Trundle across the Glenfinnan Viaduct en route to Mallaig on the West Highland Line
Take an original Great Rail Journey of the World on the spectacular Kyle Line
Coach trip along the Great Glen and Loch Ness
Dinner every day, plus 4 lunches
3 Drinks Vouchers each evening in the hotel
Entertainment on 1 evening
Also included in your Tour Fare:
Dinner every evening plus 4 lunches (3 will be picnic lunches)
Rail travel & seat reservations from your Home Station to Tour Base (Standard or First Class)
Services of experienced Railtrail Tour Manager
Hotel Porterage
DAY 1
If travelling by train, our Tour Manager will meet you at Glasgow Central, transferring across the city to Queen Street Station for our evening journey on the West Highland Line to Fort William, where a light meal will be waiting at the hotel for the next four nights, the Alexandra Hotel.
DDAY 2
After breakfast our morning is free to explore Fort William. We then meet back at the hotel for a light lunch after which, our local coach takes us the short distance to the Nevis Gondola cable car, which whisks us high up Aonach Mor for incredible views. Back in Fort William, we visit the Ben Nevis Distillery for a tour and a warming 'wee dram' before heading back to the hotel for our evening meal.
B, L, DDAY 3
Today we pick up our packed lunches from the hotel and rejoin the West Highland Line for the final part of the epic journey to Mallaig. Trundling first past the Caledonian Canal's locks, we head through rocky mountain landscapes, crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct, where Bonnie Prince Charlie's monument and Loch Shiel are viewed before bursting out onto the Atlantic coastline of golden white sands with distant views of Rhum and Eigg. Enjoy time in Mallaig with views across the sea to Skye before returning to Fort William.
B, PL, DDAY 4
This morning a truly stunning coach journey awaits as we travel into the Great Glen, driving alongside Loch Ness en route to Dingwall. Here we join the original 'Great Railway Journey of the World' made famous from Michael Palin's trailblazing programme - The Kyle Line. We enjoy our packed lunch as our train climbs past great forests, stopping briefly in small hamlets, before descending through lochs and stunning seascape scenery to Kyle of Lochalsh, overlooking the Isle of Skye. Our circular tour is then completed by coach, heading south through the western Highlands to Fort William for our final evening meal.
B, PL, DDAY 5
The hotel provides one final packed lunch today, as we bid farewell to Fort William. If travelling by train today we will see the section of the West Highland Line in wintry daylight glory, climbing high across the heather of Rannoch Moor, whose splendid isolation can only be experienced by train or on foot (no road leads here), before skirting Lochs Lomond, Long and Gareloch en route to Glasgow, from where we disperse to our home stations.
B, PLB=Breakfast, L=Lunch, PL=Packed Lunch, D=Dinner
The Alexandra Hotel, Fort William
Situated in the heart of Fort William, close to the railway station this traditional Victorian hotel offers comfortable bedrooms with TV and radio, telephone and hospitality tray. The hotel has a homely bar with open fire and the spacious restaurant offering locally sourced dishes.
FARES
Fare Region | First | Standard |
London: Euston | £765 | £590 |
Greater London | £800 | £605 |
South of England | £810 | £625 |
East Anglia | £810 | £625 |
South West | £810 | £620 |
Heart of England | £695 | £560 |
Midlands | £660 | £545 |
Yorkshire | £600 | £515 |
North East | £580 | £500 |
North West | £625 | £510 |
South Wales | £710 | £565 |
North Wales | £665 | £545 |
Scotland | N/A | £505 |
Join & Leave at Hotel £399
£10 Tour Discount for holders of National Railcards
Single Room Supplement £95
MARCH DEPARTURE SUPPLEMENT £20
4 nights bed, breakfast & Table dHôte evening meal, 4 lunches (including 3 packed lunches)
Rail travel & seat reservations from your Home Station to Tour Base (Standard or First Class)
Rail & coach travel, with transfers as described
All excursions & admissions as detailed
Services of experienced Railtrail Tour Manager
Hotel Porterage
Steam Tours 2019 - More to be added weekly