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Scotland

FOR

DUMmIES

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4 TH EDITION

by Barry Shelby

Scotland For Dummies ® , 4th Edition

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2007923989

ISBN: 978-0-470-06930-1

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About the Author

Barry Shelby was born in 1960 in Berkeley, California, where he

graduated from the University of California in 1982. He later received

a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Illinois.

For 13 years, he was an editor at World Press Review magazine in Man-

hattan. Since moving to Scotland in 1997, Shelby has been a castle care-

taker on the Clyde Coast, a “temp” with the national railway company,

and a freelance contributor to newspapers and magazines, including the

Guardian, Glasgow Herald, and The List magazine, among others. The

author of Frommer’s Edinburgh & Glasgow guide, he is married to a Scot

and lives in Glasgow’s East End.

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Contents at a Glance

Introduction .......................................................1

Part I: Introducing Scotland ................................7

Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of Scotland ................................9

Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into Scotland ....................................21

Chapter 3: Deciding Where and When to Go ..............................35

Chapter 4: Following an Itinerary: Five Fine Options ................51

Part II: Planning Your Trip to Scotland...............61

Chapter 5: Managing Your Money ................................................63

Chapter 6: Getting to Scotland ......................................................78

Chapter 7: Getting Around Scotland ............................................85

Chapter 8: Booking Your Accommodations ................................94

Chapter 9: Catering to Special Travel Needs or Interests ........101

Chapter 10: Taking Care of the Remaining Details ....................107

Part III: Edinburgh and Glasgow......................117

Chapter 11: Edinburgh ..................................................................119

Chapter 12: Glasgow ....................................................................186

Chapter 13: Going Beyond Edinburgh and Glasgow:

Day Trips..................................................................................254

Part IV: The Major Regions..............................265

Chapter 14: Southern Scotland....................................................267

Chapter 15: Ayrshire and Argyll ..................................................283

Chapter 16: Fife to the Trossachs................................................307

Chapter 17: Tayside and the Northeast......................................332

Chapter 18: The Highlands ..........................................................345

Chapter 19: Hebridean Islands ....................................................368

Chapter 20: Orkney and Shetland Islands ..................................389

Part V: The Part of Tens ..................................401

Chapter 21: Ten Outstanding Golf Courses................................403

Chapter 22: Ten Can’t-Miss Castles and Historic Sites ............406

Chapter 23: Ten Distinctive Distilleries ......................................409

Chapter 24: Ten Stunning Natural Attractions ..........................412

Appendix: Quick Concierge..............................415

Index .............................................................421

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