3 Weeks in Scotland Hotels/B&Bs - Prices in Scotland are typically quoted as "per person per night". Unfortunetly, this does not give a clear indication of the cost per room - so we will quote the full cost for the room per night instead, which is just a multiplication by two. :-) Taxes and breakfast are included (except were noted), while dinner is not included. All prices correct as of July 2005. Prices given in UK Pound (£). Please note that we can not guarantee the correctness of these prices today.
Day 1 Dumfries	Accommodation Merlin B&B 2 Kenmure Terrace Dumfries DG2 7QX United Kingdom Tel. 01387 261 002 -or- Tel. 0776 126 5854 £ 44 double room incl. BF, shared bathroom The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant Caven Arms 20 Buccleuch Street Dumfries DC1 2AH The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Dumfries Hexham Hadrian's Wall Gretna Greene Caerlaverock Castle What to do Visit "The Old Bridge House" Mill Road Dumfries Tel. 01387 256 904 FREE Admission The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good)
Day 2 Ayr	Accommodation The Dunn Thing Mrs. Sheila Dunn 13 Park Circus Ayr Strathclyde Scotland KA7 2DJ Tel. & Fax 01292 284 531 Web http://www.thedunnthing.co.uk £ 46 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Restaurant The Meridian Bier Cafe 1-3 Killoch Place Ayr Tel. 01292 26 26 26 The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Recommended Stops enroute from Dumfries to Ayr Sweetheart Abbey Sandyhills Beach Cardoness Castle Carsmith Castle Portpatrick Culzean Castle
Day 3 Tarbet	Accommodation Innischonain House Bed & Breakfast Mrs. Sharon Macqueen Tarbet, Arrochar Argyll Scotland G83 7DD Tel. 01301 702 726 Web http://www.innischonain.freeserve.co.uk £ 50 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Restaurant The Ben Lomond Tarbet-Arrochar off A83 Tel. 01301 702 393 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Ayr to Tarbet Largs Yacht Harbour Gourock Greenock (Clyde's Viewpoint) Glasgow Balloch
Day 4 Campbeltown	Accommodation Redknowe B&B Sue and Dave Brown Witchburn Road Campbeltown Argyll PA28 6PD Tel. 01586 550 374 Web http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/redknowe £ 45 double room incl. BF, shared bathroom The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant The Feathers Longrow South Campbeltown The Zanzig.com Rating: N/A Okay, folks, The Feathers is a bar, but we came too late for bar meals. The friendly barman, however, managed to get us two hamburgers along with our beers. So it's quite difficult to put up a rating for this. Anyway, you probably want to eat somewhere else and get your drinks later here. :-) Recommended Stops enroute from Tarbet to Campbeltown Arrochar/Loch Lang Inveraray Skipness Castle Carradale Harbour Saddell Abbey Mull of Kintyre
Day 5 Oban	Accommodation Glencairn House Mr. & Mrs. Spence Corran Esplanade Oban Argyll PA34 5AQ Tel. 01631 562 187 £ 54 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Restaurant The Oban Fish & Chip Shop and Restaurant 116 George Street Oban Argyll PA34 5NT Tel. 01631 562 426 The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from Campbeltown to Oban Tarbert Crinan Canal (B841) Kilmartin Carnassarie Castle What to do Visit Oban Distillery Stafford Street Oban Tel. 01631 572 004 £ 4 per person The Zanzig.com Rating: ***** (unmissable) Tales on the Hoof Join Scot An Sgeulaiche, a traditional storyteller as he guides you on a walking tour of the beautiful Kilmartin Glen. £ 5 per person Web http://www.ansgeulaiche.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: N/A We did not book this tour, simply because of the bad weather. So we cannot rate it. But we saw the guy accidently when he walked with a (very small) group across the "Standing Stones of Kilmartin". We think this is an exciting opportunity to learn more about the history of Scotland. If the weather would have been better, we would have joined him for sure. Buy a ticket for the ferry to Craignure (Isle of Mull) Caledonian MacBrayne Railway Quay Oban Web http://www.calmac.co.uk £ 47.60 for two persons and a car The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) TIP The price above is the so-called "Hopscotch No. 6" package which is a combined ticket Oban-Craignure and Fishnish-Lochaline. Compared to single tickets, this saves you £ 11.40 - so go for it!
