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Frommer's Scotland [Paperback]

Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)
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January 2, 2004 Frommer's Complete Guides
You’ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer’s. It’s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they’ve done the legwork for you, and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer’s Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You’d be lost without us!

Frommer’s Scotland features gorgeous color photos of the quaint villages, misty moors, and offshore islands that await you. It’s a highly personal guide that’s fun to read and even more fun to use on the road—and it’s much more complete and in-depth than its major competitor.

You’ll find complete details on lovely small town s, world-class golf courses, superb fishing, country pubs, whiskey distilleries, natural wonders, castles, literary landmarks, mysterious ancient ruins, and Edinburgh’s vibrant cultural scene. You’ll even get a free color fold-out map!



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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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"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.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 488 pages
  • Publisher: Frommer's; 8th edition (January 2, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764541269
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764541261
  • Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,267,073 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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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Scotland is permeated with legend and romance. Read the first page
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midsize guest rooms, caddy service, musical cave, limited room service, bathrooms contain showers, nearest rail station, trouser press, king scallops, archaeological garden, combination tub, small guest rooms, furnished guest rooms, comfortable guest rooms, priced dinners, bonnie banks, royal burgh, lunch main courses, free parking, affordable meals, indoor heated pool, rail schedules, hair dryer, baronial style, dinner main courses
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Princes Street, Royal Mile, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Outer Hebrides, High Street, Mary Queen of Scots, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Isle of Skye, United States, British Airways, Isle of Arran, New Town, Central Station, Edinburgh Castle, Ben Nevis, Orkney Islands, Castle Douglas, Inner Hebrides, Loch Fyne, North Uist, South Uist, United Kingdom, Bonnie Prince Charlie
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