What are the best places to visit in Scotland?
Loch Lomond, must be the first place if you want natural beauty – it is a must. It is not far from Glasgow either – which is the best city for shopping Edinburgh – is good for the history and the touristy stuff – esp. the Royal mile, but in terms of attractions it is the best place to go…the castle, holyrood palace, John Knox’s house, the parliment, the museum of childhood is really good. But I don’t know what the opening hours are like, check webpapges. (2 to 3 hours from Loch Lomond) St Andrews is a quaint fishing/university town on the fife coast 1 an half hours from Edinburgh, with a lot of quirky shops (esp. Jenetta’s ice cream) and the castle and catherdral – really nice place. Royal Deeside -one of bonniest parts of Scotland too. Balmoral and Ballater are really nice. There are a lot of whiskey distereries up there too. Orkney – expensive to get there – but amazing, the italian chapel, the rings of brodgar, St Magnus catheral, scapa flow, some of best surviving early settlemen
