12 days of Scotland Tour / Review of Itinerary / Without Car

The Northumberland day will be a very full day, although it's doable. You're lucky in that the tides schedule is very much in your favor that day. Here is the schedule for the tides: https://holyislandcrossingtimes.northumberland.gov.uk/Default.aspx?dt=0924
I would suggest seeing Bamburgh Castle over Alnwick, though. It's much closer to Lindisfarne and was absolutely wonderful! I was not impressed with Alnwick Castle at all (although that is my opinion, of course). :-) You might enjoy seeing Dunstanburgh Castle, which is right on the coast and not that far south of where you are.

ETA: Sorry, i just realized will not have a car in Scotland. You must be doing the Northumberland day tour and Stirling day tour as part of a Rabbies tour. If so, disregard what I said about those two. :-)

I also would highly recommend the Holiday Inn Express located at Glasgow Airport. It was very nice, very comfy and clean and very reasonably priced. You can get a nice dinner there, and their breakfast is quite good as well. If you have to leave really early, the continental breakfast starts at 4 am.

I also think that Stirling and Dunfermline will take up most of a day. You might want to consider bumping Rosslyn Castle to another day. Having said that, there is a lovely park right next to Dunfermline Abbey that is very nice. It was donated by Andrew Carnegie, who was from there, and has some beautiful walks with a lot of history there.

Mardee...thanks for your feedback. The tours are as written, however, based on your suggestion I will contact the companies I have booked with and see if by chance they offer Bamburg as a castle visit instead of Alnwick. I would actually rather do that as my familty has a slight connection to Bamburg. Yes, I looked at the tide schedule for Lindisfarne to see what day would be doable:-)

My biggest issue is actually flying to and from Scotland. Apparently, there is a union dispute going on and some flights aren't able to be booked currently. I'm watching that and hoping it opens up!

Thank you so much.
Reggie

Which airline has a dispute ongoing? There are plenty of options.

Btw it’s Bamburgh, pronounced “Bambrah”, a bit like Edinburgh is pronounced “Embrah” (at least according to my Edinburgh born and bred friends).

Thanks for the info re: pronunciation! Aerlingus sent me a message when I tried to book a flight from Glasgow to Dublin.

Reggie