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Advice for visiting Scotland
Posted on 9/4/18 at 12:53 am
Posted on 9/4/18 at 12:53 am
Wife and I are going to Scotland at the end of the month for a little over a week. Any recommendations on things we should do, eat, drink, or stay away from?
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Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:39 am to weisertiger
What parts of Scotland are you going to?
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:45 am to weisertiger
I’ll be there almost at the same time. What’s on your itinerary?
Posted on 9/4/18 at 12:02 pm to weisertiger
Need more info. Rank the following in order from most important to least important:
Food and Drink
Nightlift
Outdoor Activities
Golf
Historical Sites
Food and Drink
Nightlift
Outdoor Activities
Golf
Historical Sites
Posted on 9/4/18 at 1:11 pm to weisertiger
Where ya going? If you are near Baton Rouge it New Orleans I will pay for a scotch mule.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 10:29 am to weisertiger
in scotland now. been to edinburgh, kenmore, oban, sterling, inverness. highlands are scenic. edinburgh a great city. the haggis sucks, but the pub scene is fantastic. u must see glencoe too for the green mountains.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 11:10 am to AlceeFortier
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in scotland now. been to edinburgh, kenmore, oban, sterling, inverness. highlands are scenic. edinburgh a great city. the haggis sucks, but the pub scene is fantastic. u must see glencoe too for the green mountains.
I'm spending 2 nights/3 days in Glencoe--looks like fantastic scenery all around.
RE: haggis, the haggis pakora is apparently a thing. Bite sized pieces of haggis dipped into a typical pakora (chickpea flour) batter and deep fried.
Posted on 9/5/18 at 7:50 pm to weisertiger
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Any recommendations on things we should do drink?
I hear they make some decent Whisky
Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:33 am to weisertiger
Just got back a few weeks ago. I would highly recommend making your way out to Skye if you enjoy scenery, hiking, and want to have a bit less crowds. Also our favorite pub of our whole trip was on Skye. I can give more details if you want, but general route was Edinburgh, St. Andrews for tour, Oban, Skye, and back while driving through and making stops in Glencoe.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 12:36 pm to juice4lsu
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I would highly recommend making your way out to Skye if you enjoy scenery, hiking, and want to have a bit less crowds.
I second this. The Isle of Skye was flat out beautiful, and Portree is a cool little town.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 8:00 pm to Centinel
So I am guessing most of you rented a car if you went to so many places. How was driving? My wife and I would like to go but the idea of driving exactly the opposite of how I have been driving for the last 40 years has me a little nervous.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 8:21 pm to jimlsu1
Driving on the left isn’t as bad as you think. I was nervous as hell when I went to Ireland so I bought all of the insurance I could get from the rental company. This gave me a little peace of mind that if I hit something I could basically walk away and not have to worry about it. Got used to it pretty quick and by the time I got back to the US it almost felt weird to drive on the right side. I didn’t drive in Scotland because I wanted to drink at the different pubs and distilleries and was only in Scotland for a short time, so just took a bus tour that covered a lot of areas. I would definitely drive in Scotland if I had more time and were to do it again though.
ETA: make sure to rent a small compact car and I hope you can drive a manual transmission. Don’t get the big SUV because the roads are really narrow at times and you will have problems parking in the small lots.
ETA: make sure to rent a small compact car and I hope you can drive a manual transmission. Don’t get the big SUV because the roads are really narrow at times and you will have problems parking in the small lots.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:46 pm to jimlsu1
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So I am guessing most of you rented a car if you went to so many places. How was driving? My wife and I would like to go but the idea of driving exactly the opposite of how I have been driving for the last 40 years has me a little nervous.
Driving in Ireland was nerve-racking because of often extremely narrow, winding roads. Driving on the left side of the road (and the right side of the car) wasn't really a big deal.
I don't know if it's still the case, but apparently automatic transmissions on rental cars (and in general) are much less common there, so keep that in mind.
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