Insight Guides: Scotland

How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Scotland, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activies and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Scotland. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, hotels, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Scotland are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Scotland. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors who use their on-the-ground experience to provide the very latest information; their local expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to stay and eat, so you can be confident that when we say a restaurant or hotel is special, we really mean it.

Like all Insight Guides , this e-book contains hundreds of beautiful photographs to inspire and inform your travel. We commission most of our own photography, and we strive to capture the essence of a destination using original images that you wont find anywhere else.

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Scotlands Top 10 Attractions

There is so much to discover about Scotland, from historic cities and majestic castles to misty mountains and dramatic lochs and glens.

Top Attraction 1

Glen Coe . Full of drama for its bloody massacre of the MacDonalds in 1692, its powerful scenery and its challenging and notoriously dangerous mountain climbs. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Edinburgh . This elegant city is Scotlands capital and the site of the Scottish Parliament. The city is equally famous for its massive castle and its cultural festivals. For more information,

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Top Attraction 3

Robert Burns Birthplace Museum . The birthplace of Scotlands most famous poet Rabbie Burns provides an insight into how much he has contributed to Scotlands life and culture. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Glasgow . Scotlands second city has shaken off its grimy past and is now more noted for its lively nightlife, contemporary art scene, great shopping and lovely parks. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . The bonnie banks of Loch Lomond enclose the largest body of water in Britain, which, along with the Trossach hills, form part of the magnificent national park. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

Isle of Skye . Romantically associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora MacDonald, it is the most scenically spectacular spot of the western seaboard, with superb mountain landscapes and dramatic sea lochs. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

The Cairngorms National Park . These mountains are home to wildlife such as the capercaillie and the golden eagle, and a magnet for walkers, climbers and skiers. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Stirling . A settlement since prehistoric times due to its strategic position, it gained city status in 2002. Stirling offers fine shopping and excellent cultural venues, plus a national park on its doorstep. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

St Andrews . A breezy seaside town acknowledged as the home of golf, and possessing Scotlands oldest university. For more information, .

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