Lonely Planet Scotland

by Wilson, Neil; Cornwallis, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9781864501575
• ISBN10: 186450157X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Table of Contents

The Authors	7	(2)
This Book	9	(1)
Foreword	10	(3)
Introduction	13	(1)
Facts About Scotland	14	(26)
History	14	(9)
Geography & Geology	23	(1)
Climate	23	(1)
Ecology & Environment	24	(1)
Flora & Fauna	25	(2)
Government & Politics	27	(1)
Economy	27	(1)
Population & People	28	(1)
Education	28	(1)
Arts	29	(8)
Society & Conduct	37	(1)
Religion	38	(1)
Language	38	(2)
Facts for the Visitor	40	(34)
Highlights	40	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	41	(1)
Planning	42	(1)
Responsible Tourism	43	(1)
Tourist Offices	43	(1)
Visas & Documents	44	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	46	(1)
Customs	47	(1)
Money	47	(3)
Post & Communications	50	(2)
Digital Resources	52	(1)
Books	52	(1)
Films	53	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	54	(1)
Radio & TV	54	(1)
Video Systems	55	(1)
Photography & Video	55	(1)
Time	55	(1)
Electricity	55	(1)
Weights & Measures	55	(1)
Laundry	56	(1)
Toilets	56	(1)
Health	56	(2)
Women Travellers	58	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	58	(1)
Disabled Travellers	58	(1)
Senior Travellers	59	(1)
Travel with Children	59	(1)
Useful Organisations	59	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	60	(1)
Emergencies	61	(1)
Legal Matters	61	(1)
Business Hours	61	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	61	(2)
Language Courses	63	(1)
Work	64	(1)
Accommodation	64	(2)
Food	66	(2)
Drinks	68	(2)
Entertainment	70	(1)
Spectator Sports	71	(1)
Shopping	72	(2)
Activities	74	(14)
Bird-Watching	74	(1)
Canal Boating	74	(2)
Canoeing	76	(1)
Cycling	76	(1)
Diving	77	(1)
Golf	78	(1)
Fishing	78	(1)
Horse Riding & Pony Trekking	79	(1)
Rock Climbing	79	(1)
Sailing	79	(1)
Skiing & Snowboarding	80	(1)
Surfing	81	(1)
Walking	81	(7)
Getting There & Away	88	(11)
Air	88	(6)
Bus	94	(1)
Train	95	(1)
Car & Motorcycle	96	(1)
Hitching	97	(1)
Boat	97	(1)
Organised Tours	97	(2)
Getting Around	99	(10)
Air	99	(1)
Bus	100	(1)
Train	101	(2)
Car & Motorcycle	103	(3)
Walking & Cycling	106	(1)
Hitching	106	(1)
Boat	106	(1)
Local Transport	106	(1)
Organised Tours	107	(2)
Edinburgh & the Lothians	109	(54)
History	110	(1)
Orientation	110	(1)
Information	111	(10)
Edinburgh Castle	121	(2)
The Royal Mile	123	(4)
Holyrood	127	(1)
North of the Royal Mile	128	(1)
South of the Royal Mile	128	(1)
New Town	129	(2)
Calton Hill	131	(1)
Cramond	132	(1)
Dean Village	132	(1)
Leith	133	(1)
Greater Edinburgh	134	(1)
Activities	134	(1)
Organised Tours	135	(1)
Special Events	136	(1)
Places to Stay	136	(5)
Places to Eat	141	(6)
Entertainment	147	(6)
Spectator Sports	153	(1)
Shopping	154	(1)
Getting There & Away	155	(1)
Getting Around	156	(1)
The Lothians	157	(1)
Midlothian	157	(2)
East Lothian	159	(2)
West Lothian	161	(2)
Glasgow	163	(29)
History	163	(1)
Orientation	164	(2)
Information	166	(1)
George Square & the Merchant City	167	(1)
Glasgow Cathedral & Precincts	167	(3)
