Drive Around Scotland, 2nd; Your guide to great drives. Top 25 Tours.

by Donna Dailey

• ISBN13: 9781841577920
• ISBN10: 1841577928
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing

Summary

"The Drive Around" series is an indispensable guide to touring a country or region by car. A great combination of guidebook and route map, they highlight all the best places of interest with detours to avoid the main tourist trails. The best of Scotland is included, such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Skye, Mull, Iona and Orkney, plus suggested driving tours for Scotland's scenic mountains, lochs, moors and glens. Each chapter contains enough attractions to provide at least a day's worth of activities - often more - and has an introduction that sums up the main attractions and a ratings box. In every chapter, you will find lodging and eating recommendations for individual towns, or for the area as a whole. Among the top 25 tours are: The isles of Mull and Iona - burial place of kings and birthplace of Scottish Christianity; the scenic Argyll Lochs; the Great Glen - home of Nessie; and the cities of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. No touring holiday is complete without one of these essential guides.

Table of Contents

About Drive Around Guides	p. 8
Scotland at a glance	p. 10
Introduction	p. 12
Travel facts	p. 14
Driver's guide	p. 26
Getting to Scotland	p. 32
Setting the scene	p. 34
Highlights	p. 42
Edinburgh: Scotland's historic capital	p. 44
The Lothians: A region of castles, churches and pretty villages	p. 56
The Borders: Gentle rolling landscapes with four great ruined abbeys	p. 66
Dumfries and Galloway: The land of Burns, Scotland's national poet	p. 74
Glasgow: Scotland's biggest city, stylish and forward-looking	p. 82
Stirling and the Mill Trail: Industrial heritage and two great battle sites	p. 92
The Trossachs: Scotland in miniature, a land of mountains, lakes and forests	p. 98
Argyll: The magnificent mountains of Lorn meet the sea at Oban	p. 106
Mull and Iona: Burial place of kings and birthplace of Scottish Christianity	p. 116
Along the Argyll Lochs: Scenic shores and lochs, renowned for kippers and fresh seafood	p. 124
The Road to the Isles: Follow Bonnie Prince Charlie's route to the Hebrides	p. 134
Breadalbane and the Central Highlands: The scenic land of salmon rivers and folk traditions	p. 146
Strathspey and the Cairngorms: Forests and moorland, skiing and golf, heather and wildlife	p. 154
A Speyside Sampler: Woollens, shortbread and gourmet foods	p. 164
The Grampian Lowlands: Harbour towns, stately homes and fishing villages	p. 174
Aberdeen: A prosperous medieval city built of silver-grey granite	p. 184
The Castle Trail: Royal Deeside and the land of the Highland Games	p. 192
Perth and the Angus Glens: The boundary between the Highlands and the Lowlands	p. 202
The Kingdom of Fife: St Andrew's, plus the pretty fishing villages along the Forth and Tay	p. 212
The Great Glen: Historic castles, Highland music and the home of Nessie	p. 222
Easter Ross and Sutherland: Bird reserves, dolphins, seals and standing stones	p. 234
Caithness and Orkney: Herring ports, Viking settlements and Skara Brae, on Orkney	p. 244
The Northwest Highlands: Solitary mountains and shimmering lochs	p. 254
The Celtic Fringe: Pine forests, coastal villages and the famous Inverewe Gardens	p. 264
The Isle of Skye: The 'Isle of Mist', with its distinctive mountains	p. 272
Language	p. 282
Index	p. 283
Feedback form	p. 287
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Excerpts

"Scotland occupies only a third of Great Britain yet boasts a lion's share of the nation's most striking imagery. Dramatic mountains, encircling windswept moors and shimmering lochs, ancient castles marooned on an islet or towering on cliffs above the sea, the swirl of a tartan kilt and the lonely lament of the bagpipes – such images draw visitors to Scotland year after year."

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