ncluding 1 Welcome Cocktail Party and 1 Gala Dinner
Relax in the peaceful ambience of Ardgowan House, the Shaw Stewarts' magnificent Palladian mansion, tranquilly overlooking the Firth of Clyde, and cruise afterwards along picturesque Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest and deepest sea loch.
Ashore next morning in Georgian Inveraray, one of Scotland's earliest planned towns, ingeniously conceived by the 3rd and 5th Dukes of Argyll, witness the harshness of 19th century life at the Jail House. Reminiscent of a Himalayan gorge, colourful Crarae Garden, created by Lady Campbell in 1912, seems a world away in the leafy woodland glen, tumbling with waterfalls by Crarae Burn.
Steaming through the narrow Kyles of Bute, from Rothesay, taste the Victorian Gothic flamboyance of Mount Stuart House, standing proudly above a stronghold of early Scottish kings. Onwards to Great Cumbrae and the Cathedral of the Isles. This remarkable gem commissioned by George Boyle, later 6th Earl of Glasgow, is Britain's smallest cathedral, shrouded by trees at Millport Bay.
Landing from the sheltered waters of Holy Loch, enter the enchanting oasis of Benmore Botanic Garden in an awe-inspiring mountainside setting, and while away our last afternoon cruising Loch Long and Loch Goil en route for Greenock.
