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Tables of Contents for Frommer''s Scotland 2001
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
ix
The Best of Scotland
1
16
The Best Travel Experiences
1
4
The Best Golf
5
1
The Best Fishing
5
1
The Best Countryside Drives
6
1
The Best Bike Rides
7
1
The Best Hikes
8
1
The Best Castles & Palaces
8
2
The Best Cathedrals
10
1
The Best Ruins
10
1
The Best Museums
11
1
The Best Luxury Hotels
12
1
The Best Moderately Priced Hotels
13
1
The Best Upscale Restaurants
14
1
The Best Moderately Priced Restaurants
15
1
The Best Pubs
15
1
The Best Shopping
16
1
Planning Your Trip: The Basics
17
39
The Regions in Brief
17
3
Visitor Information
20
1
Entry Requirements & Customs
20
1
Money
21
2
When to Go
23
4
Scotland Calendar of Events
23
4
Health & Insurance
27
1
Tips for Travelers with Special Needs
28
4
Getting There
32
4
Getting Around
36
20
Fast Facts: Scotland
41
2
Getting Your VAT Refund
43
3
Planning Your Trip: An Online Directory
46
10
The Active Vacation Planner
56
10
Teeing Off: Golfing in Scotland
56
5
Fishing
61
1
Biking, Walking & Other Active Vacations
62
4
Edinburgh & the Lothian Region
66
63
Essentials
66
4
The Neighborhoods in Brief
68
2
Getting Around
70
3
Fast Facts: Edinburgh
71
2
Accommodations
73
13
Family-Friendly Hotels
83
3
Dining
86
10
Family-Friendly Restaurants
94
2
Seeing the Sights
96
12
Frommer's Favorite Edinburgh Experiences
99
5
The Father of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
104
3
Did You Know?
107
1
Special Events
108
1
Britannia: The People's Yacht
109
1
Sports & Outdoor Pursuits
109
2
Shopping
111
5
Tracing Your Ancestral Roots
114
2
Edinburgh After Dark
116
5
A Wee Dram
121
1
Side Trips from Edinburgh: The Best of the Lothian Region
121
8
The Borders & Galloway Regions
129
44
Driving Through the Regions
130
2
Jedburgh: Gateway to the Borders
132
4
Kelso: Abbey Ruins & Adam Architecture
136
5
Architect to the King
138
3
Robert Adam
Melrose
141
5
A Walk Along the Borders
143
3
Selkirk: At the Heart of Scott Country
146
2
Master of Romance
147
1
Sir Walter Scott
Peebles
148
4
Moffat
152
3
Dumfries: An Ode to Burns
155
5
Castle Douglas
160
3
Kirkcudbright: An Artists' Colony
163
2
Gatehouse-of-Fleet
165
2
Stranraer
167
3
Portpatrick: Where the Southern Upland Way Begins
170
3
Glasgow & the Strathclyde Region
173
53
Essentials
174
4
The Neighborhoods in Brief
177
1
Getting Around
178
3
Fast Facts: Glasgow
179
2
Accommodations
181
9
Family-Friendly Hotels
186
4
Dining
190
6
Family-Friendly Restaurants
191
5
Seeing the Sights
196
9
A Man Ahead of His Time: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
200
4
Frommer's Favorite Glasgow Experiences
204
1
Special & Free Events
205
1
Sports & Outdoor Pursuits
205
1
Shopping
206
3
Glasgow After Dark
209
4
Side Trips from Glasgow: The Best of the Strathclyde Region
213
13
National Poet & Penniless Genius
218
8
Robert Burns
Argyll & the Southern Hebrides
226
29
Driving Through the Region
226
2
The Isle of Arran: Scotland in Miniature
228
6
The Kintyre Peninsula
234
4
The Isle of Gigha & Scotland's Finest Gardens
238
1
The Isle of Islay: Queen of the Hebrides
239
3
The Isle of Jura: Deer Island
242
2
Inveraray
244
3
Hiking in Argyll Forest Park
245
2
Loch Awe: Scotland's Longest Loch
247
1
Oban: Gateway to Mull & the Inner Hebrides
248
7
Fife & the Central Highlands
255
38
Driving Through the Region
255
1
Dunfermline & Its Great Abbey
256
5
East Neuk's Scenic Fishing Villages
261
4
St. Andrews: The Birthplace of Golf
265
7
Falkland: One of Scotland's Loveliest Villages
272
2
Stirling
274
6
The True Story of Braveheart
277
3
Dunblane & Its Grand Cathedral
280
2
Doune & Its Medieval Castle
282
1
Callander & a Trio of Lochs
283
3
Aberfoyle: Gateway to the Trossachs
286
2
On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
288
5
Aberdeen & the Tayside & Grampian Regions
293
60
Driving Through the Region
293
1
Perth: Gateway to the Highlands & Scone Palace
294
8
Gleneagles: Hitting the Links
302
2
Crieff & Drummond Castle Gardens
304
2
Aberfeldy
306
2
Dunkeld
308
2
Pitlochry: A Taste of the Whisky Trail
310
4
Dundee & Glamis Castle
314
4
In Search of Peter Pan
318
1
Carnoustie
318
1
Aberdeen: The Granite City
319
12
Banchory: Gateway to Crathes & Craigievar Castles
331
3
Ballater & Balmoral Castle
334
4
Braemar
338
3
Speyside
341
7
West Grampian & the Malt Whisky Trail
348
5
Inverness & the West Highlands
353
45
Driving Through the Region
354
1
Around Loch Linnhe & Loch Leven
355
3
Fort William: Gateway to Ben Nevis
358
5
Climbing Britain's Tallest Mountain
361
2
Mallaig: Gateway to the Isle of Skye & the Hebrides
363
2
Invergarry
365
1
Aviemore
366
3
Along Loch Ness
369
3
Spotting Nessie
370
2
Inverness: Capital of the Highlands
372
9
Nairn & Cawdor Castle
381
3
The Black Isle Peninsula
384
2
Sutherland: The Gem of Scotland
386
6
Caithness: Unspoiled Country
392
6
The Hebridean Islands
398
44
Kyle of Lochalsh: Gateway to the Isle of Skye
400
2
The Isle of Skye: Star of the Hebrides
402
10
Crafts on Skye
405
4
The Young Pretender
409
3
Rhum (Rum)
412
1
Eigg & Muck
413
1
Coll & Tyree
414
2
Mull
416
8
Iona & Staffa: An Abbey & a Musical Cave
424
3
Staying at Iona Abbey
425
2
Isle of Colonsay
427
1
The Isle of Lewis: Island of Heather
428
3
Harris
431
4
North & South Uist
435
4
Barra: Garden of the Hebrides
439
3
The Orkney & Shetland Islands
442
33
The Orkney Islands: An Archaeological Garden
443
16
Fair Isle
459
1
The Shetland Islands: A Land of Stark Beauty
460
15
Up Helly Aa!
465
10
Appendix: Scotland in Depth
475
20
1 History 101
475
9
Dateline
476
6
The Stone of Destiny, Home at Last
482
2
2 A Portrait of the Scots
484
5
How the Scots Say It
486
2
Garb o' the Gods
488
1
3 A Taste of Scotland
489
3
4 Recommended Books
492
3
Index
495