For those who love the freedom of the open road, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland’s South West has numerous scenic driving routes that let you explore our stunning countryside and attractions by car. You can of course use your own car or you can easily hire a car locally too.

You can even discover and enjoy our quiet country roads in a nostalgic classic car - from an E type Jaguar to a Rolls Royce. We are happy to organise this for you with a local business partner as well as arrange your accommodation in the best hotels located on the most picturesque routes along the way.

And as a business which has achieved a Green Tourism Silver Award, we can also arrange a touring break using our local country bus service if you prefer.

Whatever your interests, we can arrange help you plan your individual driving route, book your accommodation and provide all the local information for a first class car touring experience.

Please have a look at our tours below.

 

Stewartry Self Drive Day Tours

– CT1 – tailored to suit your holiday duration - from 2 to 6 days.

Cost – (assuming 2 on a tour and sharing B&B (hotel accommodation available)) – 2 days - £230; 3 days - £290; 4 days - £370; 5 days - £450; 6 days - £590.

We have 6 fascinating driving routes based from Castle Douglas, which can be mixed and matched to provide a self-drive car touring holiday of mid Galloway from 2 days or longer to suit your schedule. Five of the drives cover between 50 to 60 miles distance with two longer drives of around 70 miles.

Each drive has several places of interest along the way. At your welcome meeting we advise on the characteristics of each route including tea rooms, pubs and restaurants. We can also advise on other places which may match your interests, including gardens and nurseries, short walks, visitor centres and detour options.

 

The Bonny Galloway Self Drive Discovery Tour

– CT2 – from 4 to 7 days.

Cost – (assuming 2 on a tour sharing B&B (hotel accommodation available)) - 4 days - £460; 6 days - £660; 8 days - £860.

This driving tour allowing you to discover the scenic delights of Galloway has up to four different overnight stay stops – 2 nights at each location.

You begin in Castle Douglas ‘food town’ followed by a day looking around the small towns and villages of the Solway Coast. Contrast this with a visit the upland Glenkens at the head of Loch Ken before taking the popular Queens Way drive via Newton Stewart to Wigtown, Scotland’s book town.

Visit Bladnoch whisky distillery, the historic town of Whithorn and fishing port of Isle of Whithorn at the tip of the Machars peninsula for another interesting day.

Continuing west, you visit Stranraer, the largest town with the option of lunch in a fine lighthouse restaurant with views of ferries sailing past to Belfast.

From Portpatrick, the shortest crossing point to Ireland, you visit Scotland’s most southerly point at the Mull of Galloway with Logan Botanical Gardens worth a visit during the drive.

For something different, and a break from the car, we can make arrangements for you to take a day trip by ferry to Belfast – with the option of a bus trip to the Giant’s Causeway or other visitor attractions.

For the full 7 day 8 nights tour you visit the mountain scenery of Glentrool and finish a 2 night stay in attractive Gatehouse of Fleet set in a National Scenic Area from where you can visit Kirkcudbright artists’ town and other Stewartry scenic area.

 

Tailor Made Self Drive Car Touring Holidays in Dumfries and Galloway

– CT3 – from 2 days.

Cost – (assuming 2 on a tour sharing B&B (hotel accommodation available)) - 2 days - £295; 3 days - £395; 4 days - £495; 5 days - £595; 6 days - £695; 7 days - £795.

At Galloway Holidays with many years of local knowledge, we know about the interesting places to visit in our region – from National Scenic Areas to theme towns and unique visitor centres, we can point you in the right direction so you don’t miss the best parts.

We also arrange your accommodation to suit your budget – from good quality B&B’s to quality hotels.

Let us know your interests – arts and crafts, gardens, historical sites, National Trust for Scotland places, whisky distillery and real ale brewery, golf courses and good food and we will design a driving route to incorporate your interests.

You can select the approx. number of miles you want to drive per day and also the number of driving days, with or without part or full rest days.

Contact us and we will design a suitable tour and give you a price quote.