So many feel you need a car to see the Scottish Highlands. This article proposes that one would miss a lot by having a vehicle. I wonder whether people agree.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/02/car-free-trip-scottish-highlands-nc500
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
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Getting a 404 error on that link
Posted by
OP
Halifax, NS
336 posts
Thanks CJean. I fixed it. It works now.
Posted by
Sidney, BC, Canada
993 posts
The Guardian is a great resource for off the beaten track trips, walks, etc in UK and elsewhere. Just Google the guardian.com/travel for great ideas. Just remember that the Guardian is a UK newspaper so costs are in Sterling and European destinations are planned from, usually, London.
Posted by
Chicago
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A tour with Rabbie’s is a great option if you don’t have a car.:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/scotland/highlands-without-a-vehicle
I did two day tours with them last year and I was happy with the amount of time in the highlands. Honestly, I preferred the coast to the highlands, taking day trips via train to Dunbar and North Berwick.
I have some info. in my trip report:
Posted by
OP
Halifax, NS
336 posts
I actually do have a car as I’m headed to Skye. I am doing a one day Rabbies tour the day before I head to Skye. I just wondered what people thought of this article since the author feels they would have missed so much by having a car.
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SoCal
1225 posts
We did not have an auto last summer. This summer we will have one. I'll report back.
Rabbie's tours were terrific; we took two Highlands tours with them, one to Skye and the other to Dunnottar and Culloden. We otherwise took trains for our travels, including a jaunt from Inverness to Nairn to see the final Highland Games of the season. Scotrail was ... not my favorite railroad company. But the trains were nonetheless a very effective way to get from major place to major place throughout the UK.