Scotland?

Following this, as we may be making a quick trip next summer

basically, SO wants to go to Edinburgh and I want to go somewhere that looks like this



not sure how feasible that is

going with rick steves group next year. look at his website on scotland

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not sure how feasible that is

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Very. Scottland is compact

It all depends what you and whoever you go with want to do. My friends and I rented the biggest van we could find and I had pre-planned 2 weeks of stuff.

Started in Glasgow, drove west/northwest to Oban. Once at Oban, took a ferry to Isle of Mull to visit a castle that my friend's ancestors were from. Then took a ferry back to the mainland before taking another ferry to Isle of Skye.

Once on Skye, drove around the Isle and would stop and just take it all in, eventually ending in Duntulm and literally setting up a tent in Duntulm Castle.

We then finished the other side of the Isle, crossing the bridge from Isle of Skye to the mainland. From there, went along the coast all the way to the north.

Eventually took a ferry to the Orkney Islands. Started in Stromness, drove to Kirkwall and saw some really cool stuff. We went to the Yesnaby Cliffs (if there is one thing I recommend, it is them...it's surreal and fascinating...although everybody is different). We set up our tent not having ANY clue that a massive hurricane like storm was coming through. We had 6 guys all 25-26...and our tent moved about 50 feet with us in there. When we got out our tent literally flew off the cliffs. Drove back to Stromness and found a B&B at 3am (two of my friends got in a massive argument and we still refer to it as the 'Incident at Stromness')

Getting back to the mainland, drove down to Loch Ness and looked for Nessy. After Inverness, the North/Northeastern area is LOADED with scotch trails. I highly recommend one. We chose Glenlivet and it was an extraordinary tour.

Eventually ended up in Peterhead, then played golf at Cruden Bay golf course (top 100 course in the world and ridiculous difficult). Traveled down to Aberdeen and spent some time there. Headed down some more and found a place to do a bungee jump off of a bridge. The down to St Andrews and walk around the course there. Eventually getting to Edinburgh and spending 2 days and nights there, before driving back to Glasgow and spending 2 days there before flying back.

It was like a total of 13 days. We didn't touch the middle of the country, aka the Cairngorms. It was such an in-depth and long and amazing trip I'm not sure I would do anything different. It's very easy to make your own route, just takes a little willpower. I scheduled and booked everything and planned out all our routes. Just figure out what you want to do and starting looking it up.

PS: I didn't really get to deep into anything, if you want more information feel free to ask away.

Edinburgh is one of my favorite cities, to the other poster the scenery you are looking for is a 2 hour drive from there.

I would also add that we flew into Glasgow, took the train everywhere, hired a driver in three cities for a day, and flew out of Edinburgh. Extremely affordable, super easy, and very relaxing. Would do again.

Any recommendations on where to eat?

Looking for casual breakfast & lunch spots with fine dining for dinner. $$-$$$

Flight is booked, All Blacks tickets are purchased, & hotel for 3 night in Edinburgh is reserved.

Just need places to eat, drink, & be gu math

Cheers for the recs... any place to get oysters?

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