The Scotland Route
Text and photos: Eckart Winkler, Bad Nauheim, http://www.eckart-winkler.de
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Glasgow - Kintyre - Inveraray - Oban - Insel Mull - Inverness - Speyside - Loch Ness - Durness - Inverness - Perth - Stirling - Edinburgh

Short Info

17 days Scotland as part of a trip to the United Kingdom. Arrival night bus London - Glasgow booked in London. Return journey by train Edinburgh - Newcastle (booked in Edinburgh) and ship Newcastle - Hamburg (previously booked at home). Traveling by public bus in Scotland, staying in bed and breakfast guesthouses.

The map

The route

Tag	Place, route	Activity	Travel Distance / Time
1.Tag	Getting to Glasgow	Journey
2.Tag	Glasgow	City tour	0 km, 0 h
3.Tag	Glasgow - Tarbert (Kintyre)	Journey	150 km, 3.5 h
4.Tag	Tarbert		0 km, 0 h
5.Tag	Tarbert - Inveraray	Highland Games	60 km, 1.5 h
6.Tag	Inveraray - Oban	Journey	60 km, 1.5 h
7.Tag	Oban	Island tour Mull, Staffa, Iona	80 km, 4 h
8.Tag	Oban - Inverness	Fahrt	190 km, 3.5 h
9.Tag	Inverness	City tour	0 km, 0 h
10.Tag	Inverness	Speyside tour	180 km, 4 h
11.Tag	Inverness	Loch Ness tour	110 km, 4 h
12.Tag	Inverness - Durness	Durness, Faraid Head	200 km, 4.5 h
13.Tag	Durness - Inverness	Smoo Cave	200 km, 4.5 h
14.Tag	Inverness - Perth	Scone Palace	180 km, 3.5 h
15.Tag	Perth - Edinburgh	Stirling Castle	70 km, 2 h
16.Tag	Edinburgh	City tour	0 km, 0 h
17.Tag	return journey	Journey
total			1480 km, 36.5 h

The length of the routes in kilometers and hours are partially estimated. The kilometer data are on 10km, the times rounded to half an hour. The travel time of the day trips (7th, 10th and 11th day) could not be determined correctly. Here a flat rate of 4 hours was scheduled.

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