Day 6 Tobermory	Accommodation Oakley B&B Mrs. Janet Campbell Erray Road Tobermory Isle of Mull, Argyll PA75 6PS Tel. 01688 302 520 £ 50 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant Gannets Restaurant 56/57 Main Street Tobermory Tel. 01688 302 203 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Oban to Tobermory Duart Castle Fionnphort Loch na Keal Sound of Mull What to do Tobermory Handmade Chocolate Keith & Rhoda Drake Main Street Tobermory PA75 6NU Tel. 01688 302 526 Web http://www.tobermorychocolate.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good)
Day 7 Oban	Accommodation Glendale Guesthouse Dunollie Road Oban Argyll PA34 5PH Tel. 01631 562 384 £ 55 double room incl. BF, ensuite, no parking The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Restaurant Mondo 60 George Street Oban Tel. 01631 565 078 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good)
Day 8 St. Andrews	Accommodation The Paddock Mrs. Linzi Taylor Sunnyside Strathkinnes by St. Andrews Fife KY16 9XP Tel. 01334 850 888 Fax 01334 850 870 Web http://www.thepadd.co.uk £ 60 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Restaurant Grill House Inchcape House St. Mary's Place St. Andrews KY16 9UY Tel. 01334 470 500 Fax 01334 474 487 Web http://www.grillhouserestaurant.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Oban to St. Andrews Stirling Culross Firth of Forth Pittenweem Anstruther
Day 9 Ballater	Accommodation Moorside Guest House Pieter and Lea Faber Braemar Road Ballater Royal Deeside AB35 5RL Tel. & Fax 013397 55492 Web http://www.moorsidehouse.co.uk £ 55 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant La Mangiatoia Ristorante & Pizzeria Harry and Claudia Leith Bridge Square Ballater AB35 5QJ Tel. 0133 97 55 999 The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from St. Andrews to Ballater Glamis Castle Kirriemuir Glen Shee Braemar Braemar Castle Balmoral Castle & Crathie Chapel Loch Muick
Day 10 Rattray Head	Accommodation Rattray Head Lighthouse B&B Rob Keeble & Val Porter Rattray Head Rattray Peterhead AB42 3HB Tel. +44 1346 532 236 Web http://www.rattrayhead.net £ 44 double room incl. BF, shared bathroom The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Greenbrae B&B Mrs. Jill Chandler Longside by Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 4TX Tel. 01779 821 051 -or- Mob. 07799 672 510 Web http://www.greenbraefarm.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: N/A Why this double entry, you ask? Well, we had been on the road far too long this day and were looking for a room in Peterhead. All the places were fully booked! So we started to look for houses around Peterhead and finally found the Greenbrae B&B. Fully booked!! But Jill and her husband were very friendly and refered us to Rob of the Rattray Head Lighthouse B&B, after calling him! Wow! We still think back of the wonderful and friendly atmosphere at the Greenbrae, and we definitely recommend this house to you as well. Restaurant Strathbeg House Hotel St. Fergus Peterhead Aberdeenshire AB42 3HE Tel. 01346 532 857 Fax 01346 531 981 The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Recommended Stops enroute from Ballater to Rattray Head Glenbuchat Castle Kildrummy Castle Craigievar Castle Queens View Tarland Stonecircle Crathes Castle Stonehaven Dunnottar Castle Cruden Bay Bullers of Buchan
Day 11 Elgin	Accommodation West End Guest House Carol & Jim Watt 282 High Street Elgin Morayshire IV30 1AG Tel. 01343 549 629 £ 50 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant Pizzeria Toscana Pizza & Pasta Restaurant 20 Thunderton Place Elgin Tel. 01343 551 066 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Rattray Head to Elgin Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum Pennan (Local Hero) Gardenstown Macduff Cullen Bay Portknockie (Stringbow Rock)
Day 12 Lairg	Accommodation Carnbren Mrs. P. Cartlidge Carnbren Lairg Sutherland IV27 4AY Tel. 01549 402 259 -or- Tel. 077656 44258 £ 45 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant The Nip Inn Main Street Lairg IV27 4DB Tel. 01549 402 243 Web http://www.nipinn.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from Elgin to Lairg Sueno's castle Brodie Castle Cromarty Dornoch Firth
Day 13 Aultbea	Accommodation Drumchork Lodge Hotel John & Frances Clotworthy Aultbea Wester Ross IV22 2HU Tel. 01445 731 242 Fax 01445 731 246 Web http://www.drumchork.com £ 70 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Tranquility Pauline & Phil Bond 21 Mellon Charles Aultbea IV22 2JN Tel. 01445 731 241 Mail paulinephil2003@yahoo.com The Zanzig.com Rating: N/A Sandale Mrs. Alice MacLennan 5 Pier Road Aultbea IV22 2JQ Tel. 01445 731 336 The Zanzig.com Rating: N/A Another night that saw us desperately looking for accommodation, and again we found two very friendly hosts who had no vacancies, unfortunately, but offered to check other B&B's that were fully booked as well. We finally ended up at the very expensive Drumchork Lodge Hotel - which offers great views but turned out to be too expensive for the value offered. Restaurant Aultbea Hotel Aultbea IV22 2HX Tel. 01445 731 201 Web http://www.aultbeahotel.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Lairg to Aultbea Shin Falls Oykel Bridge Assynt Lake Ardvrech Castle Ardmair Ullapool Falls of Measach Viewpoint Little Loch Broom Viewpoint Gruinard Bay
