HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!Welcome to 2024 and an exciting year of adventures ahead. We already have a number of slots booked in for this year, from Family groups exploring across Scotland, to Ancestry tours discovering family heritage, Mary Queen of Scots and of course our very popular Outlander immersive tours. Whatever, you would like from a …
Newsletter 2nd October 2020
Newsletter 2nd October 2020 Welcome to our Autumn/Fall newsletter. As we write to you, we are back in a partial lockdown, with socialising with other households heavily restricted. But the wide open spaces are very much open, as are many hotels and B&B’s, along with a number of visitor attractions. However, visitors are mainly local, …
Newsletter 6th July 2020
Thanks to all our new followers who have discovered us via our Virtual Tours. Doing these tours helps us to keep spreading our love for Scotland and Outlander and we hope brings enjoyment to you, while we gradually return to “the new normal”. Please share the details in any groups you are part of and …
*NEW* Virtual Outlander Locations Tour
Scottish Tour company launches Virtual Tour to keep the Scotland dream alive, during the Coronavirus shutdown. Mary’s Meanders, based in Linlithgow, near Edinburgh have been running Outlander based filming location tours for 6 years and have built a wealth of knowledge and expertise over this period. Unable to share this with our visitors this summer, …
Our Outlander Adventure: 2016 to 2019
In 2016 we did head back to Tartan Week in New York, and how excited we were when it was announced that Sam Heughan would be The Grand Marshall of The Tartan Day Parade. The whole City became one big Outlander party, and that’s when it really hit home, just how huge this phenomenon is. …
Visit Scotland Thistle Awards 2019
What a night we had on the 14th November, as Anne, Emma & Paul headed off to Prestonfield House for our second year as nominees for a Visit Scotland Thistle Award- the Scottish hospitality and tourism “Oscars”. Following Emma’s win as Regional Ambassador in 2019, Anne was nominated as Tourism and Hospitality Hero for Lothian …
Mary’s Meanders Tour With Diana Gabaldon
We have just had the most amazing few days with Diana Gabaldon, who was justly being recognised for her contribution to Scottish Tourism with The Outlander books and subsequent TV series. And we were honoured at Mary’s Meanders to have been part of the celebration.
Loving Outlander – Tours 2018
Sometimes it’s just nice to take time to reflect on the many fun times we have had on our Outlander Journey. From our very first tour back in 2014 to attending the first Outlander Premiere in Glasgow, Season 2 in New York (and attending the Starz after party), the fantastic Outlandish UK Gatherings – we …
Filming locations update
Hello, You may have seen in the media that there are a number of different movies (Mary Queen of Scots, Outlaw King – Robert the Bruce) being filmed here at the moment. Unfortunately, it does mean that there are some site closures over the next few months. We will endeavour to add a different location …
Outlander Filming Location Tours – Entry Fees 2017
Individual entry costs (Concession Age 60+) Outlander filming tour locations Doune Castle – Historic Scotland £6 (£4.80) Culross – National Trust Special discounted rate £6.50 (usually £10.50) Falkland Free as we don’t go into the Palace Dysart- Free Tullibardine Chapel – where Rupert loses his eye – Historic Scotland Free Drummond Castle – …
Bonjour, Guten Morgen & Hello from our new team members.
You asked for French & German Outlander Tours and we have delivered! We are delighted to announce that our team is growing – please join us in welcoming Renate, Séverine and Angalica to the Mary’s Meanders team. Renate and Séverine have come on board in response to the growing number of requests we have for …
Scottish Themed Dinner with a hint of Outlander!
On Friday night we hosted 43 guests for our dinner show from Alaska who are touring around Ireland and Scotland. This is not just any typical tour group, it consists of 7 musicians who make up a band called Rogues and Wenches & their fans who happen to be Outlander fans too. The evening …
Concierge Services and 5 Stars
We understand that for many of our clients that a visit to Scotland is their dream holiday and an once in lifetime experience so providing a 5 star service is always top of the list when it comes to our tours. I have always been passionate about providing excellent customer service and enjoy interacting with the …
Outlander Locations Tours – Gift Vouchers
Tour gift vouchers are a wonderful present for friends and family. Whether it is for a birthday, an anniversary, Christmas, a relative visiting Scotland, a passionate Outlander fan, a wedding present, leaving gift for a colleague or for any other occasion, we have the ideal escorted tour for them. To purchase a gift …
Highlights from our Outlander Tour
Please enjoy a quick tour around some of the Outlander filming sites that are part of a our standard Outlander Tour. We are very lucky to live just minutes away from Midhope Castle (Lallybroch) and many of the other sites are within a 20-minute drive of Linlithgow. For further details please email Emma at emma@marysmeanders.co.uk …
Travelling Solo to Scotland
Is Scotland a good place to be a solo traveller? Yes absolutely it is. The locals are friendly, there is a good transport system and its gorgeous. You do of course need to be sensible, don’t put yourself into any uncomfortable or dangerous situations and keep an eye on your belongings. Just like you would …
Selfies with the Stars of Outlander and more!
Wow that was a busy few weeks! Between Tours, ScotCon and Culross Lates and even a Star Trek event we have been busy bees here in Linlithgow. We have had a lot of fun and I thought I would share some photos. Hopefully it will inspire you to come and do your own Outlander Tour …
Mary’s Meanders Tartan Week Schedule
One week to go!! A number of people have been asking where we will be during Tartan Week so here are the current details. Please come and say hello and remember we are happy to help with any aspect of visiting Scotland. We also have a Tartan Week special discount of 10% off all day tours …
The inspiration behind our new tour – MacDonald Armouries
Yesterday Anne and I went to visit Paul MacDonald from MacDonald Armouries. Paul got in touch a few weeks ago as he was interested in working with us. We went along not quite knowing what to expect as neither of us had been to an armoury before but left buzzing from head to toe! …