Gallery of Modern Art	170	(1)
Burrell Collection	171	(1)
Mackintosh Buildings	171	(2)
The Tenement House	173	(1)
Glasgow Science Centre	173	(1)
West End	173	(2)
Other Things to See	175	(1)
Walking & Cycling	175	(1)
Organised Tours	176	(1)
Special Events	176	(1)
Places to Stay	176	(3)
Places to Eat	179	(3)
Entertainment	182	(2)
Spectator Sports	184	(1)
Shopping	185	(1)
Getting There & Away	185	(1)
Getting Around	186	(1)
Around Glasgow	187	(1)
Renfrewshire	187	(2)
West Dunbartonshire	189	(1)
Inverclyde	189	(3)
Southern Scotland	192	(52)
Walking	193	(1)
Cycling	193	(1)
Borders Region	193	(3)
Coldstream	196	(1)
Duns & Around	197	(1)
Lammermuir Hills	198	(1)
The Coast	198	(2)
Kelso	200	(2)
Around Kelso	202	(1)
Melrose	202	(2)
Around Melrose	204	(1)
Galashiels	204	(1)
Selkirk	204	(1)
Jedburgh	205	(1)
Hawick	206	(1)
Hermitage Castle	207	(1)
Peebles	207	(1)
Around Peebles	208	(1)
South Lanarkshire	209	(1)
East Kilbride	209	(1)
Blantyre	209	(1)
Hamilton	209	(1)
Lanark & New Lanark	209	(2)
Biggar	211	(1)
Abington, Crawford & Crawfordjohn	212	(1)
Douglas	212	(1)
Ayrshire	213	(1)
North Ayrshire	213	(3)
Isle of Arran	216	(5)
East Ayrshire	221	(1)
South Ayrshire	221	(6)
Dumfries & Galloway	227	(1)
Getting There & Around	228	(1)
Dumfries	228	(2)
Caerlaverock Castle	230	(1)
South of Dumfries	230	(1)
Castle Douglas & Around	231	(1)
Kirkcudbright	232	(2)
Gatehouse of Fleet	234	(1)
New Galloway & Around	234	(1)
Newton Stewart	235	(1)
The Machars	235	(2)
Stranraer & Cairnryan	237	(1)
Around Stranraer	238	(1)
Portpatrick	239	(1)
South of Portpatrick	239	(1)
Annandale & Eskdale	240	(4)
Central & North-Eastern Scotland	244	(86)
Walking & Cycling	245	(1)
Stirling Region	245	(1)
Getting Around	246	(1)
Stirling	246	(8)
Around Stirling	254	(2)
The Campsies & Strathblane	256	(1)
The Trossachs	257	(3)
Balquhidder & Breadalbane	260	(3)
Clackmannanshire	263	(1)
Dollar	263	(1)
Alloa	264	(1)
Clackmannan	264	(1)
Falkirk Region	264	(1)
Falkirk	264	(1)
Dunmore Pineapple	264	(1)
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway	265	(1)
Fife	265	(1)
Culross	265	(1)
Dunfermline	266	(1)
Aberdour	267	(1)
Kirkcaldy	267	(1)
Falkland	268	(1)
Cupar & Ceres	269	(1)
St Andrews	269	(7)
East Neuk	276	(4)
Perth & Kinross	280	(1)
Getting Around	280	(1)
Kinross & Loch Leven	280	(1)
Perth	281	(3)
Strathearn	284	(4)
West Perthshire	288	(3)
Perth to Aviemore	291	(4)
Blairgowrie & Glenshee	295	(1)
Dundee & Angus	296	(1)
Dundee	297	(5)
Broughty Ferry	302	(1)
Glamis Castle & Village	303	(1)
Arbroath	303	(1)
Forfar & Around	304	(1)
Kirriemuir	305	(1)
Angus Glens	306	(1)
Brechin	307	(2)
Aberdeenshire & Moray	309	(1)
Aberdeen	309	(9)
Deeside & Donside	318	(4)
Northern Aberdeenshire & Inland Moray	322	(2)
The Coast	324	(6)
The Highlands	330	(86)
Walking	330	(1)
Other Activities	330	(1)
Argyll & Bute	331	(1)
Isle of Bute	331	(2)
Cowal	333	(1)
Helensburgh	334	(1)
Loch Lomond	334	(3)
Arrochar	337	(1)
Inveraray	338	(1)
Lochgilphead	339	(1)
Crinan Canal	339	(1)
Kilmartin Glen	339	(1)
Kintyre	340	(3)
Oban	343	(5)
Around Oban	348	(1)
Loch Etive	349	(1)
Benderloch & Appin	350	(1)
