SCOTLAND

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Information and travel tips for Scotland

Why go? The wild views of the Highlands fascinate the solitary contemplator. Edinburgh (pronounced & quot; edimbbra & quot;) is instead a lively city. The castles are the most common monuments, but the real attractions for the adventurous tourist are cliffs and mountains, lakes and islands. Here in Scotland the larger pleasure is to get out of any planned travel route and discover unknown natural beauty.

When to go? The best time is the summer, which does not exclude rains and fresh wind. Don't hope to take you, in short.
How to move? For an excellent travel itinerary in Scotland you need to explore the Highlands and for this you need a car. Obviously you drive to the left: don't worry if you have never tried, you will learn very quickly. Also because, otherwise, the driving license will be withdrawn at the third roundabout.
To rent a car here at the best prices for your travel itinerary I absolutely recommend by Search And book this link .
How much does it cost? To reach Scotland by plane you spend little, from the & # 39; Europe, thanks to low-cost airlines. To sleep in a double in B & amp; B count at least 80 euros per night, while to dine in the pubs you can spend on 15 euros (double or more in restaurants). The holiday will not be among the cheapest.
Keep in mind that in what it costs I take into account the whole journey ... from the middle for the airport of departure to the drink passing to meals and souvenirs.
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Where to go? A circular travel itinerary (well, more or less) leading to Ullapool, Highlands, St Andrews and Edinburgh, with all wonders in the middle.
Other destinations? The Island of Skye and the other islands off the Scottish coast offer splendid views and, useless to say, quiet and solitude. If you are mercy, in a holiday in Scotland you will find your paradise.

Travel Diary in Scotland

Our travel itinerary in Scotland began from London with a Volkswagon Italian polo. We crossed all England under a pouring rain, up to the late afternoon in the Lake District. It was June, but from the temperature he could seem to be late October. The rich lakes, vegetation and the typical English villas got the panorama. Humidity clouds rose among the hills. Casener at the pub with burger, chips and beer, confusing us with the locals.

We left the next day to Scotland. The rain never abandoned us, as good friends do and sellers to door more annoying.
Overcassando Glasgow we left the highways and approached the Highlands. The actual vacation began. The narrow and often winding Scottish streets no longer led to chaotic cities, but at villages, marinas and pastures. We paused in a characteristic country made of colored houses on the Lake of Lomond , where I ate the most incredible smoked salmon sandwich and universe shrimp.

we visited Oban briefly, a port town overlooking a beautiful bay, famous for whiskey. However, there was no particular way and continued to the north.

The first goal of our travel itinerary in Scotland was the Glen Coe , a verdant valley filled on the bottom of a beautiful blue lake. We liked it at first sight. The sky was always predominantly cloudy, but it was no longer raining. There was an idyllic peace, an overabundance nature interrupted only by a few isolated villas.

It was a small paradise : a narrow country road walked the dock of the lake. Driving was a pleasure, since no one met. We arrived at our hotel, the Burnside B & amp; b. We left the bags, so we continued until one end of the lake, where we had dinner at sunset in a beautiful pub. We ate meat with haggis (boiled sheep's interior in the animal stomach) and other things that was better not to know what they were.

Il giorno dopo We continued our trip to the north. He drove between green hills, lakes, fjords, cliffs and beaches.
We stopped for a break at the Eilean Dolan Castle, perhaps the most picturesque of the 400870 Scottish castles which we met in our itinerary, Definitely one of the most famous highlands.

We arrived at Ullapool , country on the sea by name and fairy-tale appearance. In fact, it is satisfied on a closed bay that at sunset becomes pink ; In the water the fishing boats are moored and the place is so peaceful that it is a desire to spend a long relaxation vacation. In fact, this village, like the others encountered along the Scottish coast, offers few opportunities for social life, but it is still a splendid destination to be included in its travel itinerary.

We slept in a bed and breakfast with a beautiful view of the Gulf. The next day we left rested to overtake the highlands and reach the extreme north of Scotland.

