Lonely Planet Scotland

by Tom Smallman, Lonely Planet, Graeme Cornwallis

The Scottish Highlands are one of Europe's last great wildernesses, with a wealth of mountains, lakes, rivers, moors and dramatic coastal scenery. This guide to the country has separate chapters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864425929
• ISBN13: 9780864425928
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Source

This is a great guide for Scotland. I've looked up everything that was recommended even in the smallest of towns and found it in this book.

Perfect Travel Guide

This book was soooo useful! I was in a large group of constantly bickering people and this book was great in helping people actually agree on where we were going to go. The descriptions and suggestions for local places to eat, and especially the hints for places off the beaten path made for the best traveling I've ever had. Will def buy from this series again the next time I travel.

Planning for Scotland

As I have always found in Lonely Planet Guide books, the Lonely Planet guide to Scotland is well researched and contains lots of useful information. We plan to hike the West Highland Way over the Summer of 2009 and this Lonely Planet Guide to Scotland has lots of good information about hotels and restaurants along the way. I highly recommend this book!

Scotland overview

Bought the book and found the maps with cite notations most helpful upon our visits--although there were many one ways that make getting from 1 place to another difficult at times, but you can't blame the book for that. Ate and stayed at some of their suggestions and we weren't disappointed. Book heavily geared to the younger/hostel type of traveler--we were neither, but it still provided us with a lot of helpful suggestions.

Very good travel guide

I found the Lonely Planet guide to be an excellent resource, especially when used with the Baedeker Scotland guide. LP offers truly helpful information, such as where to find maps, how to get back your VAT, weather and insect warnings... as well as brief but very descriptive chapters by region, including the oft-neglected Highlands.Suggested itineraries are included, and the descriptions of sights, towns and historical destinations is wonderful.While the guide is short on maps and history -- this is where the Baedeker guide does an excellent job -- it is full of useful and up-to-date information on travelling Scotland. I found my copy to be incredibly resourceful.