Scotland Vacation Ideas

Zicasso’s travel specialists were excellent, from planning the trip to accommodating our specific interests and needs.

Zicasso’s travel company did an excellent job in planning, booking, and supporting our trip. Our travel agent and her team were very helpful, positive, receptive, and responsive to our requests and feedback, and provided excellent customer service all around and throughout. My husband and I will definitely consider this travel company for any future travel in Ireland and Scotland. Thank you so much to the travel company and thank you so much, Zicasso, for providing another great travel agent and company to us.

My family was so happy with the trip that Zicasso’s travel specialist planned. We toured amazing castles, saw beautiful churches, and really enjoyed the scenery of the Highlands. We were there over Christmas, and our family stayed at a castle hotel that was simply magic.

One of the best parts of our trip was our driver. He was very engaging and knew the best secret spots to share with our family. When I return to Scotland, we will absolutely work with this travel company! Thank you!!

Zicasso’s travel company is the greatest of all time (GOAT). I don't want this to sound like the many other praiseworthy reviews for the travel company, but the travel company planned and executed an amazing trip. This is our second trip to Scotland, coordinated by Zicasso, which means we have interviewed four or more travel companies. The travel company sets the high bar for thoughtful personalization and for suggesting options that we would never have found otherwise.

Zicasso’s travel specialist and team were fantastic to work with. They were extremely responsive and ensured all details were taken care of for our trip.

We just spent two weeks in Scotland and Ireland, arranged for us by Zicasso’s travel specialists. What a five-star experience! Both of them have traveled extensively in the UK and Ireland, with one having grown up in the UK. They always seemed to know where we wanted to be.

This trip was a bit more challenging due to unexpected spine surgery a mere eight weeks prior to the trip. Between the perfect selection of lovely hotels at all the right locations and the nice people of these two countries, everything was accessible, despite using a walker. We could not have asked for more beautiful vistas, castles, and cultural amenities, ranging from lively Irish pubs to the finest museums (we’re art buffs). We also ate at spectacular restaurants selected by the travel company, in addition to terrific tours tailored to our specific interests.

Not only was the planning for the trip exceptional, but the travel specialists were there for us at a moment’s notice when things went awry. All trains in Scotland were canceled for a day due to 100mph winds from Storm Amy. We were pinned down in Edinburgh (a great place to be trapped) and took in additional sites, while the travel company saw to it that we had a lovely hotel room to spend our extra night in Edinburgh. Many people wound up sleeping in the train station. Our train was rescheduled strategically for the next day by the travel specialists, while we enjoyed Scotland’s National Art Gallery and our vacation continued seamlessly.

The transition from Scotland to Ireland was delightfully easy and our time in Ireland was spent exactly as planned. As I’m unable to drive and did not want my wife to be unable to sightsee while we traveled, the travel company got us (per our request) to far western Ireland and the Aran Islands, where Gaelic languages are still spoken and centuries-old Irish traditions are still maintained. We traveled by train so we could both sit back and take in the beautiful countryside.

There, we used our castle hotel in County Clare as a base for travel by car and enjoyed several days pursuing our own agenda and taking in the splendor of castle living. This was amazing, likely the most elegant place my wife and I have ever stayed, yet the venue had a comfortably casual vibe and an incredibly helpful staff that made accessibility problem-free. We would definitely block out a day just to stay on the castle grounds and enjoy the property and activities if we are able to return.

The Cliffs of Moher were spectacular, as were the Aran Islands, right down to a rainbow which vanished before we could find the “pot of gold” at the end. That being said, we think “the pot of gold” is Ireland itself... the sites, the people, the music, the food… the list is endless. We cleared US Customs in Shannon so we were able to fly to the US with no TSA or customs issues.

We returned to find an itinerary summary prepared by the travel specialists for submission to our travel insurance company for any storm-related refunds that the travel company had not already arranged for us. Simply a wonderful, stress-free trip, with the travel company at work continuously to assure that the experience was optimal, and it was five-star from start to finish. We can’t extend a higher recommendation to Zicasso’s travel specialists for a wonderful, intimate tour of the UK and Ireland.