i-plan travel
... taking the guesswork out of travel planning
Edinburgh Castle | Glasgow's Riverside Museum | Puffins on the Isle of Lunga |
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Provand's Lordship, Glasgow | Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull | Inverarary Castle in the Highlands |
Highland cattle near Stirling | Along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh | University of Glasgow |
Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands | Razorbills on the Isle of Lunga | Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh |
The fascinating Isle of Staffa |
RESOURCES: Scotland
EDINBURGH
ACCOMMODATIONS: 14 Hart Street | Best Western Plus Bruntsfield Hotel | Staycity Aparthotels
FOOD: Contini Cannonball | Fishers in the City | Grain Store Restaurant (French) | La Favorita (pizza) | La Petite Mort (bistro) | L'Escargot Bleu | Maison Bleue Restaurant (Scottish/North African/French) | Michael Neave Kitchen and Whisky Bar | Mother India Café | Mums (comfort food) | Ondine | Pret A Manger | Stac Polly | The Bon Vivant | The Devil's Advocate (gastropub) | The Dogs | The Gardener's Cottage | Wagamama
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EXPERIENCES: Arthur’s Seat | Blair Street Underground Vaults Tour | Calton Hill | Camera Obscura | Canongate Kirk | Church of St. Andrew and St. George | City Art Centre | Duddingston Village | Edinburgh Castle | Georgian House | Gladstone’s Land | Grassmarket | Greyfriars Bobby | Greyfriars Kirk | John Knox House | Museum of Childhood | Museum of Edinburgh | National Museum of Flight | National Museum of Rural Life | National Museum of Scotland | National War Museum of Scotland | Nelson Monument | Old Town and New Town | Palace of Holyroodhouse | People’s Story Museum | Princes Street | Real Mary King’s Close | Royal Mile | Royal Observatory | Royal Yacht Britannia | Scotch Whisky Experience | Scott Monument | Scottish National Gallery | Scottish National Portrait Gallery | Scottish National War Memorial | Scottish Parliament Building | St. Giles Cathedral | The Queen’s Gallery, Holyroodhouse | Writers’ Museum
DAYTRIPS: Craigmillar Castle (near Edinburgh) | Highlands Tour (see Rabbie's Tours for details) | Lauriston Castle (near Edinburgh) | Linlithgow Palace (west of Edinburgh) | Queensferry Museum (near Edinburgh) | Rosslyn Chapel (south of Edinburgh) | Royal Botanic Garden (near Edinburgh)
GLASGOW
ACCOMMODATIONS: Apex City of Glasgow Hotel | Fraser Suites | Grasshoppers Hotel | Z Hotels
FOOD: Café Gandolfi | Cail Bruich | Chaophraya (Thai) | City Merchant | Dakhin (South Indian) | Loon Fung (Cantonese/Dim Sum) | Mussel Inn | Number 16 | Opium (Asian) | Pret A Manger | Red Onion | Stravaigin | The Butterfly and The Pig | The Finnieston (seafood) | The Ubiquitous Chip | Wagamama | Wee Curry Shop | Wudon (noodle bar)
EXPERIENCES: Botanic Gardens | Burrell Collection | City Chambers | Culzean Castle and Country Park (south of Glasgow) | Glasgow Cathedral | Glasgow School of Art | Hunterian Art Gallery | Hunterian Museum | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | Mackintosh Church | Mackintosh House | National Piping Centre | People’s Palace | Provand’s Lordship | Riverside Museum | St. Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art | Scotland Street School Museum | The Lighthouse | The Tenement House | University of Glasgow | Willow Tearooms
DAYTRIPS: Culzean Castle and Country Park (south of Glasgow)
HIGHLANDS
​​NOTE: This section is based on a one-day tour taken out of Edinburgh to the Western Highlands. For more information - and more options - visit Rabbie's Tours.
EXPERIENCES: Doune Castle | Inveraray Castle | Kilchurn Castle | Loch Awe |Loch Lomond National Park and the Village of Luss | Rest and Be Thankful Pass
ISLE OF MULL AND OBAN
ACCOMMODATIONS: Greystones (Oban) | Highland Cottage (Tobermory)
FOOD: Café Fish (Tobermory) | Coast (Oban) | Ee-Usk (Oban) | Galleon Grill (Tobermory) | Macgochans (Tobermory) | Oban Seafood Hut
EXPERIENCES: Dunollie Museum and Castle (Oban) | Mull Museum (Tobermory) | Oban Distillery | Sea Life Surveys (tours out of Tobermory) | Skipinnish Ceilidh House (Highland music, Oban) | Tobermory Distillery | Treshnish Isles and Staff Wildlife Tours (out of Tobermory and Oban)
DAYTRIPS: Sea Life Surveys (tours out of Tobermory) | Treshnish Isles and Staff Wildlife Tours (out of Tobermory and Oban)
GENERAL
Cadies & Witchery Tours (Edinburgh) | Caledonian MacBrayne Hebridean & Clyde Ferries (Isle of Mull) | City of the Dead Tours (Edinburgh) | Edinburgh International Festival | Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour | Gig Guide (live music) | Glasgow Airport Express Bus | Glasgow Central Tours (tours of Glasgow Central Station) | Glasgow Concert Halls | Historic Environment Scotland | Historic Scotland Explorer Pass (over 75 sights included) | Internet Guide to Scotland | King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (one of Glasgow’s premier live-music venues) | Lothian Buses (Edinburgh transit) | Mackintosh Trail Ticket (pass to all the Charles Rennie Mackintosh sights) | Mull Information Centre | Mull Magic (walking tours) | National Trust for Scotland | O2ABC Glasgow | Oban What’s On | Rabbie’s Tours | ScotRail | Scottish Music Centre | Sea Life Surveys (tours out of Tobermory) | The Clockwork Orange (Glasgow’s subway system) | The List (Scotland food guide) | This is Edinburgh | Tickets Scotland (theatre and concert tickets) | Traveline Scotland | Treshnish Isles and Staffa Wildlife Tours (out of Tobermory and Oban) | Visit Scotland | West Coast Motors (Isle of Mull bus service)