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Scotland The Best: New and fully updated 12th edition of Scotland’s bestselling guide

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Stay at The Foveran in Kirkwall for excellent food and views across Scapa Flow, or for an unforgettable experience, sleep in a yurt at Wheems Organic Farm on South Ronaldsay. Art and music permeate Orcadian life, and art galleries are dotted around the archipelago. For a real treat, catch the Orkney Folk Festival in May for four days of traditional music in Stromness and the surrounding area. One of the best destinations for a weekend break in Scotland, Fort William sits on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe, in the shadow of Ben Nevis. The start or end point of the West Highland Way, you are within striking distance of Skye and the Isle of Mull to the west and Fort Augustus to the north. Trusted for over 20 years, this fully comprehensive and independent guide to Scotland gives you only the very best recommendations, whatever your budget. First published in 1993, Scotland the Best has been describes as ‘a gospel, a love poem to Scotland’ and has sold more than 300,000 copies since it was first released.

The Kintyre Peninsula is home to a long stretch of deserted coastline, perfect for an escape from reality. Make this the year you explore Scotland's islands and start with Barra at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides. The only place in the world where scheduled flights land of the beach, you can sit in the airport cafe and watch as planes make a dramatic entrance.

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Hiking Wild walks, crumbling castles, Michelin-starred restaurants and more of Cumbria’s best experiences If you want to know the top 10 places to eat in Edinburgh right now, look no further than the latest edition of guidebook guru Peter Irvine's Scotland the Best’– Daily Record The house, grounds and gardens have been transformed following the intervention of Prince Charles and the Prince’s Trust. There’s the building itself, a great café, restaurant and many ways to walk. Several garden areas, including the flagship walled garden. Gardens under extensive development but we can be sure that what will emerge and mature will be a wonder and a wandering, probably for generations. Scotland's national drink is whisky – from the Gaelic uisge beatha, meaning “water of life” – and this fiery spirit has been distilled here for more than 500 years. More than 50 distilleries are in operation in Speyside, Scotland's most famous whisky area, famed for fruity, lightly spicy flavors (head over to Islay for peatier varieties).

Food & Drink:Seek shelter at The Brig & Barrel . You’ll be served with a warm and exceptional service with delicious hearty pub fare. The pub is dog-friendly too so make sure to bring your beloved pooch along. Camping England’s last wild-camping refuge saved as campaigners win legal battle against landowners Feel a sense of adventure inAberfeldy. There are castles to be explored, wildlife to meet and lots of whiskies that are waiting to be tasted. It’s not only the big islands that are covered. Wee isles like Easdale (which once supplied the world its slate) appears to maintain a precarious truce with the sea, judging from the epic drone picture by Iain Masterton. A sea plane glides over the multicoloured houses along the pier at Tobermory, with the hills of North Mull over the water in the distanceThe next village along, Port Wemyss, has views of the uninhabited island of Orsay and the Rhinns of Islay lighthouse, built in 1825 by the Stevenson lighthouse builders.

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