Welcome to this travel compendium of trip reports and recommendations sent in by visitors to Scotland.
If you have been to Scotland and would like to share your experiences
with the readers of this web site, then I'd like to hear from you!
Please feel free to send in the stories of your Scottish trips
and/or comments on accommodation/places/sights worth visiting (or not as the case may be!)
Send me your info by email and I'll post it here.
It all helps other folk plan their trips.
I also have a page of suggested scenic itineraries
links for Self Drive Tours
or if you prefer guided tours, check out the page on Scottish tour guides
or visit the travel tips page for a list of companies who offer coach tours.
List of trip reports:
Rob Wilkinson - How to get to the Top of Scotland
- the journey from Loch Lomond to Durness
Nicolas Coleman completed a Grand Tour of mainland Scotland by car
in August/Setember 1998 from south to north and back!
Trip using public transport by Robert and Susan Spires in June 1997
(including Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Skye, Oban and Glasgow)
Globus 'Highland and Islands' tour by Celia Collier in May 1997
(including Carlisle, Glasgow/Edinburgh, Inverness, Caithness, Orkney, Mull, Iona, Glencoe, Skye and more!!)
August 1994 tour by Beth Glass
(including Edinburgh, Arran, Inverness, Orkney, Isle of Skye, Oban)
June 1997 tour by Elena Denevan Yoter
(including Isle of Skye, Inverness, Edinburgh)
June 1997 tour by Janice and Pete McDonald
(including Rob Roy country, Invergarry, Isle of Skye, Isle of Islay, Kintyre peninsula)
If you are flying over from the States on your first trip -
read this
June 1995 tour by Janice and Pete McDonald
(Glasgow, Fort William, Isle of Skye, Glencoe, Loch Ness)
March 1997 tour by Donald J. Biszek and family
(London, Inverness, Skye, Stirling, Edinburgh)
You can also plough your way through the complete story of my 14-week trip in 1993
in my Highlands and Islands journal
External links to other sites:
Travel Library Scotland Travelogues
TripAdvisor - hotel reviews and forums where you can post questions
Armin Grewe - photo journals of his numerous trips to Scotland
July 1997 bicycle tour by
Patrick Fox - with photos
For different perspective on Scotland's unique atmosphere, take a look
at
the short
story written by Nicola Taylor who lives in Ross-shire
in a cottage which has views of mountains and Loch Ewe.
