Scotland For Dummies (Dummies Travel)
by Barry Shelby

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• Edinburgh Old Town, with its intriguing winding alleyways
• Accommodations that range from sumptuous 17^th century hotel furnished with Gothic antiques to a secluded seaside escape, and from a 17^th century laird?s house to a sleek, modern and minimalist hotel
• Enjoying a pint of lager in a rustic pub where the barmen wear kilts and you don?t tip or touring distinctive distilleries
• Cathedrals, castles and historic sites like the Calanais Standing Stones (the "Scottish Stonehenge"), Edinburgh Castle that holds the historic Stone of Destiny and Scotland?s crown jewels, Doune Castle, made famous by the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Glasgow Cathedral
• Storied golf courses such as Muirfield, Royal Troon, and St. Andrews in the country credited with developing the sport
• Touring Sir Walter Scott?s mansion, Abbotsford, with it?s incredible library, relics, and mementos, or paying homage to poet Robert Burns at numerous sites
• Shopping for everything from fine wool knits to Caithness glass paper weights to Edinburgh Crystal to tartans and kilts to Highland Stoneware

Like every For Dummies travel guide, Scotland For Dummies, 4^th Edition includes:

• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
• What you shouldn?t miss ? and what you can skip
• The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
• Handy Post-it Flags to mark your favorite pages

Whether you?re looking for fun nightlife or the legendary Loch Ness monster?whether you want to explore art galleries and museums or walk craggy seacoasts, this guide gives you the flavor of Scotland so enchantingly you can almost hear the bagpipes.

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