Lungo la strada ci We stopped at the Loch Glenncoul from which he left a boat trip on the Loch Beag that he wore to see the waterfall Eas at Chual Aluinn, the highest of Scotland .
navigation began under a hostile climate , gray, moist and windy. The lake showed steep green slopes, rocks and dark water. The waterfall was only seen from afar and it was nothing of that. Two hundred meters high, but not very impressive, perhaps due to the distance, perhaps for the flow rate reduced. It was more interesting to observe a colony of seals that rumbled on the rocks.

We resumed the car and between wild landscapes we arrived at durness, with its wild fjords and its coast, strangely, wild . We stayed at the Wild Orchid Guest House, the most beautiful hotel name of the holiday. At durness we did one of the smartest things that can be done in Durness and Scotland in general: a walk.

The trek, in fact, is the activity that best allows to explore the harsh Scottish nature and to admire it in absolute contemplative peace.
It is the best way to appreciate the solitude of those places. An alternative can be getting a sailboat and faced those stormy seas, a very funny thing but also vaguely stressful and little suited to those who suffer seasick.

Our walk towards Faraid Head was exceptional despite the gray weather. along the walking itinerary there were cliffs, sand dunes and Caribbean beaches .
was summer and walked with the coat, but we were also very happy. We met a wreck of a submerged ship from the sand, the puffins (birds similar to small penguins) and beautiful panoramic points with a view of Cape Wrath.

Our vacation continued along the northern Scottish coast. We stopped to visit the beautiful Smoo Cave . We arrived in the afternoon at Dunnet Head . A photogenic lighthouse stood out on the top of impressive cliffs. We stayed at the Northern Sands Hotel.

Not far away were the cliffs of Duncansby Head with their Faraglioni . Even here walking in random directions it was very pleasant. A sea of seagulls flew. This too, a must for every travel itinerary in Scotland.

The Scottish streets are long, humid and winding, so travel times are often longer than those expected. On the other hand, it is almost always immersed in splendid landscapes. At one point we finished by chance in a secluded bay, surrounded by cliffs, with an old concrete pier that leaned into the sea. I parked the pole, in a panoramic position, and admire the surrounding nature. There were seagulls, puffins and seals that swam near shore, amazed to see us. What a peace!

From the magical bay (which I would recommend to add to your travel itinerary, if only remembered where it is ... but the right council is to turn to random to the left in a unsuccessful road that inspires) we headed to Glen Lyon, a valley with lots of lake, waterfalls, stone houses, mills and very bucolic walks. Along the way we stopped on the Lake of Loch Ness, a gray mirror of water between green hills, devoid of marine monsters, for what we could judge. You could see beautiful panoramic views from Drumnadrochit Castle.

We stayed in the Balnearn House Bed & Amp; Breakfast. Obinally, all the places where we slept during the holiday were welcoming and provided a substantial breakfast (with Eggs and bacon and similar porcate). The Scots seemed rudged, but they soon became friendly.
The next day we visited the Dunrobin Castle , imposing and from the rich gardens. What was more surprised, however, was a falconry exhibition , the art of hunting with the hawk. Falconiere had an absolute control over his birds of prey, an eagle, an owl and a hawk. He let them fly free and, when he invoked them, they fell by flying to a hair from the heads of the spectators.

Then we visited the characteristic fishing village of crail and the fascinating, almost spectral, ruins of the Cathedral of Saint Andrews .

The last goal of our travel itinerary in Scotland, before returning to London, was Edinburgh . After the loneliness of the highlands (in which he didn't hurt, for charity) we therefore enjoyed some social life. We visited the castle and the historic center, with its lively local. The "Camera Obscura" museum was surprised, dedicated to optical effects. He was presented as an attraction for boys, but surprised and born philosophical-scientific questions.

Although in the lively Glasgow and Edinburgh dresses the great majority of the Scots, for the traveler the soul of this country is in the Highlands. So, to those who visit Scotland, give two advice: 1) Explore the country by giving you numerous walks, always with well opened eyes, ready to seize all the beauty of the landscape, of the colors, of nature, of the rays of sunshine that filter between the clouds ; and 2) don't drive after tasting 8 different whisks!

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