Scotland Travel Guide--Where to Find?
 

Hello everyone,
I would like to find a good travel guide for ONLY Scotland. I'm having a bit of trouble. I live in a relatively small town. We have a Barnes & Noble and Books A Million. Books A Million didn't have anything. Barnes & Noble had Scotland included with other travel guides. I can buy one online---Any suggestions on what brand to purchase and where to find it?
Thank You. :)

I like the Eyewitness guide. You can get it, and others, at amazon.com.

We were pleased with the Rough Guide to Scotland on our trip over last spring.
Annette

I think it very much depends on teh sort of guide you like.

FWIW I own the Rough Guide and the Lonely Planet Guide and find them invaluable. IME Americans are very comfortable with Cadogan; and if you want something totally different get "Scotland the Best"

Try the Library before you buy. At our local library(small town) they had five different Ireland books last year, I took them all and decided which I wanted to carry with me and took notes from some of the others.
Also check ebay before you buy at Barnes and Noble Etc. often prices will be MUCH cheaper. Amazon.com also sells used copies of books.
When you return donate your books to the library so we can read them too :-d

Pull up the Scottish Tourism Bureau and request information. They will send you helpful booklets and pamphlets FREE.

Regards,

Jinx Hoover

Sheila, Where to find Cadogan?
I did go to the library and checked out several books. None on Scotland. I did check out a Footprints? guide on Glasgow. I liked the style of that one.
Jinx, I've seen several sites for Scottish tourism. To which are you referring?
Thanks for the replies.

Try the Scottish Tourist Board at: http://www.visitscotland.com

Good luck in your planning.

Jinx Hoover

As others have said, it's so much a matter of personal preference.

If you liked the Footprint guide to Glasgow, you might like their guide to all of Scotland. At the moment, it's definitely one of my favorites. I also like the Rough Guide. For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of the Cadogan guides to Italy but find the Cadogan Scotland guide pretty poor. For just plain information about sightseeing, with nothing about hotels, transport, etc., the Michelin Green Guide is useful (or for even more detailed sightseeing and historical info, the Blue Guide to Scotland). For a nice intro with photos, one possibility is Fodor's Exploring Scotland.

Sad to say, I'm a guidebook fanatic and collector (it helps to live in a town with lots of good used bookstores). They really do range all over the map (no pun intended) in terms of style and coverage. If you're willing to spring for return postage, you could order several of the ones people have recommended to you, then return the ones that aren't your style.

Timeout has a fabulous Edinburgh book. We loved it! I don't know if they have a Scotland guide. I liked the Cadogan guides too. Judy

Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ks&n=17069


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ks&n=17069

The first one is the Scotland guide and the second, Highlands and Islands

I wanted to get the Footprints guide but it hasn't been revised since Oct 2002. What guide is comparable and updated yearly?

None that I'm aware of. This is a small country

I'm currently reading through the DK and Michelin Green guides. Both are more than adequate for my needs, especially when combined with valuable web resources and Sheila's remarkable input.

Scotland The Best is a very handy guide. It's separated into areas of interest, best beaches, best walks, best pub grub, best b&b's etc. The maps that have good reference numbers for the descriptions. I read recently that their newest guide was going to be available on December 3rd, or 5th or something.