Lonely Planet Scotland
Lonely Planet Scotland
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Overview
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Scotland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sip the water of life, whisky, in an ancient pub, trace the trails of the clanspeople fleeing Glen Coe, or play a round in St Andrew's, golf's spiritual home -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Scotland and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Scotland Travel Guide:
- Full-colour maps and images throughout
- Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
- Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
- Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
- Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
- Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - castles, lochs & mountains, islands, literature, food & drink, museums, culture, wildlife, the land
- Free, convenient pull-out Edinburgh map (included in print version), plus over 50 colour maps
- Covers Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, Inverness & the Central Highlands, Orkney & Shetland and more
- The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Scotland , our most comprehensive guide to Scotland, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
Looking for a guide focused on the Highlands and Islands or Edinburgh? Check out Lonely Planet Scotland's Highlands and Islands guide for a comprehensive look at all these regions have to offer; or Pocket Edinburgh a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits!
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eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones)
- Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges
- Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews
- Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience
- Seamlessly flip between pages
- Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash
- Embedded links to recommendations' websites
- Zoom-in maps and images
- Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing
Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788685764 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet Global Limited |
| Publication date: | 04/01/2019 |
| Series: | Travel Guide |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 473,177 |
| File size: | 90 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.
'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times
'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)
Table of Contents
Plan Your Trip
Welcome to Scotland 6
Scotland Map 8
Scotland's Top 16 10
Need to Know 18
First Time Scotland 20
What's New 22
If You Like 23
Month by Month 27
Itineraries 29
Outdoor Activities 33
Regions at a Glance 44
On The Road
Edinburgh 48
History 50
Sights 50
Activities 71
Tours 73
Festivals & Events 74
Sleeping 76
Eating 81
Drinking & Nightlife 90
Entertainment 93
Shopping 95
Information 97
Getting There & Away 98
Getting Around 99
Around Edinburgh 100
Queensferry 101
Inchcolm 104
North Berwick & Around 104
Linlithgow 105
Glasgow 106
History 107
Sights 107
Activities 119
Tours 119
Festivals & Events 120
Sleeping 120
Eating 124
Drinking & Nightlife 127
Entertainment 131
Shopping 134
Information 136
Getting There & Away 136
Getting Around 137
Around Glasgow 138
Paisley 138
Greenock & Gourock 138
Blantyre 139
Southern Scotland 140
Borders Region 141
Peebles 141
Melrose 144
Around Melrose 146
Selkirk 147
Hawick 148
Jedburgh 149
Kelso 151
Around Kelso 152
Eyemouth 152
Coldingham & St Abbs 153
South Lanarkshire 156
Lanark & New Lanark 156
Biggar 157
Ayrshire 157
Largs 157
Troon 159
Ayr 159
Alloway 161
Culzean Castle 162
