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Please suggest bases in each area as well as feedback on number of days allocated . Would you change anything.

We will fly into Edinburgh , spend 2 nights and then pick up car.

Day 3 we’ll head toward Trossachs( Loch Lomond after seeing Stirling Castle en route. We will spend 3 nights in area

Day 6 we will head to Oban. We’ll take day trip to Inverary and Kilmartin.

Day 8 will take ferry to Mull. Spend 3 nights. Will take boat to Iona and Staffa to see puffins.

Day 11 will head to Glen Coe and spend 2 nights before taking road to the Isles and ferry to Skye

Day 13 will take ferry to Skye and stay 4 nights

Day 17 will stop at Eilean Doan Castke and in Inverness before heading to Pilochtry for night

Day 18 head toward Fife Villages spending 3 nights there before heading back to airport on day 21.

Truly appreciate feedback.

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I am curious that no one is responding. Wondering if there’s a better approach to asking for help?

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What month is your trip?

4 nights for Skye is great! We stayed at the Viewfield House Hotel in Portree, and really enjoyed our stay. Portree is a great location for seeing the entire island. Has plenty of restaurants to choose from. I followed a blog called On the Luce. The writer Lucy writes about a 3-day roadtrip around Skye which we followed.

We spent 2 nights in Glencoe Village at the Glencoe Inn. Convenient location, lovely rooms, and we had one of the best meals of our trip at their restaurant The Gathering.

For the Fife coast, I recommend basing in Anstruther, a very pretty fishing village. We stayed at the Waterfront Inn. Another good choice with excellent breakfast included at their restaurant.

Your day 17 is a long day. Have you checked Google maps to see how long the drive will be? And you typically need to add about 20% to google maps estimate because driving is slow.

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approach to asking for help?

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I'm not sure what exactly there is to respond to, as I'm not really in the business of giving specific hotel recommendations. One man's meat is another man's poison, management changes etc. Nor do I know your budget.

This revised itinerary is very much in line with what was suggested on your original thread.

There is nothing much wrong with it, but to me personally it feels a bit less than sequential.

I would do the Trossachs, then Glencoe, then Oban, then Mull, then Skye direct etc. Mull to Skye via the ferry AND the road to the Isles can still be achieved by using either the Fishnish or Kilchoan ferries off Mull- either of which (especially Fishnish) gives a frankly more interesting route IMO. There are slow and fast ways of taking n the Road to the Isles via Fishnish depending on if you route via Strontian, the Corran Ferry or via Camusnagaul.

In the Trossachs you essentially stay in Callander or Aberfoyle. My choice would be Callander but there is nothing at all wrong with Aberfoyle.

Oban literally has scores of hotels to choose between.

Skye to Pitlochry may be a bit far on Day 17.

In a way your route to Fife may determine another place to stay.

If taking the A9 route to Fife then Carrbridge is a nice overnight stay, but only really a village. For more of a town feeling (more facilities) you could try Kingussie or Newtonmore on the old A9 (a short diversion off the new A9). Kingussie especially is a nice town- both seem to be much neglected by RS folk.

If taking the mountain route to Fife via Tomintoul, Ballater, Braemar and Blairgowrie then Grantown on Spey would make a nice overnight.

I would be really loath to be specific on a Fife stop- each of the villages has their own specific charms. And the distances between them are not great.

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PS- On Mull Tobermory is the only really significant town. But for those who have a car, there is no good reason why you can't stay in one of the smaller villages (examples being Salen, Calgary and Bunessan, but there are others), or even at Craignure- the ferry terminal village from Oban, and effectively the mid point of the island. In some ways Craignure was more of a destination (as opposed to a drive through place) in the days of Mull Rail- the narrow gauge railway.

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I think this looks great! In the Glencoe area, you can pretty much base yourself anywhere. We stayed in Ballachulish for the days we were there and it was easy to get to our hiking spots, find dinner spots and explore...and then continue taking the Road of Isles as well.

There aren't as many Fife Village options, (they book up fast) so I'd suggest looking for a place to stay asap - in Crail, Anstruther or depending on your route, you could even stay in St. Andrews.

Hope this helps.