United Kingdom Tour Package: Royals, Ruins & Rolling Highlands

Arrive at London Heathrow. Private hotel transfer. Evening: Westminster Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge & St. James's Park. Overnight in London.

Buckingham Palace & Changing of the Guard. Trafalgar Square. Tower of London (Crown Jewels & 1,000 years of UK history). Tower Bridge. Evening: Thames River Cruise the finest way to see London's United Kingdom skyline. Overnight in London.

Morning: British Museum (free entry: Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, Elgin Marbles). Afternoon: Oxford Street & Carnaby Street shopping. Covent Garden. Evening: West End theatre or Soho restaurant district. Overnight in London.

Full-day excursion from London (3 hrs). Stonehenge, the most mysterious United Kingdom landmark, a 5,000-year-old ring of colossal standing stones on Salisbury Plain (UNESCO World Heritage). Continue to Bath Roman Baths (the best-preserved Roman bathing complex in the UK, built 2,000 years ago over natural hot springs) & the spectacular Georgian Royal Crescent. Return to London. Overnight in London.

Morning: St. Paul's Cathedral. Afternoon: LNER train from London to Edinburgh (4.5 hrs). Arrive in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital. Evening: Royal Mile & Grassmarket area. Overnight in Edinburgh.

Morning: Edinburgh Castle (Scotland's crown jewels & Stone of Destiny) & Palace of Holyroodhouse. Afternoon: optional Scottish Highlands day trip to Loch Lomond, Glencoe Valley (one of the UK's most dramatic landscapes), & Stirling Castle. Evening: Scottish whisky tasting at a Royal Mile distillery. Overnight Edinburgh.

Morning: Arthur's Seat panoramic walk or Princes Street shopping. National Museum of Scotland. Transfer to Edinburgh Airport. Departure.