Insight Guides Scotland (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2023
• Edition: 9
• eBook ISBN:
  9781839053085
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Scotland and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Scotland guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Glen Coe, Stirling Castle, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Mull or discovering Burns National Heritage Park on the ground. Our Scotland travel guide was fully-updated post-COVID-19.

The Insight Guide SCOTLAND covers: Edinburgh; The Borders; The Southwest; Forth and Clyde; Glasgow; The West Coast; Skye; The Inner Hebrides; The Outer Hebrides; Central Scotland; The East Coast.

In this guide book to Scotland you will find:

IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
Created to provide a deeper dive into the culture and the history of Scotland to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics.

BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice featured in this Scotland guide book highlight the most special places to visit.

TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Scotland as well as an introduction to Scotland's food and drink, and fun destination-specific features.   

PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything, from when to go to Scotland, how to get there and how to get around, to Scotland's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.

COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of the destination, from Skye to Shetland has its own colour assigned for easy navigation of this Scotland travel guide.

CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text, cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Edinburgh, Glasgow and many other locations in Scotland.

STRIKING PICTURES
This guide book to Scotland features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Loch Lomond and the spectacular Iona.

Table of contents

• How To Use This E-Book
• Scotland’s Top 10 Attractions
• Editor’s Choice
• Scotland the Brave
• The Scottish character
• Decisive dates
• Beginnings
• Battle for the throne
• The age of rebellion
• Industrialisation and war
• Modern Scotland
• Highlanders and lowlanders
• How the Kirk moulds minds
• Scots geniuses
• Scottish art and music
• Outdoor pursuits
• Porridge, haggis and whisky
• Places
• Edinburgh
• Insight: Old and New Town architecture
• The Borders
• Insight: Historic castles and abbeys
• The Southwest
• IForth And Clyde
• Glasgow
• The West Coast
• Skye
• Insight: A crofter’s rugged life
• The Inner Hebrides
• The Outer Hebrides
• Central Scotland
• The East Coast
• The Northern Highlands
• Insight: Highland flora and fauna
• Orkney
• Shetland
• Transport
• A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
• Further Reading