This website is the result of our preparations for the journey. The large
collection of links allows you to
and to
to Scotland for yourself.
Shetland and Scottland
Sat.
2001
Zürich — Shetland:
LX 858: ZRH ab 08:45 — EDI arr. 10:15 / BA8895: EDI dep. 11:10 — LSI
arr. 13:15 ([delayed] stop-over: Wick)
Bolt Car
Hire - has a desk at the airport.
Croft-House - Museum (rural life in Shetland in the 19. century)
Lerwick: The
Shetland Hotel [other choices in the center
of Lerwick: Grand Hotel; Queens Hotel]
Sun.
Shetland
Wildlife (Tour):
Noss National Nature Reserve, Depart 14:00 from Victoria Pier Slipway,
Lerwick. Return 16:50
due to heavy wind :-((
Instead we drove around the mainisland: West-Mainland, Scalloway, Scalloway
- Castle (from the outside),
South-Mainland (all the way south to Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, which is
a viewpoint for wales, dolphines und puffins),
Jarlshof
Mon.
Shetland — Aberdeen, Scotland: BA8777: LSI dep. 14:15 — ABZ arr.
15:15
Car hired, to be returned at Edinburgh-Airport.
Drum
Castle and Garden (Irvine-Family): 4-fold rosegarden (17., 18., 19.
and 20. century)
Bed & Breakfast: Towerbank
House, Banchory
Tue.
Stone circle of Cullerlie (probably bronze age)
Castle
Fraser
Crathes
Castle and Garden
Craigievar
Castle
Craigellachie
Hotel (very recommendable!) [other choices: Green
Hall Gallery B&B, Craigellachie]
Wed.
Dufftown
Keith, Strathisla Distillery (est. 1786, Chivas Brothers since 1801)
Johnstons of Elgin, Cashmere Center
Baxter Highland Village
Elgin
Brodie Castle
Inverness
Cuchullin
Lodge, Culduthel Road, Inverness
Thu.
Invernessshire: Loch Ness ...
Urquart
Castle
Cuchullin
Lodge, Culduthel Road, Inverness
Fri.
Ride to the westcoast:
Inverewe
Gardens
Hugh Miller's
Cottage
Corrieshalloch
Gorge
Shieldaig
Lodge Hotel, Badachro, Gairloch [second
choice: Rua
Reidh Lighthouse]
Sat.
Area: Kyle of Lochalsh
Strome Castle
Kintail
Lodge Hotel, Glenshiel, by Kyle of Lochalsh [other
choices: Tigh
Tasgaidh B&B, Dornie, by Kyle of Lochalsh; Taigh
na Duich (Duich House), Letterfearn, Glenshiel]
Sun.
Balmacara
Estate and Lochalsh Woodland Garden
Kintail and
Morvich
Old
Pines - Restaurant with Rooms, Spean Bridge [other
choices: Glengarry
Castle Hotel, Invergarry; Crubenmore
Lodge, near Newtonmore]
Mon.
Killiecrankie
Linn of Tummel
Pitlochry
The Hermitage
Dunkeld
Kinfauns
Castle Hotels [other choices: Westlands
Hotel of Pitlochry; B&B
Kinnaird House, Pitlochry; B&B
Wellwood House, Pitlochry; Birnam
House Hotel, Dunkeld, Perthshire]
Tue.
Perthshire
Kinfauns
Castle Hotel
Wed.
Kingdom of Fife
Falkland
Palace
Hill of Tarvit
Mansionhouse and Garden
St. Andrews
Kellie Castle
and Garden
Fernie
Castle Hotel, Letham, by Cupar [other
choices: Chapel
House, Fife; Rufflets
Country House Hotel,
St Andrews; Sandford
Country House Hotel, Wormit, near St. Andrews; The Peat
Inn, near Cupar, Fife; Balbirnie House,
Markinch Village, Glenrothes, Fife]
Thu.
Morning: Ride to Edinburgh
Rental car return at the airport of Edinburgh
B&B
at 4, Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh
Fri.
Sat.
Sun.
Mon.
Edinburgh — Zürich: SR9422: EDI dep. 10:45 — Brussels arr.
13:25 / SR 887: Brussel dep. 14:00 — ZRH an 15:15