Drive Around Scotland: Your Guide to Great Drives: Top 25 Tours Book

About Drive Around Guides     8
Scotland at a glance     10
Introduction     12
Travel facts     14
Driver's guide     26
Getting to Scotland     32
Setting the scene     34
Highlights     42
Edinburgh: Scotland's historic capital     44
The Lothians: A region of castles, churches and pretty villages     56
The Borders: Gentle rolling landscapes with four great ruined abbeys     66
Dumfries and Galloway: The land of Burns, Scotland's national poet     74
Glasgow: Scotland's biggest city, stylish and forward-looking     82
Stirling and the Mill Trail: Industrial heritage and two great battle sites     92
The Trossachs: Scotland in miniature, a land of mountains, lakes and forests     98
Argyll: The magnificent mountains of Lorn meet the sea at Oban     106
Mull and Iona: Burial place of kings and birthplace of Scottish Christianity     116
Along the Argyll Lochs: Scenic shores and lochs, renowned for kippers and fresh seafood     124
The Road to the Isles: Follow Bonnie Prince Charlie's route to the Hebrides     134
Breadalbane and the Central Highlands: The scenic land of salmon rivers and folk traditions     146
Strathspey and theCairngorms: Forests and moorland, skiing and golf, heather and wildlife     154
A Speyside Sampler: Woollens, shortbread and gourmet foods     164
The Grampian Lowlands: Harbour towns, stately homes and fishing villages     174
Aberdeen: A prosperous medieval city built of silver-grey granite     184
The Castle Trail: Royal Deeside and the land of the Highland Games     192
Perth and the Angus Glens: The boundary between the Highlands and the Lowlands     202
The Kingdom of Fife: St Andrew's, plus the pretty fishing villages along the Forth and Tay     212
The Great Glen: Historic castles, Highland music and the home of Nessie     222
Easter Ross and Sutherland: Bird reserves, dolphins, seals and standing stones     234
Caithness and Orkney: Herring ports, Viking settlements and Skara Brae, on Orkney     244
The Northwest Highlands: Solitary mountains and shimmering lochs     254
The Celtic Fringe: Pine forests, coastal villages and the famous Inverewe Gardens     264
The Isle of Skye: The 'Isle of Mist', with its distinctive mountains     272
Language     282
Index     283
Feedback form     287