Frommer's Scotland 2002 Book

	List of Maps	vii
	What's New in Scotland	1
1	The Best of Scotland	3
1	The Best Travel Experiences	3
2	The Best Golf	6
3	The Best Fishing	7
4	The Best Countryside Drives	8
5	The Best Bike Rides	9
6	The Best Hikes	10
7	The Best Castles & Palaces	10
8	The Best Cathedrals	12
9	The Best Ruins	13
10	The Best Museums	13
11	The Best Luxury Hotels	14
12	The Best Moderately Priced Hotels	16
13	The Best Restaurants	16
14	The Best Pubs	17
15	The Best Shopping	18
2	Planning Your Trip to Scotland	19
1	The Regions in Brief	19
2	Visitor Information	22
3	Entry Requirements & Customs	23
4	Money	25
5	When to Go	27
	Scotland Calendar of Events	28
6	Travel Insurance	31
7	Health & Safety	32
8	Specialized Travel Resources	32
	Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource	35
9	The 21st-Century Traveler	35
10	Getting There	36
11	Getting around Scotland	40
	Getting Your VAT Refund	45
12	Recommended Books	46
	Fast Facts: Scotland	48
3	The Active Vacation Planner	53
1	Teeing Off: Golfing in Scotland	53
2	Fishing	58
3	Biking, Walking & Other Outdoor Pursuits	59
4	Suggested Scotland Itineraries	64
1	Scotland in 1 Week	64
2	Scotland in 2 Weeks	67
3	Scotland for Families	69
4	The High Road to History & Natural Wonder	72
5	Edinburgh & the Lothian Region	75
1	Essentials	75
	The Neighborhoods in Brief	77
	Finding an Address	78
2	Getting Around	79
	Fast Facts: Edinburgh	80
3	Where to Stay	81
	Family-Friendly Hotels	89
4	Where to Dine	93
	Family-Friendly Restaurants	98
5	Exploring the City	101
	Frommer's Favorite Edinburgh Experiences	104
	The Father of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	109
	Britannia: The People's Yacht	111
6	Special Events & Festivals	114
7	Spectator Sports & Outdoor Pursuits	115
8	Shopping	116
	Tracing Your Ancestral Roots	119
9	Edinburgh After Dark	120
10	Side Trips from Edinburgh: The Best of the Lothian Region	124
6	The Borders & Galloway Regions	131
1	Jedburgh: Gateway to the Borders	132
2	Kelso: Abbey Ruins & Adam Architecture	136
	Robert Adam: Architect to the King	138
3	Melrose	142
	A Walk along the Borders: St. Cuthbert's Way	143
4	Selkirk: At the Heart of Scott Country	146
	Sir Walter Scott: Master of Romance	147
5	Peebles	148
6	Moffat	152
7	Dumfries: An Ode to Burns	154
8	Castle Douglas	159
9	Kirkcudbright: An Artists' Colony	161
10	Portpatrick: Where the Southern Upland Way Begins	163
7	Glasgow & the Strathclyde Region	165
1	Essentials	166
	The Neighborhoods in Brief	169
2	Getting Around	170
	Fast Facts: Glasgow	172
3	Where to Stay	173
	Family-Friendly Hotels	178
4	Where to Dine	181
	Family-Friendly Restaurants	183
5	Seeing the Sights	187
	A Man Ahead of His Time: Charles Rennie Mackintosh	192
	Frommer's Favorite Glasgow Experiences	194
6	Special Events	195
7	Shopping	197
8	Glasgow After Dark	199
9	Side Trips from Glasgow: The Best of the Strathclyde Region	203
	Robert Burns: National Poet & Penniless Genius	207
8	Argyll & the Southern Hebrides	214
1	The Isle of Arran: Scotland in Miniature	214
2	The Kintyre Peninsula	221
3	The Isle of Gigha & Scotland's Finest Gardens	225
4	The Isle of Islay: Queen of the Hebrides	226
5	The Isle of Jura: Deer Island	229
6	Inveraray	230
	Hiking in Argyll Forest Park	232
7	Loch Awe: Scotland's Longest Loch	234
8	Oban: Gateway to Mull & the Inner Hebrides	235
9	Fife & the Central Highlands	242
1	Dunfermline & Its Great Abbey	242
2	East Neuk's Scenic Fishing Villages	247
3	St. Andrews: The Birthplace of Golf	251
4	Stirling	259
	The True Story of Braveheart	262
5	Dunblane & Its Grand Cathedral	266
6	Callander & a Trio of Lochs	268
	The Trossachs: Scotland's Fabled Scenic Trail	268
7	Aberfoyle: Gateway to the Trossachs	271
8	On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond	274
10	Aberdeen & the Tayside & Grampian Regions	278
1	Aberdeen: The Castle Country	278
2	Perth: Gateway to the Highlands & Scone Palace	290
3	Gleneagles: Hitting the Links	295
4	Crieff & Drummond Castle Gardens	297
5	Dunkeld	298
6	Pitlochry	301
7	Dundee & Glamis Castle	304
	In Search of Peter Pan	308
8	Ballater & Balmoral Castle	309
9	Braemar	312
10	Speyside & the Malt Whisky Trail	314
11	Inverness & the West Highlands	322
1	Around Loch Linnhe & Loch Leven	323
2	Fort William: Gateway to Ben Nevis	326
	Climbing Britain's Tallest Mountain	328
3	Invergarry	331
4	Aviemore	332
5	Along Loch Ness	335
	Spotting Nessie	336
6	Inverness: Capital of the Highlands	338
7	Nairn & Cawdor Castle	347
8	The Black Isle Peninsula	350
9	Sutherland: The Gem of Scotland	352
10	Caithness: Unspoiled Country	357
12	The Hebridean Islands	362
1	The Inner & Outer Hebrides: An Overview	362
2	Kyle of Lochalsh: Gateway to the Isle of Skye	364
3	The Isle of Skye: Star of the Hebrides	366
	Sailing the Hebrides	368
	Crafts on Skye	370
	The Young Pretender	373
4	Rhum (Rum)	375
5	Eigg & Muck	377
6	Coll & Tyree	378
7	Mull	380
8	Iona & Staffa: An Abbey & a Musical Cave	387
	Staying at Iona Abbey	388
9	Colonsay	389
10	Lewis: Island of Heather	390
11	Harris	393
12	North & South Uist	396
13	Barra: Garden of the Hebrides	399
13	The Orkney & Shetland Islands	402
1	The Orkney Islands: An Archaeological Garden	402
2	Fair Isle	418
3	The Shetland Islands: A Land of Stark Beauty	419
	Up Helly Aa!	423
Appendix	Scotland in Depth	432
1	History 101	432
	Dateline	433
	The Stone of Destiny, Home at Last	440
2	A Portrait of the Scots	441
	How the Scots Say It	442
	Garb o' the Gods	444
3	A Taste of Scotland	446
	Index	449