Scotland the Best: The Guide Scots Trust (Collins) [Paperback]

Peter Irvine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Collins | Publication Date: December 1, 2005

This guide will help you experience the very best of Scotland. Whether visiting on pleasure or business, why settle for second-rate when you can be guided to so much that is outstanding? Here are thousands of recommendations that include the very finest of everything: places to stay and eat (whatever your budget), beaches and hill walks, bakers, haunted sites, places to take the kids, and more. This edition of Scotland the Best—now expanded, updated, and revised—is the finest ever. Peter Irvine has reassessed every recommendation to determine whether it’s still worthy of inclusion and added new gems to all categories.

Editorial Reviews

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'The only guide worth a damn' The Scotsman 'Infallible and quite brilliant' Daily Telegraph 'Makes all other guides to Scotland redundant' The Sunday Times 'Apart from a clever structure and the highest journalistic standards, this book is a joy. The clever thing about such opinionated copy is that pretty soon one picks up the character of the writer, and thus can get a much more accurate and tactile impression of a place than from so-called even handed reports. This book can only enhance the pleasure of visiting or living in Scotland' Amazon 'The plain truth is that this book does not put foot wrong: every one of the places that I have visited on Mr Irvine's recommendation has lived up to or exceeded its billing' Amazon

About the Author

Peter Irvine is a director of two of the leading edge events companies in Scotland who produce most of the major public events in Glasgow and Edinburgh, including the annual Glasgow Art Fair and Edinburgh's Hogmanay, which is now the biggest New Year festival in the world. In 2000 Peter Irvine was given the Thistle award for his personal contribution to tourism in Scotland and in 2002 gained another Thistle award for the Glasgow Art Fair.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK; 8th edition (December 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007216734
• ISBN-13: 978-0007216734
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,848,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scotland the Best, May 24, 2006

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Dibsy (Berkeley CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Scotland the Best: The Guide Scots Trust (Collins) (Paperback)

We have used this guide extensively in our many visits to Scotland. It's a little confusing to get the organizational structure but once you get it, it's a great guidebook. Much more info than any regular guidebook. And 95% of the time the descriptions and recommedations are right on. I won't go to Scotland without it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A savvy guide, October 4, 2007

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nanrain (Roxbury, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scotland the Best: The Guide Scots Trust (Collins) (Paperback)

This was our most used guidebook on a recent trip to Scotland. It is divided into a vast range of categories (including recommended places to stay and/or eat, interesting sights, hikes...) which are numbered and referenced on regional maps. The author also uses a check system to rate what he considers to be the most exceptional and unique. Wherever you might find yourself, you can check the map to see the recommendations for everything in that area (especially useful when you're on the road and looking for a place to eat). Our only complaint is that many items were included in more than one category with slightly different information in each listing - which results in numerous numbers for the same item on the maps. In spite of a few typos, we highly recommend this savvy and informative guide.