Showing posts with label scotland travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scotland travel. Show all posts

5/02/2012

Scotland the Best: The One True Guide Review

Scotland the Best: The One True Guide
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This book is a big hit with visitors and Scottish residents alike. Although the format is unconventional (lists of the best of X, where X ranges from upmarket hotels to spooky graveyards), it can be used to guide the tourist to the best that Scotland can offer. On the other hand, as a 'local', I've found it opened my eyes to places and things I might never have noticed on my own. And the witty commentary prevents the lists becoming too much like, well, lists....
The reviews of places to stay and eat are very accurate - I've had a lot of fun eating out in Edinburgh and elsewhere to check out the recommendations!
Only negative point - I find the map references irritating to interpret - the map section could be formatted and printed more clearly.

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This is the guide to help you experience all that is excellent in Scotland. Whether visiting on pleasure or business, why settle for second-rate when you can be guided to so much that is superb? Scotland the Best! provides thousands of recommendations including the very best of nearly everything: places to stay and to eat (whatever your budget), beaches, ice cream, and hill walks, bakers, haunted sites, and seafood, places to take the kids, hear music, buy clothing. This new edition-now expanded, updated, and revised-is the best ever. Peter Irvine has reassessed every recommendation to see whether it is still worthy of inclusion and added newly discovered gems to all existing categories.

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4/14/2012

Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide Review

Edinburgh and Leith Pub Guide
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This book is a good resource for listings of pubs in Edinburgh. The rating scale used in the book probably doesn't apply to out-of-country visitors though. Pubs that were rated high in the book were viewed poorly by visitors when I did some research. The author is a scottish male, so he likely would be treated differently than visitors would be. It's best to do more research on the individual pubs that you are interesting in visiting. However again, this book is a great resource in the listing and location of Edinburgh pubs!

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-- A Bible for the booze connoisseur-- An independent and thoroughly researched book full of historical anecdotes and practical information-- A brief guide to Scottish beers and whiskies-- The Man from Fife's wry take on many of the pubs-- Whatever your tipple, whatever you look for in a watering-hole this guide will guide you to it.

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10/27/2011

Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2010, 37e: Hotels & Restaurants (Michelin Red Guide Great Britain & Ireland) Review

Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2010, 37e: Hotels and Restaurants (Michelin Red Guide Great Britain and Ireland)
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We've been traveling to Europe for years and we always take both the red and green guides for each country. They are comprehensive and incredibly reliable for steering you to the best sights, hotels, and restaurants.

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World-renowned series offering a selection of recommended restaurants and hotels by Michelin's local, anonymous inspectors.The guide to the best restaurants and hotels in Great Britain & Ireland, updated and published annually.For more than a century Michelin?s obsessively-researched restaurant and hotel guides have been indispensable to travelers seeking great places to dine and stay in Europe at all budget levels. * NEW for 2010: Updated layout for clearer distinction between countries, outdoor and late night dining, and restaurants with Sunday hour.Review of more than 2748 hotels and 1819 restaurants.Time-tested Michelin symbols for easy reference, Michelin stars indicate culinary excellence, Bib Gourmand designations highlight good value, Red Pavilion icons highlight charming hotels, organized by country, then alphabetically by town for ease of use, multiple city and regional maps to help locate hotels and restaurants, and find the best places to eat and stay in the vicinity, easily reco

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10/16/2011

Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland Charming Hotels & Itineraries) Review

Karen Brown's England, Wales and Scotland: Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries 2006 (Karen Brown's England, Wales and Scotland Charming Hotels and Itineraries)
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My wife and I found this to be a very useful guide book to use with others during the week that we were making a limited driving tour of Wales.

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For the discerning traveler we offer the very best of English, Welsh and Scottish hotels. Whether you want to sample mellow whisky in the Highlands, soak up the beauty of quintessentially English Cotswold villages or experience London, we have wonderful places for you to stay: country house hotels, castles, historic coaching inns, townhouses, luxurious resorts and London hotels.

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9/28/2011

Frommer's 25 Great Drives in Scotland (Best Loved Driving Tours) Review

Frommer's 25 Great Drives in Scotland (Best Loved Driving Tours)
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I checked all of the guides for Scotland out of the library and reviewed them for a self driving tour of two weeks duration. This was the best of them along with Fodor's "See It Scotland

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Everything you need to see the best of Scotland by car
25 distinctive itineraries with full color maps and photographs
Highlights of scenic routes, special events, crafts and customs
Easy-to-use map at the beginning of each tour
Divided into 4 regions with 5-7 tours in each which start and finish in major towns and cities considered to be the best for exploration
Regions include: southern Scotland; central Scotland; the Northeast; and the Highlands & Islands


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