🏴 Scotland/ Schottland
Inner Hebrides-
Isla (Islay)
Inner Hebrides. Peaty
whisky, history, walks and
simply scenery. Cross the Sound to Jura. Stay in Bowmore
www.islay.com 🇬🇧 🇩🇪
For more about the island of Isla see Visit Scotland- Islay
Für mehr über den Insel Isla, schauen Sie Visit Scotland- Islay 🇩🇪 an
Colonsay-
Nothing much happens here,that's really good. Walking, sea and coast. Stay on a croft for B+B. Combine it with a visit to Isla www.colonsay.org.uk
Mull & Iona
Best reached by Ferry from Oban. There is another smaller ferry, but you can't easily reach it. Take your car, or go on a day boat trip
Don't underestimate distances, to go round the island, most roads go round the coast, not over the middle. Craignure to Fionnphort is 56Km, and takes about a hour.
Main town is Tobermory. Main attractions, apart from Iona are Fingal's cave and whale watching
isle-of-mull.net
Moray Firth-
includes a stretch
of scenic coast and the whisky-producing hinterland.
Lossiemouth
Macduff Aquarium with local sea life
General Info
National Trust for Scotland
a charity which owns and maintains stately homes and areas of special interest and natural beauty. Get a tourist pass for reduced price entry and more (check if you may have to order this from outside the UK). Run independently of the National Trust (England, Wales and N. Ireland)
Distilleries
Don't be disappointed, due to the popularity of the larger. better known distilleries' visitor centres, always consider booking in advance.
Travel
>Fly to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness or Aberdeen
Trains mainly run N-S in Scotland, few E-W routes exist. The routes are scenic, but the journey times may be quite long e.g. London-Inverness between 8-9 hours, and around 100€ each way.
Roads are generally good, journeys round lochs may make distances longer than you planned for (to Oban or Kennacraig for the ferries). Some trunk roads can be very busy (A9, A96)
Languages
You'll find English spoken everywhere. On the wesstern isles, people's everyday language may well be Gaelic. In other areas there are Scots dialects (a pejorative term in itself), related to English, but not so intelligible for the outsider (e.g. Doric in the North-East.🏴 England
has much to offer the tourist apart from London and the standard brochure stuff.
Northumberland
Not just somewhere to drive through on the way to Scotland!Farne Islands-
not to be missed on a trip to/ through Northumberland. Handy from/ to the Newcastle ferry terminal. Boats from Seahouses. Seabirds (Puffins migrate away mid-summer), also seals. Eat at the Ship in Seahouses or choose from the seemingly endless number of chip shops.
South-West
Avebury- http://www.stonehenge-avebury.net/Lizard-
Scillies-
British Caribbean? Islands, boats, wildlife. Wonderful beaches- water not that warm, though. Visit the gardens on Tresco. Go on a sunny evening to the Turk´s Head- sit outside, watch the sun go down and return to your island as it goes dark.
www.simplyscilly.co.ukwww.scillyonline.co.uk
NationalTrust-
a charity which owns and maintains stately homes and areas of special interest and natural beauty. Get a tourist pass for reduced price entry and more. Purchase online only
national trust explorer pass for visitors🏴 Wales
has developed its tourism extensively over the last few years
Angelsey (Môn)
Lleyn Peninsula
St. David's
Mid-Wales
General Info
Language
Welsh is widely spoken as people's everyday language. It is not a dialet of, nor even that closely related to English, more to Breton and Cornish. Learn a little and find out how descriptive some of the place names are. Everyone speaks English, but may be a little rusty if they don't use it every day.
Trains
Wales has something special for the railway fan, a high number of Narrow Gauge Railways. Some just short stretches, but some going a considerable distance. Take in at least two!
Here is some information for
tourists looking
for less common holiday recommendations.Just my personal suggestions.