Sample Itinary For Tourism

Day One

Your group consisting of 20 people will travel into Scotland at Prestwick Airport for a tour based on an International Conference on Burns.

Your flight details are as follows:

Flight Number From To Depart Arrive

407 London Stansted Glasgow Prestwick 0845 0955

Total cost of the flight will be Ð'Ј972.80. Standard opening of check-in desks is two hours prior to scheduled time of departure. Ryanair recommends that passengers check in two hours prior to scheduled flight. Check-in desks close strictly 40 minutes before scheduled departure.

A hired coach from Keenan of Ayr will be waiting for you outside at 10.30am for when you come out of Prestwick Airport.

The coach is then going to transport you to Ruthwell for the first attraction of the trip, The Brow Well. The coach journey should take 1 hour and 50 minutes, giving you the chance to sleep on the journey after your flight. You should arrive at your destination at 12.20pm in the afternoon.

The Brow Well is a hamlet 9 miles outside of Dumfries where Burns went during his final illness to take water of its chalybeate spa. Nearby is the village of Ruthwell, where the first savings bank was found. The cottage which housed the original bank is now a museum. The village church is home to the famous Ruthwell Cross, which has amongst its carvings a runic text of the Dream of Rodd, the earliest known poem in the English language.

You will be given 30 minutes to take a look around the Brow Well, and then the coach shall take you to the village of Ruthwell, where you will be given the chance to visit Ruthwell cross and church. You shall arrive at the Ruthwell Cross at 1pm.

The Ruthwell cross is one of the oldest Preaching Crosses in Europe and was first raised on the Solway towards the end of the 7th century. It is thought to have been created by monks of the Columbian church, as a protest against the church of Rome. The Roman church has sought to achieve supremacy in England by expelling the evangelic church of Iona from Northumbria in the North of England, an area geographically close to the far south-west of Scotland where the cross was sited.

You will be given an hour to take a look around the church and have plenty of photo opportunities.

At 2pm the coach shall be waiting outside for you to take you to the Market Inn Hotel for lunch. The coach journey should last 30 minutes. You shall arrive at the Hotel at 2.30pm.

Good food and a warm welcome awaits you at the Market Inn Hotel in Castle Douglas, Scotland's food town. It is a friendly, family owned establishment. All the food is home-cooked, and there is a wide ranging menu featuring everything from a snack to a la carte.

After lunch at 2.30pm the coach shall be waiting to take you to the final Burn's destination of the day, Burn's House. The coach journey should last 20 minutes and you will arrive at the attraction at 3.50pm.

Burn's house was the ordinary sandstone building that Robert Burn's, Scotland's national poet, spent the last years of his brilliant life. Now a place of pilgrimage for Burn's enthusiasts from around the world, the house retains much of it's eighteenth century character and contains many relics of the poet. There is the chair in which he wrote his last poems, many original letters and manuscripts, and the famous Kilmarnock and Edinburgh editions of his work.

Admission is free and the tour should last up to 40 minutes with plenty of photo opportunities.

After the tour the coach shall be waiting outside to take you to your accommodation for the night. Accommodation has been booked for in the Cairndale Hotel.

The Cairndale Hotel & Leisure club is one of South West Scotland's leading hotels, offering a wide range of facilities including 91 ensuite bedrooms and suites. Regular entertainment in the hotel includes, dinner dances, celidhs, and cabaret nights with fantastic tribute acts.

For a twin/double room plus dinner, bed and breakfast shall cost Ð'Ј119 per person, per night.

All 91 rooms in the Cairndale are inviting and provide the same excellent advantages:

comfortable beds

en-suite facilities

colour televisions

Direct Dial telephones

Once checked into the hotel, dinner shall be held in the reivers Restaurant at 5.30pm.

Awarded an AA Rosette for fine dining in 2003, Reivers continues to offer an ambitious and constantly evolving menu.

After Dinner at 7pm you have access to all the facilities within the hotel which include:

14m heated swimming pool

Sauna

Steam Room

Spa Bath

Air conditioned Gymnasium

Also you can enjoy the entertainment held in the hotel. This evening is a traditional Scottish Ceilidh which you are more than welcome to witness and take part in.

The Evening is yours to do as you wish.

Day Two

Once you have woken to a complimentary breakfast in the restaurant in the hotel, the coach shall be waiting for you outside at 10am, once you have checked out of the hotel. Ready to take you to the first attraction of the day, The Globe Inn.

Established in 1610, the Globe Inn, Dumfries, has long been associated with Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet. In 1796, Burn's wrote '...The Globe Tavern here, which has many years has been my howff...' and in 1891, the first of what was to become the annual tradition of Burns suppers was held here at the Globe Inn.

At his howff (or haunt) his favourite seat still survives, and some of his poetry may still be seen inscribed by Robert Burns with a diamond on his bedroom windows.

The Globe Inn is an important historic pub, steeped in the history of Robert Burns and Dumfries. Every corner is packed with fascinating memorabilia making the Globe Inn a central part of any