We are planning visiting Scotland in May and will drive ourselves. We are looking at at least 7 days, maybe stretching to 10. We really love history, churches, old ruins, cemeteries, and we really love the natural beauty. Are there recommendations to maybe 3-4 base stays to reach areas on day trips? Just starting to look at sites and areas now. Some that I have marked down are the obvious such as, loch Ness, the highlands, isle of skye, Edinburgh. We would fly in to Edinburgh from the US. Looking forward to hearing from the group and we are really excited about seeing this gorgeous country.
Posted by
US
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Hi There
Have you found Undiscovered Scotland's driving tour map? It's interactive so if you click on a driving route you'll get details of the route with further links to specific places.
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ustours/index.html
We flew into Edinburgh and used Stirling as a base for a few days taking the Stirling/Dunfermline and Falklands/St Andrews driving tours in addition to a few more sites in the area.
We also used Oban as a base for a few days taking the Oban/Inverary route with the fascinating Kilmartin Glen and Oban/ Glen Coe route, including magnificent Glen Etive, driving tours and also explored a bit of Mull.
And... then have used Inverness as a base as we fly home from there. Day trips out of Inverness included Elgin Cathedral, Clava Cairns, Culloden Battlefield, Ruthven Barricks, Highland Folk Museum to name a few.
This is Undiscovered Scotland's home page with interactive an interactive map. I've spent hours on this site researching places we'd like to visit.
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/
Scotland is wonderful. It cast a spell over us so we're planning a 3rd visit.
Happy planning!
Posted by
OP
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Diane,
Thank you so much for your reply and I'll definitely check in to the interactive map using your suggestions as reference points. We expect to fall in love with Scotland as well and look forward to our visit. I do see that the highland games start at some locations in May. I would like to take in a day of this great tradition also. Have you had the opportunity to attend?
Thank you
Tony