basingstoke2

I am toying with the idea of spending a week or so in Scotland, mostly in Pertshire and then another week in France mostly in Paris as an anniversary trip in early May. Does this sound practical? I have yet to visit Scotland and Perthshire intrigues me. How would you recommend traveling between the two?

doonhamer

Fly from Edinburgh or Glasgow; or, if you have a car, ferry from Rosyth to Zebrugge in Belgium, then drive south.

basingstoke2

Does this combination seem like a reasonable thing to do? Any comments on Perthshire and environs? To me it seems like a nice bit of countryside yet convienient for daytripping to one or two of the more popular cities.

janisj

w/ the short flights in Europe - almost any two-fer makes sense. If you want to visit central Scotland and Paris in 2 weeks, it is totally doable.

probably not my choice (I'd personally spend the 2 weeks in Scotland or the 2 weeks in France -- Scotland would be my first choice) -- but logistically there is no problem doing this.

If I was planning on doing both, I'd use EDI because you could spend a week-ish in Perthshire and a day or 2 in Edinburgh and then fly to CDG.

janisj

Oh - what to see/do in Perthshire and thereabouts - lots.

Just a short list would include Scone Palace, lots of lochs and gorgeous scenery, Blair Castle, Drumond Castle gardens (must be seen to be believed) Killin/Falls of Dochart, etc. Then, besides things in Perthshire, w/i easy day drives would be Stirling/Doune Castles, the Trossachs, all of Fife and on and on . . . .

alanRow

Or to be carbon friendly take the Sleeper train to London, theu Eurostar to Paris - and none of this stupid 1 bag rule.

Wouldn't recommend the ferry - especially at weekends BTW - as it tends to attract groups of folk who are into serious drinking

sheila

Perthsire, my home county, is beautiful, and it covers most types of Scotland's landscapes. There's every sort of accomodation available, and every sort of activity or vistor experience.

I don't enjoy QUITE the fetish janis has for esending every visitor to edinburgh, but it would be easy to do a day trip to there, Glasgow or the northern Highlands, all by train- you don't really want to be driving in either city although driving in the countryside is, unfortunately, a must.

I'm sure, that in terms of time (taking into account sleeping) it's quicker to get the boat from Rosyth to Paris,than get the south coast ferries. I haven't done it myself, although friends have, a number of times , and they speak highly of it.

I hadn't heard of drunk problems, Aland, but I'll check with them what they say.

The easy option is a hop from Edinburgh airport to Paris. Easyjet goes from Edinburgh to Charles de Gaulle

kaneda

Lots of nice countryside north of Edinburgh. Of course such a trip depends on the weather and as we have seen from this year that is entirely unpredictable.

janisj

sheila: I think you misunderstood my post. I meant use EDI (Edinburgh airport) IF the OP wanted to go to France. I didn't say <u>anything</u> about visiting Edinburgh.

basingstoke2

Thanks all - you have given me some good feedback. Perthshire sounds wonderful.

billbarr

If it is any help, from 29th October easyJet will fly direct from Glasgow to Paris (Charles de Gaulle).

bill

sheila

Janis; no I didn't. You said &quot;and a day or 2 in Edinburgh&quot;.

However, no doubt basingstoke can decide what s/he prefers to do.

carylspall

You can also fly to France from Aberdeen with Air France and KLM (via Amsterdam).
Look at www.travelsupermarket.com to get the cheapest option.

sheila

Air France is very convenient but very dear