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Take the work out of planning any trip with DK's Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides. Branded with DK's trusted and familiar "Eyewitness" style, these compact guides make finding the best every destination has to offer easier than ever before! Perfect for both business travel and vacations, whether you're looking for the finest cuisine or the least expensive places to eat, the most luxurious hotels or the best deals on places to stay, the best family destination or the hottest nightspot, Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides provide current, useful information based on the insight of local experts to find the best of everything at each destination.
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL TOP 10 SCOTLAND 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Sights in Edinburgh & Glasgow Malt whiskies & where to enjoy them Outstanding golf courses Best hotels, inns & B&Bs Most fun places for children Castles, gardens & lochs Liveliest pubs & clubs Idyllic island retreats Best restaurants Insider tips for every visitor YOUR GUIDE TO THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING Scotland Area by Area This Top 10 Travel Guide to Scotland is divided into nine areas: the nation’s capital, Edinburgh; the Southern Uplands; North and East of Edinburgh; Glasgow; North and West of Glasgow; Grampian and Moray; the Highlands; West Coast Islands; and the Far North, including the Orkney and Shetland isles. Each area is colour coded; the colour bands of the chapters correspond to the Royal Scots soldiers colours shown on the maps here. Almost every place mentioned in the book has a map reference, A t la n t ic which takes you to the maps opening out from the flaps. miles 40 0 West Coast Islands km 40 Port of Ness e s pp116–123 ri d Stornoway H eb Isle of Lewis te r Tarbert Highland Harris pp110–115 Ou Rodel North Uist Uig Torridon Isle of Skye Kyle of Lochalsh bri de s South Uist Armadale Rum Mallaig Inne r He Kilbride Glamis Castle Fort W G Coll Tobermory Tiree Mull Craignure Fionnphort Nort pp96 Colonsay Jura Lochgilphead Islay Cam Edinburgh skyline from Calton Hill The Far North pp124–129 Shetland Islands Brae Lerwick Scalloway Left Whisky Stills Right Portree, Isle of Skye The Far North pp124–129 Orkney Islands Ocean Kirkwall Stromness Thurso Wick Tounge ds Lybster Hi gh lan ds Scourie Helmsdale Lairg N orth Isle of Skye Se a Ullapool We st 5 No rt h Inverness Loch Ness Aviemore Fort Augustus Loch Lochy Cairngorm Mountains Forfar an pi Gr pp84–89 Ta y Dundee St Andrews Kirkcaldy Stirling Loch Lomond Dunfermline Falkirk Greenock Edinburgh Livingston Glasgow pp68–77 pp90–95 Irvine Brodick Arran Motherwell East Kilbride Peebles Kilmarnock Ayr U Cumnock mpbeltown Loch Doon So ut r he Dumfries pp78–83 Stranraer Dee Stonehaven Perth Dunmore Aberdeen Crathie th and West of Glasgow –101 Huntly Lochearnhead Crianlarich