Crossraguel Abbey 162
Turnberry 162
Ailsa Craig 163
Durnfries & Galloway 163
Durnfries 163
Ruthwell Cross 166
Caerlaverock 167
New Abbey 167
Annandale & Eskdale 167
Castle Douglas & Around 168
Kirkcudbright 170
Galloway Forest Park 171
The Machars 173
Stranraer 174
The Rhinns of Galloway 175
Portpatrick 176
Central Scotland 177
Stirling Region 178
Stirling 178
Dunblane 185
Doune 186
Fife 187
Culross 187
Dunfermline 188
Aberdour 189
Falkland 189
St Andrews 190
East Neuk 196
Lowland Perthshire & Kinross 200
Perth 200
Kinross & Loch Leven 206
Upper Strathearn 207
Crieff 207
Blairgowrie & Around 209
Northeast Scotland 210
Dundee & Angus 212
Dundee 212
Broughty Ferry 218
Glamis Castle 219
Arbroath 219
Kirriemuir 221
Edzell 224
Aberdeenshire 225
Aberdeen 225
Around Aberdeen 232
Stonehaven 234
Strathdon 235
Moray 236
Elgin 236
Dufftown & Aberlour 237
Banff & Macduff 239
Portsoy 240
Southern Highlands & Islands 241
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs 243
Loch Lomond 243
Crianlarich & Tyndrum 247
Arrochar 248
The Trossachs 248
South Argyll 254
Cowal 254
Bute 255
Inveraray 256
Crinan Canal 257
Kilmartin Glen 258
Kintyre 258
Islay 262
Jura 267
Colonsay 269
Arran 270
Brodick & Around 271
Corrie to Lochranza 272
Lochranza 272
West Coast 273
South Coast 273
Lamlash 273
Oban, Mull, lona & Tiree 275
Oban 275
Around Oban 279
Mull 281
Iona 287
Tiree 289
Coll 290
North Argyll 291
Loch Awe 291
Connel & Taynuilt 292
Inverness & The Central Highland 293
Inverness & the Great Glen 296
Inverness 296
Around Inverness 301
West of Inverness 302
Black Isle 303
Loch Ness 304
The Cairngorms 309
Aviemore 309
Around Aviemore 312
Grantown-on-Spey 314
Kingussie & Newtonmore 314
Tomintoul & Around 315
Cockbridge to Tomintoul Road 316
Royal Deeside 316
The Angus Glens 319
Highland Perthshire 320
Dunkeld & Birnam 320
Pitlochry 322
Blair Atholl 324
Lochs Tummel & Rannoch 325
Aberfeldy 326
Kenmore 327
Loch Tay & Ben Lawers 327
Fortingall 328
Glen Lyon 328
West Highlands 328
Glen Coe 329
Kinlochleven 332
Fort William 333
Around Fort William 336
Ardnamurchan 338
Road to the Isles 339
Knoydart 342
Small Isles 343
Rum 344
Eigg 345
Canna 346
Muck 346
Northern Highlands & Islands 347
East Coast 350
Strathpeffer 350
Tain 351
Bonar Bridge & Around 351
Lairg & Around 352
Dornoch 352
Golspie 353
Helmsdale 354
Caithness 354
Helmsdale to Lybster 355
Wick 355
John O'Groats 356
Mey 356
Thurso & Scrabster 357
North & West Coast 358
Thurso to Durness 358
Durness 360
Durness to Ullapool 361
Ullapool 365
Ullapool to Kyle of Lochalsh 366
Kyle of Lochalsh 373
Kyle to the Great Glen 373
Skye 374
Kyleakin (Caol Acain) 377
Broadford (An T-Ath Leathann) 377
Armadale & Sleat 378
Isleornsay 378
Elgol (Ealaghol) 378
Cuillin Hills 379
Minginish 380
Portree (Port Righ) 380
Dunvegan (Dun Bheagain) 382
Duirinish & Waternish 382
Trotternish 383
Raasay 384
Outer Hebrides 385
Lewis (Leodhais) 386
Harris (Na Hearadh) 389
Berneray (Bearnaraigh) 392
North Uist (Uibhist A Tuath) 393
Benbecula (Beinn Na Faoghla) 393
South Uist (Uibhist A Deas) 394
Barra (Barraigh) 395
Orkney & Shetland 397
Orkney 400
Kirkwall 401
East Mainland to South Ronaldsay 405
West & North Mainland 407
Stromness 409
Hoy 411
Northern Islands 413
Shetland 416
Lerwick 418
Bressay & Noss 422
Scalloway 422
South Mainland 423
North Mainland 425
The North Isles 426
Understand
Scotland Today 430
History 432
The Scottish Larder 440
Scottish Culture 446
Natural Scotland 452
Survival Guide
Directory A-Z 456
Transport 464
Glossary 469
Index 472
Map Legend 479
Special Features
Outdoor Activities 33
Royal Mile 3D Illustration 56
Rosslyn Chapel 3D Illustration 102
Stirling Castle 3D Illustration 182
Scottish Castles 205
Scotland's Islands 223
Lochs & Mountains 331