Scotland Trip Recommendations

[Colby TS]

Hi All,

I have a non-sports question I’d love to get your input on. We’re planning a friends trip to Scotland next March, and I wanted to see if anyone has any must-see recommendations— food, sights, and hotels.  Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

[Raistlin]

Take a bus tour with Rabbies.  They have numerous tours.  The Glen Coe tour is great.  See Edinburgh Castle, walk the Royal Mile, and visit Sterling Castle.

[Kevin C]

We rented a car this summer with Edinburgh as home base.   The Harry Potter tour is great, even for adults.   A must is driving from Edinburgh to St Andrews then do the half-day tour, starting at the infamous 18th hole.    Chocolate making tour in Edinburgh was excellent.   So was the High-end Whiskey tasting tour.

You can book them through AirBnB ‘Experiences’.   Pretty cool feature we started using on travel the past couple years. 
 

 

[Bobby Burton]

Never been. I want to do Scotland and Ireland sometime. Been to England numerous times and Wales once.

[HookemHammer]

42 minutes ago, Kevin C said:

We rented a car this summer with Edinburgh as home base.   The Harry Potter tour is great, even for adults.   A must is driving from Edinburgh to St Andrews then do the half-day tour, starting at the infamous 18th hole.    Chocolate making tour in Edinburgh was excellent.   So was the High-end Whiskey tasting tour.

You can book them through AirBnB ‘Experiences’.   Pretty cool feature we started using on travel the past couple years. 
 

 

This is exactly what the wife and I did!! It was amazing!!  
 

I also worked out in the North Sea out of Aberdeen. 

[Colby TS]

26 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Never been. I want to do Scotland and Ireland sometime. Been to England numerous times and Wales once.

If you ever need help planning a trip to Ireland, I’d be more than happy share our full itinerary to help. My wife and I spent a couple of weeks there in 2017, making a full loop around the island. It’s still one of our all-time favorite destinations—stunning landscapes and some of the friendliest people we've ever met, especially in the smaller towns.

[.45s]

go up to the highlands and visit scotch distilleries.  visit Loch Ness and stay in Inverness. Edinburgh is a great place with lots to do.  skip the haggis. i tried it prepared 2 ways and both ways were bad.  bring a rain jacket.

[Austalgia]

Urquhart  Castle on the banks of Loch Ness is breathtaking on the way up to the Highlands.  My wife got out and had to take some pictures with some highland coos and I got to have and interesting conversation with a Scottish farmer informing me of the history  between the Catholics and Protestants in Scotland.  Don’t forsake the highlands, Glen Coe, and just seeing the countryside, he rivers and mountains on the way up are breathtaking.  

[Kevin C]

2 hours ago, Bobby Burton said:

Never been. I want to do Scotland and Ireland sometime. Been to England numerous times and Wales once.

In addition to Scotland being one of our favorite places to visit, the other ‘must visit’ trip I highly recommend is Switzerland.   We’ve taken the family twice now in the past few yrs.   Couldn’t get enough of it the first time.    So many incredible places (Lake Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, etc) but our absolute favorite is the slow pace chilled out simplicity of Innerlaken with small town atmosphere, great food, bright green rivers, paragliding down to the park, all surrounded by the Swiss Alps.  Absolutely amazing.  Can’t wait to go back again.  

[.45s]

I don’t recall off hand all of the hotels in the places we stayed, but the George Hotel in Edinburgh was very very nice.

[TravelingHorn]

I actually run a travel company. If you have any questions give me a call Monday to Friday 9:00 to 5:00 361-452-2012. I actually have a group trip going to Scotland and Ireland in April of next year.  Ask for Mike. I am happy to help you answer questions and figure out what you want to do.

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[TravelingHorn]

20 hours ago, Kevin C said:

 but our absolute favorite is the slow pace chilled out simplicity of Innerlaken with small town atmosphere, great food, bright green rivers, paragliding down to the park, all surrounded by the Swiss Alps.  Absolutely amazing.  Can’t wait to go back again.  

This is one our traveler's favorite trips!  Everyone loves it.  We take the train and stay at a 5* all-inclusive hotel.  Everywhere you look is a post-card worthy view