Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Scotland, your ultimate companion to this stunning country. The full-colour section introduces Scotland’s highlights, from the spectacular wildlife of the Hebrides to the deserted golden beaches in South Harris. Explore the cultural quarters of Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as the open spaces of remote glens, windswept Hebridean beaches and architectural masterpieces. The guide takes a detailed look at Scotland’s history, literature, politics and cultural life with expert background on everything from Mackintosh masterpieces in Glasgow to Munro-bagging in the Glan Shiel Mountains. There's plenty of practical advice for experiencing the great Scottish outdoors, from whale-watching to mountain biking, sea kayaking, hill-walking and surfing; information on all the best accommodation, transportation and restaurants plus lively reviews of hundreds of shops, bars and clubs. Explore every corner of Scotland with the clearest maps of any guide.
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Donald Reid is an Edingurgh resident and has written the Rough Guide to his home town as well as titles to Scotland and South Africa. Rob Humphreys has been writing for Rough Guides since 1989, He is author of Rough Guides to Scotland, London, Prague, Czech & Slovak Republics and St Petersburg.
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By Driftwood
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The Rough Guide to Scotland (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
After visiting Scotland for the first time recently, I realised that I wanted to know more at what I was looking at!
The Rough Guide is ideal...easy to find pages, photos, small histories, succinct backgounds....almost as much pleasure reading as when visiting.
Cannot recommend highly enough.
After visiting Scotland for the first time recently, I realised that I wanted to know more at what I was looking at!
The Rough Guide is ideal...easy to find pages, photos, small histories, succinct backgounds....almost as much pleasure reading as when visiting.
Cannot recommend highly enough.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This guide was out of date when I bought it and I knew it. I have had a lot of experience of Rough Guides in the past and have found them all very good and so wanted to stay with them for this trip. There is a new edition or this guide being released soon however because we were going away before the new edition was due to be released I had to buy this one.
It is impossible for one book to cover an entire country in any great depth and there were some places that were missed from the guide. That said the guide definitely helped us get a lot more enjoyment on our holiday and I would have no hesitation in recommending Rough Guides to anyone who was wanting a guidebook.
It is impossible for one book to cover an entire country in any great depth and there were some places that were missed from the guide. That said the guide definitely helped us get a lot more enjoyment on our holiday and I would have no hesitation in recommending Rough Guides to anyone who was wanting a guidebook.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By P. Carter
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Having lived in Edinburgh for 25 years I decided to get the Rough Guide to Scotland. after all I get them to places I visit. From what I can see this is an excellent guide. The places mentioned I the ones I would visit. The restaurants and pubs mentioned are ones I would be happy to go to if I came to Edinburgh.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I take issue with the complaint (above) about lack of information on the Highlands as Rough Guides do publish a separate title for "Highlands and Islands". If people want more detail about this area then buy that book instead.
An excellent title and very high quality.
An excellent title and very high quality.
By Maggie
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This book has everything you need to know if you are off round lovely Scotland. Lots to see and do with plenty of maps.
By linda
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It's a good guide to Scotland,compact travellers guide.For all those who want to learn more about the land and senery
By mozm
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We bought this book to take along during a drive around the Scotland mainland and it proved really handy. We had decided not to take along computer and stay away from internet and fully enjoy our time while there so Rough guide was our main source of local information. Hotels were booked in advance but what to see and what restaurants to try were really useful. Did not find any recommendations too off the mark and found the book as addictive as research internet just before a holiday. We liked it so much that next year we used the same version to carry along in another holiday again to Scotland to visit the nocks and corners we had missed the previous year. The book is still there but I think for next holiday the newer version will be more appropriate. Recommended to anyone considering holidays in Scotland.
By Mr. S. C. Warburton
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I bought the Rough Guide "Scotland" to replace my previous edition. It is a very practical guide. No one guide can answer all travel etc questions, but I think the Rough Guide is excellent value for money and provides good information on towns, places to go etc. You can always dig deeper about a subject thereafter, but the RG is a great place to start and help with holiday plans. My previous version has now gone to OXFAM
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Most distasteful book about Scotland on the market.
I was surprised when I first sat down to read the book. Not only was I amused at the distasteful, tacky yet very English book, it has very fast become one of the worst books ever... Read more
Published 17 months ago by kidrocklvr
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Brilliant
Couldn't have done my journey without it. Detailed, good maps, interesting descriptions. The best of the guide books in my view.
Published on 12 July 2010 by Mr. H
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Good book
I enjoy all the rough guides and this was no exception!!We now look forward to visiting other parts of scotland.
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by william
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Not good enough, not much details..
I used this for my recent trip to Scotland. I only visited Highlands so I can comment only about the part of book that covers Highlands. Read more
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