Table of Contents for
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Scotland

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  1. COVER
  2. Half Title
  3. CONTENTS
  4. DISCOVER SCOTLAND
  5. Welcome to Scotland
  6. Reasons to Love Scotland
  7. Explore Scotland
  8. Discover Itineraries
  9. Scotland Itineraries
  10. 7 Days On the North Coast 500
  11. Scotland for Outdoor Adventures
  12. Scotland for Wildlife Encounters
  13. Scotland for Spectacular Castles
  14. Scotland for Bookworms
  15. Scotland for Art Lovers
  16. Scotland for Music Lovers
  17. Scotland for Foodies
  18. Scottish Spirit
  19. Scotland for Families
  20. Scotland for Beachgoers
  21. Scotland on Screen
  22. A Year in Scotland
  23. A Brief History
  24. EXPERIENCE SCOTLAND
  25. Edinburgh
  26. Area Map - Edinburgh
  27. 2 Days
  28. Edinburgh’s Summer Festivals
  29. Quiet Escapes Edinburgh’s
  30. Edinburgh Castle
  31. The Royal Mile
  32. Calton Hill
  33. National Museum of Scotland
  34. Scottish National Gallery
  35. Experience More
  36. A Short Walk - New Town
  37. A Long Walk - Water of Leith Walkway
  38. Southern Scotland
  39. Area Map - Southern Scotland
  40. Culzean Castle and Country Park
  41. Abbotsford
  42. Experience More
  43. Glasgow
  44. Area Map - Glasgow
  45. 2 Days in Glasgow
  46. Glasgow’s Industrial Heritage
  47. Basilica di San Marco
  48. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  49. Experience More
  50. Central and Northeast Scotland
  51. Area Map - Central and Northeast Scotland
  52. The Veneto and Friuli
  53. Scone Palace
  54. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
  55. Stirling Castle
  56. Experience More
  57. The Highlands and Islands
  58. Area Map - The Highlands and Islands
  59. Highland Traditions and Culture
  60. Remote Island Getaways
  61. Ben Nevis
  62. Cairngorms National Park
  63. The Great Glen
  64. Isle of Skye
  65. Orkney Islands
  66. Shetland Islands
  67. Outer Hebrides
  68. Experience More
  69. A Driving Tour - Road to the Isles
  70. NEED TO KNOW
  71. Before You Go
  72. Getting Around
  73. Practical Information
  74. Scottish Vocabulary
  75. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND IMPRINTS
  76. Copyright
  77. Navigational Contents

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SCOTLAND FOR

BOOKWORMS

Scotland has a remarkable literary heritage, and has produced more than its fair share of acclaimed writers and enlightened thinkers. Bookworms will enjoy the wealth of bookish festivals, events and experiences on offer that honour the country’s most celebrated literary luminaries.

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t The Auld Brig in Alloway, Ayrshire features in Robert Burns’s famous poem Tam O’Shanter

Burns Heritage Trail

One of Scotland’s most celebrated and prolific writers, Robert Burns has made his mark all over the country. There are numerous museums and exhibitions in his name. For hard-core fans, the Burns Heritage Trail is a comprehensive tour of where he lived and wrote and the places that inspired him most.

Edinburgh International Book Festival

Scotland’s capital has inspired over 500 novels, and was named the the first UNESCO City of Literature in 2004. In August it hosts the world’s largest International Book Festival, where publishers from all over the word present new titles and leading authors take part in readings and book signings at events throughout the city.

Scotland’s National Book Town

Book-mad Wigtown in Dumfries & Galloway is a book-lovers paradise. Home to more than 20 bookshops and literary cafés, this quaint town hosts a lively literature festival over ten days every autumn, featuring over 250 literary events for adults, kids and young people,and welcoming numerous high-profile Scottish authors and guest speakers.

The Beatrix Potter Exhibition, Dunkeld

Childhood summers spent in rural Perthshire were a strong influence on The Tale of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter, and fostered in her a keen interest in the natural world. Stroll through the Beatrix Potter Garden at Birnam Arts and see if you can spot Peter Rabbit.

Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

This award-winning and light-hearted walking tour takes you through the cobbled streets, secret closes and hidden courtyards of Edinburgh’s Old Town to the old haunts of some of Scotland’s greatest authors and poets, most of whom favoured down-to-earth boozers over posh salons.

DISCOVER Scotland Your Way

Mean Streets and Tartan Noir

With Laidlaw (1977), Scots author William McIlvanney kicked off Scotland’s “tartan noir” crime fiction genre, a pantheon including likes of Ian Rankin’s gloomy Inspector Rebus, Christopher Brookmyre’s roguish investigator Jack Parlabane, and Denise Mina’s DI Alex Morrow, a rare female protagonist in the crime fiction world. Val McDermid’s novels were adapted into a cult TV series, Wire in the Blood, and Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie stars in Case Histories.