Lismore	350	(1)
Loch Awe & Glen Orchy	351	(1)
Central West Highlands	352	(1)
Glen Coe	352	(2)
Kinlochleven	354	(1)
Glen Coe to Fort William	355	(1)
Fort William	356	(5)
Ardgour & Ardnamurchan	361	(2)
Morvern Peninsula	363	(1)
Road to the Isles	363	(3)
Knoydart Peninsula	366	(1)
The Cairngorms	366	(1)
Aviemore	367	(5)
Around Aviemore	372	(2)
Grantown-on-Spey	374	(1)
Kingussie	374	(1)
Newtonmore	375	(1)
Inverness & the Great Glen	376	(1)
Inverness	377	(5)
Around Inverness	382	(2)
Loch Ness	384	(2)
Fort Augustus	386	(1)
Fort Augustus to Fort William	387	(1)
West of Inverness	388	(2)
East Coast	390	(1)
Strathpeffer	390	(1)
Cromarty Firth	390	(1)
Tain	391	(1)
Portmahomack	391	(1)
Bonar Bridge & Around	391	(1)
Lairg	392	(1)
Dornoch	392	(1)
Golspie	393	(1)
Brora	393	(2)
Helmsdale to Latheron	395	(1)
Lybster & Around	395	(1)
Wick	396	(1)
John o'Groats	397	(1)
Dunnet Head	398	(1)
North & West Coast	398	(1)
Getting Around	398	(1)
Thurso & Scrabster	399	(2)
Thurso to Durness	401	(1)
Durness (Diuranais)	402	(1)
Durness to Ullapool	403	(3)
Ullapool	406	(3)
Ullapool to the East Coast	409	(1)
Ullapool to Kyle Of Lochalsh	409	(3)
Plockton	412	(1)
Kyle of Lochalsh	413	(1)
Kyle to the Great Glen	414	(2)
The Hebrides	416	(44)
Walking	416	(1)
Southern Inner Hebrides	417	(1)
Isle of Islay	417	(4)
Isle of Jura	421	(1)
Isle of Colonsay	422	(1)
Mull & Lona	423	(8)
Isle of Coll	431	(1)
Isle of Tiree	431	(1)
Small Isles	432	(1)
Getting There & Away	432	(1)
Muck	432	(2)
Eigg	434	(1)
Rum	434	(1)
Canna & Sanday	435	(1)
Isle of Skye	435	(1)
Walking	435	(1)
Organised Tours	436	(1)
Getting Around	436	(1)
Portree (Port Righ)	436	(2)
Kyleakin (Caol Acain)	438	(1)
Kylerhea (Caol Reithe)	438	(1)
Armadale (Armadal)	439	(1)
Broadford (An T-Ath Leathann)	439	(1)
Elgol (Ealaghol)	440	(1)
The Cuillins & Minginish Peninsula	440	(1)
North-West Skye	441	(1)
Trotternish Peninsula	441	(1)
Uig (Uige)	442	(1)
Raasay	443	(1)
Outer Hebrides	443	(1)
History	444	(1)
Language	444	(1)
Orientation & Information	445	(1)
Places to Stay & Eat	445	(1)
Getting There & Away	446	(1)
Getting Around	447	(1)
Lewis (Leodhais)	447	(5)
Harris (Na Hearadh)	452	(3)
Berneray (Bearnaraigh)	455	(1)
North Uist (Uibhist A Tuath)	455	(1)
Benbecula (Beinn Na Faoghla)	456	(1)
South Uist (Uibhist A Deas)	456	(1)
Eriskay (Eiriosgaigh)	457	(1)
Barra (Barraigh)	458	(1)
Pabbay (Pabaidh) & Mingulay (Miughalaigh)	459	(1)
St Kilda	459	(1)
Orkney & Shetland Islands	460	(36)
Orkney Islands	460	(1)
Information	461	(1)
Getting There & Away	461	(2)
Getting Around	463	(1)
Organised Tours	464	(1)
Kirkwall	464	(4)
East Mainland to South Ronaldsay	468	(1)
South Mainland	469	(1)
Stromness	470	(2)
West & North Mainland	472	(2)
Hoy	474	(1)
Northern Islands	475	(6)
Shetland Islands	481	(2)
Getting There & Away	483	(1)
Getting Around	483	(1)
Lerwick	483	(4)
Around Lerwick	487	(1)
Central & West Mainland	487	(2)
South Mainland	489	(2)
Fair Isle	491	(1)
North Mainland	491	(2)
The North Isles	493	(3)
LANGUAGE	496	(4)
GLOSSARY	500	(4)
INDEX	504	(8)
Text	504	(7)
Boxed Text	511	(1)
Map Legend	512