Frommer's Scotland 2001 (Frommer's Complete Guides) [Paperback]

Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2001 | Series: Frommer's Complete Guides

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer's, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommer's. Your guide to a world of travel experience. Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:

• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.
• The expert guidance you need to take charge and travel with confidence.

Great trips begin at frommers.com

• Book flights, hotels, and rental cars.
• Get free updates on attractions and prices.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

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Food and Beverage Highlight: The Malt Whisky Trail

Photo by Laphraoig Distillery

Half the malt distilleries in Scotland are sprinkled through the valley of the River Spey east of Inverness in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. The tourist board markets it as the Malt Whisky Trail, a route 113km (70 miles) long through the glens of Speyside, connecting several fine distilleries that accept visitors, usually from March through October.

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Review

"An up-to-date, often outspoken 466-page guide to the best Scotland has to offer." (Scots Magazine, May 2008) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 536 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 6 edition (January 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764561685
• ISBN-13: 978-0764561689
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,639,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good coverage, but not great for budget travellers, April 11, 2006

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G. A. Murphy (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Scotland (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

I'm planning a trip to Scotland (leaving next week), and have never used Frommer's guides before. It has good suggestions for interesting touristy places to visit in Scotland, and gives a well written, concise historical description of the sites, which I like.

However, for booking hotels, I haven't selected a single suggestion from Frommers. This is because their suggestions are generally way too expensive. For example, looking for accomodations in the Orkney Islands, you'd think it was impossible to spend less than $150 a night if you relied exclusively on this guide. On the web, I found that there are at least a handful two and three star hotels in Kirkwall that were less than $100 a night, and look very nice.

Also, it says in Frommer's that it's ~$100 to travel by train to Edinburgh from London, but it doesn't mention that there are actually a huge range of fares, from ~$20 to more than $200 at www.virgin.com/trains, that depends on how early you purchase the tickets, and how flexible you want the ticket to be.

From these and other examples, I've decided that Frommer's is a fine place to start for an overview and figuring out where I want to go, but I'd end up unnecessarily spending a fortune if I relied on it for the practical stuff.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not the best travel book, February 21, 2009

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WineLover (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frommer's Scotland (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

I've been to Scotland 8 times (my relatives live there) and I think the author and I have differing opinions on what towns are really worth seeing. On our most recent trip a couple months ago we used this guide to travel through southern Scotland, an area we hadn't been to before. We found a few of the towns recommended to not be worth the drive there. Also, it seems that the book was not really updated. One wonderful restaurant in Oban was not listed (Seafood Temple) even though it was the most popular and famous restaurant and one restaurant we tried to go to in Elgin had apparently been closed for about 3 years.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frommer's Scotland, February 2, 2003

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This review is from: Frommer's Scotland 2002 (Paperback)

Of all the travel books I purchased for my first trip to Scotland, the Frommer's edition is the one I used and kept after my trip. It is comprehensive, detailed, and gives good advice. It had all the attractions I wanted to visit and more. They also have a great website as a reference tool.