Scotland the Best [Paperback]

Peter Irvine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

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 2004 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 newly discovered gems to all categories.

Editorial Reviews

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'The only guide worth a damn' The Scotsman 'Infallible and quite brilliant' Daily Telegraph '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: 384 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK; 7th edition (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007165307
• ISBN-13: 978-0007165308
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,605,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant resource, September 16, 2004

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L. Brundage "Celtic Girl" (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scotland the Best (Paperback)

We just returned from Scotland having based most of our travel decisions on this book. The author was dead on in every instance. We found some of the most wonderful and out -of -the-way places with his help. I highly recommend purchasing any travel book by this author and will do so again.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for anyone travelling to Scotland., July 28, 2004

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P. N. Ralley "Neil Ralley" (Verona, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scotland the Best (Paperback)

This witty, interesting and comprehensive guide is simply packed with information and recommendations concerning what to do and see in Scotland as well as where to stay and eat along the way. Much of the information is provided in lists of

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disliked this format, October 19, 2005

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Katherine Shew "ks" (Richmond VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scotland the Best (Paperback)

This book is designed not by region, but by an endless lists of "bests". I found this inconvenient when travelling because anytime I arrived in a new city I had to cross reference multiple pages from the index. Additionally the descriptions are too brief and often do not give adequate directions/location of the described restaurant, etc. The only time my husband and I were lost on our whole trip was trying to follow the vague directions in this book for a restaurant that was listed without a phone number or address. I would not purchase this book again.