Day 14 Plockton	Accommodation Creagan B&B Mrs. Chrissie MacKenzie Frithard Road Plockton Tel. 01599 544 270 £ 46 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant The Plockton Hotel Plockton The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Aultbea to Plockton Loch Ewe Viewpoints Loch Maree Loch Torridon A846 Inner Sound Eilean Donan Castle Kyle of Lochalsh
Day 15 Portree	Accommodation Duirinish Guest House Robert & Janette MacRae Viewfield Road Portree Isle of Skye IV51 9ES Tel. 01478 613 728 Web http://www.duirinishguesthouse.co.uk £ 54 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant Arriba Portree The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Pub The Merchant's Bar Portree The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from Plockton to Portree Uig Kilmuir Duntulm Castle Staffin Bay The Quirang Kilt Rock and Waterfalls Mealt Falls The Old Man of Star Loch Fada Loch Portree
Day 16 Inverinate	Accommodation Drumfearn Mrs. Janet MacLeod Inverinate By-Kyle IV40 8HB Tel. 01599 511 269 Mail janet.macleod1@btinternet.com £ 40 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Restaurant Kintail Lodge Hotel Glen Shiel Ross-Shire IV40 8HL Web http://www.kintaillodgehotel.co.uk The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Portree to Inverinate Dunvegan Castle Waterstein (Neist Lighthouse) Colbost Skyesilver Shop (http://www.skyesilver.com) Elgol
Day 17 Fort William	Accommodation Cameron Guest House Achintore Road £ 46 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Restaurant The Crofter Bar & Restaurant High Street Fort William Tel. 01397 709 931 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Pub The Volunteer Arms High Street The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Recommended Stops enroute from Inverinate to Fort William Invermoriston Falls Loch Ness Urquhardt Castle Tomich Falls Corrimony Cairns Fort Augustus (Caledonian Canal) Loch Oich Loch Lochy Commando Memorial Fort Augustus
Day 18 Pitlochry	Accommodation Holzhafen B&B Roemmele 5 Windsor Gardens Pitlochry PH16 5BE £ 36 double room incl. BF, ensuite The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) NOTE - Mr. Roemmele and his wife will be finally retiring in September 2005 and move to Perth. We hope that the new owners of the house will continue to run the B&B the way the Holzhafen-Crew did. I sincerly hope that Mr. Roemmele, retired or not, will still be available as Freelance International Tour Manager & Travel Consultant in the future, organizing trips around Scotland or to other exciting places around the world. :-) Restaurant The Old Mill Pitlochry The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Fort William to Pitlochry Loch Levin Kinlochlevin Falls Castle Stalker Castle Menzie's Loch Tummel (Queens View)
Days 19 and 20 Edinburgh	Accommodation Kariba Guest House Agnes Holligan 10 Granville Terrace Edinburgh EH10 4PQ Tel. 0131 229 3773 Fax 0131 229 4968 Web http://www.karibaguesthouse.co.uk £ 70 double room per night, incl. BF, ensuite, incl. parking The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurants Gordon's Trattoria Italian Restaurant 231 High Street Edinburgh EH1 1PE Tel. 0131 225 7992 The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Greyfriars' Bobby's Bar 30-34 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh EH1 2QE Tel. 0131 225 8328 The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Pubs & Bars Ensign Edwart 371 Lawnmarket Tel. 0131 225 7440 The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) The Balmoral 1 Princes Street The Zanzig.com Rating: **** (very good) Recommended Stops enroute from Pitlochry to Edinburgh Blair Castle Dunkeld What to do Climb "The Hill" The People's Museum Easyinternet Cafe, Rose Street
Day 21 Newcastle Upon Tyne	Accommodation Novotel Newcastle Ponteland Road Kenton Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3HZ Tel. 0191 214 0303 Fax 0191 214 0633 Web http://www.novotel.com £ 79 double room excl. BF, ensuite, incl. parking The Zanzig.com Rating: *** (good) Restaurant The Garden Brasserie Novotel Newcastle The Zanzig.com Rating: ** (fair) Recommended Stops enroute from Edinburgh to Newcastle-upon-Tyne Neidpath Castle Peebles Galashields Melrose Dryburgh Jedburgh Carter Bar Viewpoint (Scottish Border)

***** unmissable	You will definitely miss an outstanding experience if you don't do/book this. Will provide you good memories. Best value for money. Fantastic!
**** very good	Clearly above average quality. Will give you a very good experience. High value for money.
*** good	Average quality and still recommended. A good experience and good value for money. Nothing to complain about, and you will not be disappointed.
** fair	Below average quality and/or low value for money, but still acceptable. You will want to consider other options, though.
* poor	You will most likely be disappointed when booking this. Lowest value for money. Not recommended.