Rick Steves’ Snapshot Scotland
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Scotland.
In this 188-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and the Northern Highlands. Tour the Edinburgh Castle, walk the Royal Mile, visit the Glasgow Cathedral, or look for Nessie in Loch Ness—you’ll get tips on the best tours, museums, festivals, and more. Rick offers firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket.
In this 188-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Scotland, including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and the Northern Highlands. Tour the Edinburgh Castle, walk the Royal Mile, visit the Glasgow Cathedral, or look for Nessie in Loch Ness—you’ll get tips on the best tours, museums, festivals, and more. Rick offers firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket.
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The only “snapshot” in this book is the picture of a sheep on the take in. The book is dense and wordy, with very small to jump out at you and tell you what is worth seeing. You will be guided right to the heavily touristed areas where you will pay a lot to rub shoulders with everyone else, but don’t touch anything or take any pictures! That’s not allowed in the castles this book takes you to. There is a whole additional Scotland outside of this book and it’s much more fun, vibrant, and FREE! If you went by this book, you wouldn’t know that there are dozens of castles, free distillery tours, archeological ruins galore and more. As for practical information, this book is weighted down with phone numbers you don’t need and tips that aren’t accurate. For example, Steves indicates pricing for a B&B stay is usually around 30 pounds per night. That would have been nice, but it was more like 40-50 pounds PER PERSON. That took a huge bite out of our budget since we thought 30 pounds was for the room, not the person. We got the 25 Scenic Drives in Scotland by Frommers book and they are like night and day. Get the Frommer’s guide as a replacement for.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Tiny size and jam-packed. It has been the primary resource used to plot my trip to Scotland and will be with me on the trip for ready reference. He covers all of the most needed info for the major cities and sections of the country — what to see, where to eat, where to sleep, how to get there. It is written in an simple to follow, chatty style with enough maps and photos to give me a excellent thought of what to expect and how to maximize my time and money on the trip.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I have used Rick’s guides throughout Europe, this one seems to be light on point information. I reflect I will have to buy another guide to supplement this one. I also was disappointed there isn’t a foldout map.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
This book was very light on information and not that helpful. As one reviewer said, it’s right out of his Fantastic Britain guide. I establish Frommers much more helpful.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I won’t know for sure until we really GO to Scotland, but the information provided in the book is much more point and seems more helpful than the additional guide book I bought.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5