Rick Steves Best of Scotland

by Rick Steves, Cameron Hewitt (With)

Overview

"Hit Scotland's can't-miss sights, bites, and history in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of Scotland!"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641715799
Publisher:	Avalon Publishing
Publication date:	01/30/2024
Series:	Rick Steves Travel Guide Series
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his son Andy, daughter Jackie, and his new grandson...baby Atlas. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook.
Connect with Rick:
facebook.com/RickSteves
twitter: @RickSteves
instagram: ricksteveseurope

Cameron Hewitt was born in Denver and grew up in central Ohio. Since moving to Seattle and joining Rick Steves' Europe (where he serves as content manager) in 2000, Cameron has traveled to more than 35 European countries, contributing to guidebooks, tours, radio and television shows, and other media. Cameron is married to his high school sweetheart (and favorite travel partner), Shawna, and enjoys taking photos, trying new restaurants, and planning his next trip. To research and cowrite this book, Cameron spent a month driving 2,000 miles around Scotland, from the Lowlands to the Highlands to the islands.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

The Best of Scotland 8

Travel Smart 24

The Lowlands

Edinburgh 33

Edinburgh in 3 Days 34

Orientation 35

Edinburgh Walks 41

Sights 53

Experiences 72

Sleeping 78

Eating 84

Transportation 89

Best of the Rest

Stirling 92

Glasgow 103

Glasgow in 2 Days 104

Orientation 105

Glasgow Walks 110

Sights 121

Experiences 127

Sleeping 129

Eating 132

Transportation 135

St. Andrews 139

St. Andrews in 1 Day 140

Orientation 142

St. Andrews Walk 144

Experiences 151

Sleeping 153

Eating 154

Transportation 156

The Highlands

Oban & the Inner Hebrides 159

Oban & the Inner Hebrides in 2 Days 160

Oban 160

The Inner Hebrides 174

Best of the Rest

Glencoe 183

Fort William 189

Isle of Skye 193

Isle of Skye in 1-2 Days 194

Portree 199

Sights on the Isle of Skye 206

Inverness & Loch Ness 219

Inverness & Loch Ness in 1 Day 220

Inverness 220

Loch Ness 237

Best of the Rest

Pitlochry 241

Balmoral Castle 245

Scotland: Past & Present 248

Practicalities 256

Tourist Information 256

Help! 256

Travel Tips 257

Money 257

Sightseeing 260

Sleeping 261

Eating 265

Staying Connected 271

Transportation 273

Holidays & Festivals 285

Conversions & Climate 286

Packing Checklist 287

Index 288

Map Index 297

Editorial Reviews

"The country's foremost expert in European travel for Americans."—Forbes

"Steves is an absolute master at unlocking the hidden gems of the world's greatest cities, towns, and monuments."—USA Today

“Every country-specific travel guidebook from the Rick Steves publishing empire can be counted upon for clear organization, specificity and timeliness."—Society of American Travel Writers

"Pick the best accommodations and restaurants from Rick Steves…and a traveler searching for good values will seldom go wrong or be blindsided."—NBC News

"His guidebooks are approachable, silly, and even subtly provocative in their insistence that Americans show respect for the people and places they are visiting and not the other way around."—The New Yorker

"Travel, to Steves, is not some frivolous luxury—it is an engine for improving humankind, for connecting people and removing their prejudices, for knocking distant cultures together to make unlikely sparks of joy and insight. Given that millions of people have encountered the work of Steves over the last 40 years, on TV or online or in his guidebooks, and that they have carried those lessons to untold other millions of people, it is fair to say that his life’s work has had a real effect on the collective life of our planet."—The New York Times Magazine

"[Rick Steves] laces his guides with short and vivid histories and a scholar's appreciation for Renaissance art yet knows the best place to start an early tapas crawl in Madrid if you have kids. His clear, hand-drawn maps are Pentagon-worthy; his hints about how to go directly to the best stuff at the Uffizi, avoid the crowds at Versailles and save money everywhere are guilt-free."—TIME Magazine

"Steves is a walking, talking European encyclopedia who yearns to inspire Americans to venture 'beyond Orlando.'"—Forbes

“…he’s become the unofficial guide for entire generations of North American travelers, beloved for his earnest attitude and dad jeans."—Outside Magazine

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