JulianoMelao

Hey guys, now its time to think about Scotland region..

So, i check many places around Edinburg that i can get day tours or rent a car, maybe stay 2 nights around Highlands...

What do you guys think about this days?

Day 1 - Flight from Dublin to Edinburg - Arrive 7 p.m
Day 2 - Entire day Edinburg or?
Day 3 - Highlands or?
Day 4 - Highlands or?
Day 5 - Highlands or?
Day 6 - Flight depart Glasgow 2 p.m - If i will stay at Edinburg i will get a transport to GLA airport early.

Tnks againnnn! ;-)

sparkchaser

The castle and Royal Mile will eat up most of a day so there is Day 2.

Day 6, why not spend the night of Day 5 in Glasgow?

The "Highlands" encompass a fairly large area (the drive from Edinburgh to Inverness is around 3 hours) and once youa re in the Highlands, getting from point A to point B might take a while.

How do you plan on getting around?

Tell us what your interests are and what you want to accomplish and we'll give you some awesome suggestions.

JulianoMelao

Tnks..

So, i will travel with my wife 30´s, no kids. We love nature, mountains, lakes, beach, vulcan.. wanna see some local constructions, fish villages.

My first plan was to stay 2nd day at edinburg, days 3 and 4 get day tours and 5/6 Glasgow... But i think that i will like most spend this 5 day around highlands than a big city..

To getting around i was plan in get day tours or rent a car if i choose highlands, on the cities use local transport.

sparkchaser

I am not sure what you mean by fish villages. :/

When are you going? Unless you have a flamethrower, hikes in the Highlands might be a bad idea during bug season.

Rubicund

If you are searching on the web, Edinburgh is spelled thus. There aren't fishing villages in Scotland like in Mediterranean Europe, they are working ports, not picturesque nor touristy. Similarly there is no volcanic region in Scotland (I think that's what you meant by "vulcan").

I'd spend a couple of days in Edinburgh having a look round, but in Summer Edinburgh hosts the Tattoo and Festival. They make hotels more expensive and hard to get. When are you going?

After a couple of days in the City, maybe head for The Great Glen and across to Mull for a couple of nights in Tobermory. Now that is "quaint", then back to Glasgow for your flight, no need to return to Edinburgh.

otto

i would do edinburgh, glasgow, and if you want to take a train for the night you can go to oban, (a small harbor/fish village) and get a sense of the country side.

RM67

I think there are a few nice fishing villages on the east coast (St Monans?) - and also the islands on the west still have them. Even if they are not working fishing villages per se, they will have that feel that you are after - ie quayside, sealife trips, seafood eateries, colourful houses eg Portree on Skye.

JulianoMelao

Hey guys!!

I will travel mid May, Summer time?

In Scotland i am waiting to see some nature places, lakes and maybe little cities... In Iceland that is my destine after Scotland that i wanna visit some volcanic areas!

Tnksss again

janisj

The easiest would be something like this:

2 days Edinburgh, day trip with Rabbies (VERY good small group tours) to the highlands, 2 nights Glasgow

or

2 days Edinburgh, overnight/2 day trip with Rabbies to the highlands, 1 night Glasgow

https://www.rabbies.com

ESW

" There aren't fishing villages in Scotland like in Mediterranean Europe, they are working ports, not picturesque nor touristy"

Rubbish... What about the string of small fishing villages along the coast of Fife? Information here:
http://www.visitscotland.com/about/towns-villages/fife/

These can easily be seen on a day trip from Edinburgh (as long as you have a car). There is a description for a self drive tour here:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u...ews/index.html

janisj

>>These can easily be seen on a day trip from Edinburgh (as long as you have a car). <<

They can easily be seen even w/o a car -- either a Rabbies or other small group tour, or train to Leuchars, bus to St Andrews and local buses to places like Crail. A tour would be easiest/most efficient though.

ESW

That all depends on whether you are a tour person or prefer to do it yourself... It also depends on how many there are in the group to split the cost of hiring a car.

historytraveler

I don't think there is such a thing as a "tour bus person". Almost sounds derogatory. I have done small group tours with Rabbies and others. I also tour on my own. Knowing which works best In a given circumstance is what matters.

janisj

ESW: >>That all depends on whether you are a tour person or prefer to do it yourself... It also depends on how many there are in the group to split the cost of hiring a car.… <<

I didn't say a tour was better - I offered it up as a totally reasonable alternative. That is also <i>why</i> i specifically mentioned Rabbies -- they only do small groups.

(In fact a Rabbies-type tour is often better even if one isn't a 'tour person'. Especially if one has limited time)

ESW

I must be the exception to the rule and an organised tour would be my final choice and may be not even that.... I like to go at my own speed and take as long as I like in a place.

janisj

Yes -- of course . . . IF one has 'as long as they like' . . . NO one is disputing that.

Have you <i>ever</i> been on a Rabbies tour . . . thought not.

I have spent months in Scotland -- almost all of it independently/on my own . . . but there are times when something like Rabbies are the perfect solution.

ESW

I would rather spent time at one site/tourist attraction seeing it properly than speed through several and end up feeling frustrated because I haven't had chance to see all I want to.

I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, especailly as I can claim to have spent the equivalent of several years in Scotland. Wouldn't it be boring if we all were the same?

historytraveler

Unfortunately most people tend to group all tours into the Trafalgar/ Globus genre. All tours are not alike. I have done a Rabbies tour and loved it. I have also done several National Geographic tours which were excellent. The comment " I like to go at my own speed and take as long as I like in a place" sounds a bit snobbish suggesting a disdain for any other type of travel. A couple of years ago, I did a National Geographic tour of the British and Irish Isles. We stopped at th e Scilly Isles, Dingle, the Skellig Rocks, Aran Islands, the Inner Herbrides,Outer Hebrides, St. Kilda's along with the Orkney Islands, Fair Isle and the Shetlands. I sincerely doubt that one could do this on their own on one trip. Sometimes tours are the best alternative and not all tours are the same. Generalizations and labeling are never helpful tools especially when trying to advise others.

janisj

since you live in the UK and it only takes you a couple of hours to get there - having spent a long time in Scotland is probably a given. I and others have to travel thousands of miles to get there so I'll put my several months up against your several years any time.

OF COURSE if one <i>lives just down the road</i> you can spend as long as you want -- since you can go again next weekend . . . You are advising people who mostly don't have that luxury.

ESW

There is no need to be quite so rude and dismissive just because I dare to differ with you. (By the way, Scotland is a lot further than a couple of hours for us and is hardly 'just down the road'.)

In all of this we seem to have lost sight of the objective of helping the OP, when I dared to suggest they could hire a car and do it themselves.

I appreciate not all tours are the same and have friends that have been with Rabbies and speak very highly of them. History traveler is right and the National Geographic tour would be a lot easier than trying to co-ordinate all of this yourself, however it is very different to what the OP has in mind.

"Generalizations and labeling are never helpful tools especially when trying to advise others."
I think we ALL need to remember this....