Fodor's Scotland, 21st Edition (Travel Guide) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Travel Guide | Publication Date: April 1, 2008

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Scotland!

•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Scotland provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Scotland features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top-tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Scotland

•Experience Scotland like a local! Fodor’s Scotland includes choices for every traveler, from attending Edinburgh’s festivals and playing golf in the Highlands to shopping in Glasgow’s boutiques, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

Editorial Reviews

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"In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's super-informative guidebooks are known for accuracy and attention to detail…" –The Sacramento Bee
 
"The Fodor's guides are notable for their ratings of sights, restaurants, shops, accommodations and attractions." –Chicago Tribune
 
"The great detail, infectious spirit, and attractive format are distinguishing traits of these guides, which are entries in one of the top series in the business." –Booklist
 
"Fodor's can help you plan the perfect adventure" –The Arizona Republic
 
"Always thoughtfully written and easily readable, Fodor's travel guides have become a must-have when traveling to unfamiliar destinations" –Mid South Magazine
 
"Widely recognized as the gold standard of mainstream travel" –Honolulu Advertiser

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 21 edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140001915X
• ISBN-13: 978-1400019151
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,003 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #100 in Books > Travel > Europe > Great Britain > Scotland

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fodor's Fan for many years, August 12, 2009

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Klipspringer (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fodor's Scotland, 21st Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I purchased my first Fodor's guidebook in 1992, and have since acquired over a dozen covering different locations. I've been fortunate to have traveled all over the world, so I have a decent idea of what makes a good (or bad) guidebook. It's important to accept that no single guidebook can be all things to all people (the only reason Fodor's series don't get five stars from me). Each guidebook publisher takes a different slant, aimed at a different type of traveler. Fodor's books are tailored to what I would describe as a slightly more "upper class" traveler, a bit older, with a bit of money; while their books cover the requisite sights and things to see, they also cover some of the best restaurants, hotels and B&Bs when you want the occasional splurge. I have always found Fodor's reviews of restaurants and accommodations to be right on, and have enabled my wife and me to enjoy some special nights out while traveling.

I also always purchase a Lonely Planet guidebook for the same destination when we travel. Lonely Planet is aimed at a much younger market, more budget oriented. Lonely Planet takes a slightly more realistic tone (some would call it sarcastic), with more emphasis on backpacking, adventure travel, hostels, etc. Armed with both a Fodor's and a Lonely Planet guidebook for the same destination, I have the entire spectrum of travel experiences covered, from a good inexpensive fish & chips joint to a white tablecloth restaurant for a special evening.

I can verify that if you rely upon one single guidebook you will miss a great deal. With a Fodor's covering the higher end, and a Lonely Planet covering the less expensive realm, I have a destination fully covered with as many options and choices as possible.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just the Facts on Scotland...., April 25, 2009

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This review is from: Fodor's Scotland, 21st Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

"Fodor's Scotland" is heavy on facts for planning and light on pushing the "wow" factors of tourism. This guide, the 21st edition of the series on Scotland, contains an enormous amount of updated and useful information for planning a trip to Scotland.

The guide provides useful desriptions of Scotland's many natural and historical attractions, including breakdowns by region that can serve as the basis of a travel itinerary. The regional breakdowns include suggestions for accomodations and dining, along with price ranges. Travelers should note that Fodor's leans to the high end on accomodations. Inset notes include items of local history. The usual travel practicalities are addressed at the beginning of the guide, along with a calendar of special events by month. The latter is worth your attention, as the presence of a music festival or highland games can easily overwhelm limited local room and board facilities outside the major urban areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Northern Scotland has limited road and rail networks, few large population centers, and correspondingly fewer tourist accomodations. Visitors planning to enjoy the wild and beautiful Highlands and Islands should plan ahead carefully. The inclusion of website addresses for hotels and other facilities allows some useful comparisons.

Fodor's Scotland lacks photographs or other illustrations beyound some simple map graphics of Scotland and of the various regions. Those seeking a sense of place and scale and an advance look at attractions should consult elsewhere. The maps themselves may be insufficient for anything but the most basic point to point travel.

The level of detail even in a 400 page guide is necessarily limited. Travelers with particular interests such as hiking are advised to do additional research. Fodor's does not include the rating system for hotels, guest houses, and B&Bs already in use in the British Isles; these rating are normally front and center on websites and are a reasonably reliable comparison measure. This visitor to Scotland found them to be fairly accurate.

"Fodor's Scotland" is highly recommended to the traveler intereste in a visit to Scotland and seeking the basic information to plan a trip.

5.0 out of 5 stars Travel Guide, September 29, 2009

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Linda (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fodor's Scotland, 21st Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

This is an excellent travel guide...so glad to have the updated version for future travel.