276°
Posted 20 hours ago

Scotland The Best: New and fully updated 12th edition of Scotland’s bestselling guide

£9.9£99Clearance
ZTS2023's avatar
Shared by
ZTS2023
Joined in 2023
82
63

About this deal

Any visit to Kelvinbridge also brings an abundance of options for brunch, fantastic coffee and takeaway bakes. Morning Glory by Five March and Sips & Baker are among the new arrivals, joining Kothel, Papercup and Urban West in the breakfast club. Stop at Cottonrake Bakery for cakes and pastries while you wander. El Perro Negro on Woodlands Road are the current holders of the National Burger of the Year Award. The area is also home to Glasgow’s fine dining Michelin Star restaurant, Cail Bruich, with a menu by chef Lorna McNee that showcases the best of Scottish produce. The best way to really get inside Scotland's landscapes is to walk them. Here, peaks tower over lochs and sea cliffs gaze over the wind-whipped sea, but there are short woodland trails and charming strolls through valleys dusted with purple heather too. Top of the wish list for many hikers is the 96-mile West Highland Way from Milngavie (near Glasgow) to Fort William, a weeklong walk through some of the country's finest scenery, finishing in the shadow of its highest peak, Ben Nevis.

With a coastal outlook and train connections to Edinburgh, you can enjoy this seaside town and hop on the train to the capital too. Scout new ways to explore the planet's wildest places with our weekly newsletter delivered to your inbox. The true Scot's insider's guide to the very best Scotland has to offer. Fully revised and updated in Pete Irvine’s own unique style, the 13th edition includes over 2000 recommendations for every type of adventure. Make this the year you explore Scotland's islands and start with Barra at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides. The only place in the world where scheduled flights land of the beach, you can sit in the airport cafe and watch as planes make a dramatic entrance. Locally, the four-star Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel recently reopened under brand new ownership and the five-star Hotel De Vin at One Devonshire Gardens offers luxury boutique stays in individually styled rooms within a tree-lined Victorian terrace. The proximity to Glasgow University ensures a youthful energy in the area. With students moving into the purpose-built accommodation for the duration of studies, families have sought out refurbished tenement flats around Woodlands Road.St Kilda is a small group of islands some 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides off the northwest coast of Scotland (Photo: Jim Richardson) Peter Irvine has devised and directed many of Scotland’s major public events from the Glasgow’s European City of Culture in 1990 and the Opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 to the Inauguration of the Queensferry Crossing in 2017. He created and was the Director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay from 1992 to 2018. Things to do:Get ready to stretch those legs and take on the Cliff Top Trail. The walk is perfect for family outings and takes just under an hour to complete. You’ll pass by redstone cliffs, a golf course, Dunbar Harbour and down the High Street where you’ll find popular attractions along the way including John Muir’s Birthplace. Explore the route on two wheels by hiring a bike from Belhaven Bikes. If you’re feeling adventurous, ditch dry land and go surfing. Brave the chilly sea temperatures with Coast to Coast Surf Schoolwho offer surf lessons and courses on Belhaven beach, or enjoy an adrenaline rush with Foxlake Adventures. About as far north as you can go in Scotland without hitting Norway, the island of Unst is a sparsely inhabited bump of land perched at the edge of the world. The landscape has been worn low and smooth by endless centuries of scouring winds, but where humans struggle to survive, seabirds thrive, and the place to encounter them is the legendary Hermaness National Nature Reserve. Loch Fyne extends some 40 miles inland from the Sound of Bute. At the head of the loch is Cairndow, surrounded by hills and home to both Loch Fyne Oysters and Fyne Ales - making it the ideal place for a food-focused trip in a beautiful location.

The imposing Gothic Revival spire of Lansdowne Parish Church, designed by John Honeyman, presides over the skyline. It’s 218ft tall and one of the slimmest in Europe. The building is now home to Websters Theatre with a bar and two outside seating areas. A sentinel in the Firth of Clyde, facing the coast of Ayrshire, Arran has been welcoming visitors since the 6th century. During the Viking Age it belonged to the Norwegian crown before being absorbed into Scotland in the 13th century. Wigtown became Scotland’s National Book Town in 1998 to help revitalise a town that had lost its major industries. Today more than 20 book-related businesses are based here, and with more than a quarter of a million books to choose from this is a real paradise for bibliophiles.A picturesque sliver of a town that offers a warm welcome to visitors exploring the beautiful countryside of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It sits at the meeting point between the Highlands and the Lowlands so is a convenient base for a weekend break venturing out to local attractions. Today you are greeted by a strikingly beautiful and serene range of peaks and ridges, culminating in Biedean nam Bian, known as the Three Sisters. Planning tip: Come prepared for changeable weather though – when it’s fine, it’s very fine indeed, but all too often it isn’t. 4. Loch Lomond is the perfect day trip on the west coast Best place for a lakeside walk This, the 13 th edition, has the unique code system (with a new one for the incredibly successful North Coast 500 route) that helps readers to find exactly what they need in a destination. This is not a usual guide book – he writes the same amount of text about anything which is included in it. Even Gleneagles gets the same few lines. Peter is very industrious and exacting in his work, encouraging independent, artisan and sometimes quirky enterprises across Scotland. Food & Drink: Stop by Victoria's Vintage Tea Roomsfor tea and cake. Indulge in delicious chocolate brownies, freshly made scones and Victoria sponge, using only the best ingredients.

Asda Great Deal

Free UK shipping. 15 day free returns.
Community Updates
*So you can easily identify outgoing links on our site, we've marked them with an "*" symbol. Links on our site are monetised, but this never affects which deals get posted. Find more info in our FAQs and About Us page.
New Comment