SWING holiday in stunning Scotland
extras, costumes and weaponry for TV shows and films such as Gladiator, Thor and Captain America.
Visitors are also invited to wear traditional Scottish dress. My outfit, a long wool skirt, tunic and waistcoat, helps keep out the autumn chill as I take a tour before sampling a traditional feast of beef stew, bread and fruit beer in the long house.
Suitably stuffed and rather merry, I then find my inner warrior during the weapons demo where I get to swing a sword and fight a cheery Jacobite and a friendly Redcoat.
Outlander: Season 2 is out on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow. MADEIRA: Go on Saturday from Edinburgh for seven nights’ B&B at four-star Hotel Raga in Funchal for £346. Hit onthebeach. co.uk or call on 0871 474 3000. SRI LANKA: Leave Birmingham on November 8 and get ten nights’ B&B at four-star Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Kalutara for £881. Book at southalltravel.co.uk or call 0208 705 0086. ORLANDO: See Kissimmee on a one-week room-only break at three-star Maingate Lakeside Resort for £573. Depart Gatwick on November 8. Hit traveltrolley.co.uk. STOCKHOLM: Three nights’ room-only at four-star Connect Hotel City is £213. Fly from Stansted on November 15. More at opodo.co.uk or call 0871 277 0090. BENIDORM: Pay £356 and leave from Gatwick on November 15 for seven nights’ all-inclusive at the four-star Hotel Levante Club. Visit Thomson.co.uk or call on 0871 230 2555. Getting there: British Airways flies from Heathrow to Inverness from £76 return. Book at ba.com.
Where to stay: Executive doubles with views of the loch and mountains at Macdonald Loch Rannoch Hotel start at £136 per room per night. See macdonaldhotels.co.uk.
For Outlander Tours, see Eyes On Scotland at eyes-on-scotland.com/ outlander-tours. For more on Duncarron, visit duncarron.com. For information on Drummond Castle Gardens, see drummondcastlegardens. co.uk.
For more info on Outlander locations see visitscotland.com/outlander.