DK Eyewitness Scotland

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Juliet Clough

Discover Scotland with this essential travel guide, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to this amazing country before you've even packed your case - walk the Royal Mile during the world-famous Edinburgh Festival, explore the remote Isle of Skye, or tackle Scotland's scenic glens and rugged mountains. The DK Eyewitness Guide to Scotland covers the must-see sights and the hidden corners, so you won't miss a thing.

- Gorgeous, all-new colour photography so you can imagine yourself there
- Reasons to love Scotland - majestic landscapes, highland culture, fine food and whisky - what will yours be?
- See Scotland from a different angle - 28 pages of fresh ideas for exploring this spectacular country
- A year-long calendar of events in Scotland gives a selection of local celebrations and festivals for all seasons
- Expert advice covers the practical stuff: get ready, get around and stay safe
- Detailed, colour maps help you navigate the country with ease
- Expert tips to make memories that last - where to snap and share the perfect photo, take in stunning views and escape the crowds
- The most authentic places to stay, eat, drink and shop
- Easy-to-follow walks and itineraries take you on a tour of each area, with plenty of eat and drink stops en route
- Hand-drawn illustrations show the inside of the must-see attractions, including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle and Culzean Castle
- Covers Edinburgh; Glasgow; Southern Scotland; Central and Northeast Scotland; the Highlands and Islands

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Scotland is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you create your own unique trip.

Or a shorter trip? Try our DK Eyewitness Top 10 Scotland

About DK Eyewitness Travel: For 25 years, DK's beautifully practical Eyewitness guides have been combining inspiring ideas and expert advice with easy-to-read maps and vivid photography to inform and enrich your holiday. Now they have a stunning new look that you will love even more. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Scotland, History, British Literature, Guides

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Martine]

Not as good as Rick Steves' travel guide, but still full of useful information.

[Sophie Crane]

This book gives you everything you need to know about visiting Scotland. The information is there right up to date places to visit some where tourist go other places quieter. From pubs, art galleries to monuments and good cafes places to stay if you're staying in just one place it tells you what's round that area. But check the prices before going there. Snippets of information but enough to have a great and plenty of photos and Scottish traditions and sayings.

[Chris]

I want to go to Scotland!

[Rachel Mantas]

Very helpful. Helped me plan my trip to Barra and the Herbrides, and learn more about my favourite city, Edinburgh. We even read up on Loch Lamond too!

[carl theaker]

Planning a trip to Scotland this summer. First time we are trying a t,t,t,tour, I mean organized adventure, have usually been do it yourself vacationers, so looking forward to not having to plan how to get where-when. Lodging is taken care of, however do have evenings free and some meals, so did my usual and get a variety of books from the library and set about to do my research primarily for pubs, restaurants and wandering around.

I think you could do just fine if you were stuck with any one book. Here’s a note on each :

Fodor’s --- is great for determining places to view and eat. Perfect specific info for Pubs and restaurants, what type they are, such as 'good old' or 'modern gastro'. Fodor’s provided the best info for my requirements for this rip. Not a lot of glossy photos, which is ok with me. All the books have a word to say about Scotch whiskey ! , but interesting that Fodor’s had the best pub into.

Eyewitness travel Scotland -- starts right off with ‘what to do on a 2 day tour, and a 10 day tour, I like that get to the action. Plenty of small pics. Only name and address info provided for places to eat and drink, so not a lot of info there.

Insight Guides Scotland -- almost textbook like. The largest sized book, has a big section on history and best on photographs, most useless index. Wouldn’t want to haul this one around in my daypack, but that is remedied with a free travel app and ebook when you purchase, so these could be most helpful when actually on the road. This may be the way to go for the future of travel, look at your phone until you bump into the door of the place you are looking for. However since I got this book from the library I didn’t try these options out.

[Elin]

Read it in Swedish. Got a lot of useful information. Would have like a more in depth about certain things like hiking, especially since it said that I should turn to page 199 or something for more information, and then the information is more about clothing that about hiking trails. But all in all it was very useful.

[David]

Excellent wee quide for anyone unfamiliar with Scotland. Concise and very well illustrated.

[Erica]

I like how many pictures there are and how most of the information is actually useful. There aren’t the endless pages of Lonely Planet books that I always skip over on accommodations and restaurants. However, the numbering in the maps of attractions was quite annoying as it was all listed a bit haphazardly instead of in a systematic order. I wish it was also a bit longer and more extensive in some of the regions. Overall, it’s been useful for planning my 3-week road-trip.

[Amanda]

I love the Eyewitness Travel guides. They're clean, regularly updated, and give the highlights of what a traveller should consider seeing when they visit a country. Now that I am moving to Scotland, I figured I should pick up a copy to help me figure out my bearings and plan a year of activities and trips!

[A.]

DK travel books are never very high on my list because I prefer more detailed information about where I am going, as opposed to flashy pictures and little substance. (I borrowed it from the library for a project, not because I was so excited about reading a DK book for personal travel.) But I got part of a picture of Scotland out of this, which was the basic idea.

[Gretchen]

This book is a thin book that gives you the highlights of things to see and do in Scotland. Good for an overview, but since it is not very indepth, I would recommend getting another guidebook if you are trying to plan a trip to Scotland. It is a good supplement I guess.

[Becky]

A great resource for travels to Scotland...using to plan my trip to Scotland for August 2009.

[Marisa]

Could have been more in-depth. Doesn't include a lot of popular towns and info. Beautiful pictures, however, as DK is known for.

[Lizzytish]

This book was great in the picture aspect. It helped in making some choices of what we wanted to see and do

[biblioceraptor]

I basically read it from cover to cover, OK - that counts.

[Mariana Benson]

Big help in trip planning

[Cynthia]

Great travel companion. Listed travel destinations with maps showing where the 'places' are.

[Cloay]

- available in SG NLB 914.1104 (Sengkang)

[Erica]

Super useful--I love the maps (especially the nitty-gritty maps and architectural details of castles, downtown areas, gardens, etc) and tour suggestions.

[Jorie]

Great resource for trip planning! It has tons of pictures, so you can say, "I want to see that!" It also provides some history and cultural context, as well as helpful descriptions of sites. It was essential for planning my trip to Scotland and was great to keep in the car for prepping yourself to seer a sight. The pictures are beautiful!!!

[Sharon]

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides excel at photographic information and short descriptions. The maps and context are exceptional. DK guides are always a great resource for extra information on an unknown locale.

[A]

Great guidebook, my only complaint is with the numbering of the different attractions on the map. It would be nice if they were grouped geographically, when I know which areas I'll be in and which I won't...

[Nicole]

Not written for the casual traveler. This is so in depth that much of the recommendations were lost on my simple trip. I recommend this for people who have the time to invest in really visiting Scotland for extended periods.

[Teri-K]

Nice guide, nice size, lovely photos. This one might be worth carrying in my bags when I go there. It's lovely to look through while you dream and imagine and plan.

[Sherrie]

Great pocket guide to Scotland with beautiful color photographs. Perfect size to include in your luggage because it isn’t too bulky.

[Samantha]

honeymoon prep!

[Robert Forbes]

Lots of places, light on details. Useful for trip planning.

[Susan]

Excellent travel guide. detailed and to the point with beautiful photos.

[Linn]

Översättningen bristfällig. Kändes väldigt AI.

[Renn Daniels]

Eyewitness tour guide books are the best and this one is very nice.