Honeymoon in Scotland - what to see?

[cessna152towser]

Ferintosh would be a good base for exploring Hadrian's Wall. There is a bus which links the various forts and other artefacts along Hadrian's Wall which runs from Easter till October. You could combine Hadrian's Wall with visiting some of the castles and woollen mills in the Scottish Borders.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Iona and Mull are a must !
There are wonderfull B&B in Oban, on the main land . The ferries are excellent and the sea food restaurant divine. BTW, they also serve haggis you'll remember for the rest of your life !

Bon voyage !

Robert

[Highland Logan]

Here is a list of the B&B we used on our last trip.

Oban - Dungallan Hotel

Ardvasar, Isle of Skye - Homeleigh

Uig, Isle of Skye - Ard-Na-Mara

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis - Braighe House (by far the best we have ever been to)

Strathtongue - Old Manse

Stromness, Orkney - Orca Hotel

Inverness - Craig Villa

Frank

[Dhuni]

SWIMPAL and I spent our honeymoon in the Highlands back in 1990.
We stayed a few days in Beauly visiting our many family friends and attending Shimi Lovat's birthday party at Phipps Hall.
If you are in this part of Invernesshire I suggest you try the beautiful
Lovat Arms http://www.lovatarms.com/
Lovely accommodations and really excellent food.
Tell Ann or Willie, Uncle Grumpy from California sent you
There is a small museum in Kingussie devoted to old highland life I would mark as a must see for any history buff. http://highlandfolk.museum/
Another wonderful place to stay with incredible views and very good food is
The Ardavasar on Skye http://www.skye-hotels.co.uk/ardvasar.html

Slainte Mhor!

[BonnieT100]

Wow, lots of things to look at there. One thing I won't have to worry about is bringing a bag to bring stuff home. I plan on stopping back by one of the US RAF stations and mailing home anything that won't fit in our bags. That's one advantage of being military. The car rental is a good deal. Might have to look into flying into Glasgow and flying out of London. That would also save us time.

[ozone]

BT100, your fiancee is going to HAVE to learn to pack light or you two wont be getting on the plane or into a rental car. I have travelled for years back and forth to europe, first with my parents and then on my own. Here's some ideas:

1. Silver-impregnated socks, t-shirts and undies. They dont smell even if worn for several days in a row. In addition, they can be easily rinsed in a sink and hung to dry over a radiator. Here's a source for the socks: http://www.sockcompany.com/foxrivxstatx.html
My wife and I ended up using just 4 pairs of their x-static based socks for two weeks of travelling. The other main silver stuff is called Visa endurance. Mountain Hardwear uses visa endurance in their undies that fall under the catagory of: "eXtend" wear. Mountain Hardwear has boxers for you and undies for her. Again, just 2-3 pair per person should do the trick. Also, the eXtend series has t-shirts and long underwear type stuff as well.

2. For more formal stuff: ONE pair of nice pants, ONE dress, ONE nice shirt and Doc Martens for shoes ('cause you can even hike in them and then just rinse with a damp towel that night for going out.). All of this clothing should be in wrinkle resistant cloth.

3. The rest of clothing should be stuff like the Mtn hardwear t-shirts and other "hiking" type clothing for generally getting around.

4. You should BOTH be able to fit all your clothing in one medium sized bag. The other medium sized bag should be for goodies to bring home.

5. Look up and book rental cars prior to going. We got a smashing deal from Avis at the Glascow airport: $500 for two weeks! We got a vauxhall corsa and it was PERFECT for all the small roads and such. It's like a geo metro, so plan your packing around a car that size (we just had our bags in the back seat).

6. Goto Sainsburys or other similar grocery stores for lunch items. This will save you mega bucks and you can generally leave things like fruits and carrots in the car without refrigeration while you drive. Also, hard cheeses and salami (in it's casing) can survive for weeks without a frig. We simply bought a cheepo set of plastic knives/forks etc and they worked to cut stuff. No swiss army knife needed.

Hope this helps.....Ozone

[ozone]

Glasgow is also generally cheaper to fly in/out than Edinburgh.