Cadogan Guide Scotland: Highlands & Islands

by Richenda Miers

Book Overview

From Inverness to the Outer Hebrides and Shetland, this guide reveals some of the last wildernesses of Europe. The guide features all sides of the Highlands and Islands, exploring both the tourist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860113400
• ISBN13: 9781860113406
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Treasure Trove of Highland Lore -- and a Guidebook Too

I used this guidebook in helping me plan a 1999 visit to the highlands and islands of Scotland. I was charmed by the author's stories and literary quotes, which not only provided an excellent background to the places we visited, but also a guide to some of the literature I wanted to read in conjunction with my travels. Through Ms. Miers' book, I learned of the work of the poet Sorley MacLean and the historian Martin Martin, who wrote a book about the isles of Scotland around 1700 that was instrumental in persuading Dr. Johnson to set off on his famous journey with Boswell years later. I learned that a medieval bishop in Caithness was set upon by an angry mob and fried in butter for daring to raise taxes on dairy production. Although my vacation is now just a memory, his book remains on my shelf. I liked it as a travel guide, but I loved it as a source of highland lore connected with some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Miers is sketchy on accommodation (but she did recommend some good places) and even more so on restaurants, but I prefer her book as a keeper. For strong accommodations & restaurants, your best bet is the Rough Guide to Scotland.