| Frommer's Scotland (Frommer's Complete) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
List Price: $21.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 179418
Media: Paperback
Edition: 10
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 466
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0470181877
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.110486
EAN: 9780470181874
ASIN: 0470181877
Publication Date: December 10, 2007
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Condition: No signs of wear.
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Product Description
Frommer’s Scotland features gorgeous color photos of the quaint villages, misty moors, and offshore islands that await you. It’s a highly personal guide that’s fun to read and even more fun to use on the road—and it’s much more complete and in-depth than its major competitors. You’ll find complete details on lovely small towns, world-class golf courses, superb fishing, country pubs, whiskey distilleries, natural wonders, castles, literary landmarks, mysterious ancient ruins, and Edinburgh’s vibrant cultural scene.
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 Frommer's Scotland July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wonderful book. Gives all of the information that you could ever need while visiting Scotland. I know where to sleep, where to eat, where to drink, what sites to see, and everything in between now. Thank you!
Great book if you are planning a trip to Scotland February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are planing on spending more than a few days in Scotland, you should read this book.
Useful for Planning April 10, 2007
Purchased this book to help with planning for a forthcoming trip to Scotland. Seems fairly informative, but can only really review it after taking the trip.
Got me excited about my trip February 21, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have an older edition of the Frommer's Scotland, and I really love it. It is arranged nicely (by region mostly), and gives a lot of details about the biggest cities and most popular tourist attractions. However, it also gives some great regional information and stuff about the smaller towns. I like that it gives you admission prices, hours etc. for most attractions (the prices in my book are outdated, but still a good general idea). I haven't traveled to Scotland yet, but this book has got me very excited about my upcoming holiday. Very practical information!!
 Pretty good coverage, but not great for budget travellers April 11, 2006
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I'm planning a trip to Scotland (leaving next week), and have never used Frommer's guides before. It has good suggestions for interesting touristy places to visit in Scotland, and gives a well written, concise historical description of the sites, which I like.
However, for booking hotels, I haven't selected a single suggestion from Frommers. This is because their suggestions are generally way too expensive. For example, looking for accomodations in the Orkney Islands, you'd think it was impossible to spend less than $150 a night if you relied exclusively on this guide. On the web, I found that there are at least a handful two and three star hotels in Kirkwall that were less than $100 a night, and look very nice.
Also, it says in Frommer's that it's ~$100 to travel by train to Edinburgh from London, but it doesn't mention that there are actually a huge range of fares, from ~$20 to more than $200 at www.virgin.com/trains, that depends on how early you purchase the tickets, and how flexible you want the ticket to be.
From these and other examples, I've decided that Frommer's is a fine place to start for an overview and figuring out where I want to go, but I'd end up unnecessarily spending a fortune if I relied on it for the practical stuff.
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