Road trip Scotland

CEON44

daveyjp wrote: »

Too many think Scotland can be done in a few days, it can't. Its large and there is loads to see so it is better to choose an area and spend time there.

However to do "all" the Highlands and a few Islands over ten days:

Day 1 Cairnryan to Oban
Day 2 Oban to Mull
Day 3 Mull to Mallaig via Fort William
Day 4 Mallaig to Skye (debate now whether Skye is an island, I don't feel it is any more)
Day 5 Skye to Gairloch
Day 6 Gairloch to Inverness
Day 7 Inverness to Pitlochry
Day 8 and 9 Pitlochry to Edinburgh
Day 10 Edinburgh to Cairnryan

Thats a lot of driving, but you get two islands, highlands north of Glasgow to Gairloch and the Cairngorms. Inverness and two nights in Edinburgh.

This year is the 35th anniversary of my first ever trip to Scotland. I have been going most years since then. I've not been to many places twice, but I am still going to somewhere I have never been, Speyside.

Thats how much there is to see and do.


Last minute B&Bs is a good idea. Lots of choice and usually great hospitality.

This sounds like something in line with what I was thinking. I'll do a bit of research on this. The North Coast 500 has been mentioned too as a trip and worth considering

BigAl94

Fort William is an absolute dump - try not to stay there.

daveyjp

BigAl94 wrote: »

Fort William is an absolute dump - try not to stay there.

Completely agree!

motorguy

NCC-1707 wrote: »

...I beg to differ. The best thing about Edinburgh is it's transport links to Glasgow!

So what has Glasgow got that would hold more appeal for a tourist over Edinburgh?

Or to you just like being that person on a thread who always chimes in of a particular location "the only good thing about X is the road out of it to Y"??

NCC-1707

motorguy wrote: »

So what has Glasgow got that would hold more appeal for a tourist over Edinburgh?

Or to you just like being that person on a thread who always chimes in of a particular location "the only good thing about X is the road out of it to Y"??

The Willow Tearooms
George Square and Merchant District
The Mitchell Library
Kibble Palace and Botanic Gardens
The Hunterian Museum
Mackintosh House
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Riverside Museum
The Tall Ship
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life
Glasgow Cathedral
The Necropolis
Centre for Contemporary Arts
Scotland Street School Museum
Provand's Lordship
Gallery of Modern Art
Glasgow Science Centre
People's Palace
Pollock House and Country Park
The Burrell Collection
School of Art (before the fires, more so now if you can donate)
House for an Art Lover
Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Billy Connolly's Three Murals
Glasgow Tower
Titan Crane

missile

There is lots to see and do in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The weegies are renowned for being more welcoming than edinburgers.

A holiday is what you make of it, but as a visitor to Scotland I would recommend OP gives both cities a miss.

NCC-1707

missile wrote: »

There is lots to see and do in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The weegies are renowned for being more welcoming than edinburgers.

A holiday is what you make of it, but as a visitor to Scotland I would recommend OP gives both cities a miss.

I'd give neither a miss....It's edinbuggers BTW!

NCC-1707

motorguy wrote: »

So what has Glasgow got that would hold more appeal for a tourist over Edinburgh?

Or to you just like being that person on a thread who always chimes in of a particular location "the only good thing about X is the road out of it to Y"??

A few more:-

Britannia Panopticon...world’s oldest surviving music hall.
City Chambers
Vicky Park Fossil Grove
The Barras..iffy nowadays though.
The Waverley
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Glasgow Film Theatre
The Lighthouse
The Museum of Piping
Glasgow Subway...AKA Clockwork Orange
Kelvin Hall
Templeton's Carpet Factory
Tolbooth Steeple

NCC-1707

As a possible bonus most if not all Councils/regions in Scotland have buildings Doors Open Days at one weekend in September where there is no charge:-

http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk