Footprint Scotland Highlands & Islands

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

When the rain stops falling and the mists clears, there is no beautiful place on Earth than the Scottish Highlands and Islands, Europe's last great wilderness. If there is a heaven, then it must look like this, but let's hope the petrol's cheaper. Fully researched and updated, this second edition of Footprint Scotland Highlands and Islands comes hot on the heels of our many thorough guides to the country. Footprint knows Scotland inside out, and this guide takes you to the romantic outer reaches of the country from the accessible islands of Mull and Skye through to the Shetland and Orkney islands, paradise for birdwatchers and walkers. Just watch out for the midges

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introducing
• Highlights map (p. 2)
• A foot in the door (p. 8)
• Essentials
• Planning your trip (p. 18)
• Where to go (p. 18)
• When to go (p. 19)
• Tour operators (p. 19)
• Finding out more (p. 21)
• Language (p. 22)
• Disabled travellers (p. 23)
• Gay and lesbian travellers (p. 23)
• Student travellers (p. 23)
• Travelling with children (p. 24)
• Women travellers (p. 24)
• Working in Scotland (p. 25)
• Before you travel (p. 25)
• Getting in (p. 25)
• What to take (p. 26)
• Insurance (p. 27)
• Money (p. 27)
• Getting there (p. 29)
• Air (p. 29)
• Rail (p. 30)
• Road (p. 31)
• Sea (p. 32)
• Touching down (p. 32)
• Airport information (p. 32)
• Tourist information (p. 32)
• Local customs and laws (p. 34)
• Responsible tourism (p. 35)
• Safety (p. 35)
• Getting around (p. 35)
• Air (p. 36)
• Rail (p. 36)
• Road (p. 37)
• Sea (p. 39)
• Sleeping (p. 40)
• Eating (p. 43)
• Entertainment (p. 48)
• Festivals and events (p. 49)
• Shopping (p. 50)
• Sport and activities (p. 50)
• Health (p. 63)
• Keeping in touch (p. 63)
• Communications (p. 63)
• Media (p. 64)
• Guide
• Central Highlands
• Perthshire (p. 68)
• Perth and around (p. 68)
• Pitlochry and around (p. 71)
• Aberfeldy and Loch Tay (p. 74)
• Blairgowrie and Glenshee (p. 76)
• Listings (p. 76)
• The Trossachs and Loch Lomond (p. 80)
• Listings (p. 86)
• Deeside (p. 89)
• Walks in Deeside (p. 93)
• Listings (p. 94)
• The Don Valley (p. 96)
• Listings (p. 99)
• Speyside (p. 100)
• Listings (p. 103)
• Strathspey and the Cairngorms (p. 104)
• Listings (p. 107)
• Argyll & Inner Hebrides
• Oban and around (p. 116)
• Oban (p. 117)
• Around Oban (p. 118)
• Listings (p. 121)
• Mid-Argyll, Kintyre, Cowal and Bute (p. 124)
• Loch Awe and Loch Etive (p. 125)
• Inveraray and around (p. 126)
• Kintyre (p. 129)
• Cowal Peninsula and the Clyde Coast (p. 132)
• Isle of Bute (p. 134)
• Listings (p. 136)
• Isle of Arran (p. 139)
• Listings (p. 144)
• Mull and Iona (p. 145)
• Listings (p. 154)
• Coll, Tiree and Colonsay (p. 157)
• Listings (p. 160)
• Islay and Jura (p. 161)
• Listings (p. 167)
• North & Northwest Highlands
• Inverness (p. 173)
• Listings (p. 176)
• Around Inverness (p. 182)
• The Moray Firth (p. 183)
• The Beauly Firth (p. 185)
• Listings (p. 187)
• Loch Ness and around (p. 189)
• Fort Augustus to Fort William (p. 192)
• Listings (p. 195)
• Fort William and around (p. 200)
• Fort William (p. 200)
• Glen Nevis (p. 202)
• Listings (p. 204)
• Glen Coe (p. 210)
• Listings (p. 214)
• West of Fort William (p. 217)
• Ardgour, Ardnamurchan and Morvern (p. 217)
• The Road to the Isles (p. 220)
• Knoydart Peninsula (p. 221)
• Listings (p. 222)
• Great Glen to Kyle of Lochalsh (p. 226)
• Listings (p. 228)
• Wester Ross (p. 231)
• Loch Carron and around (p. 231)
• Torridon and around (p. 231)
• Gairloch and around (p. 234)
• Listings (p. 236)
• Ullapool and around (p. 241)
• South of Ullapool (p. 243)
• North of Ullapool (p. 243)
• Listings (p. 247)
• North coast (p. 251)
• Durness and around (p. 252)
• Thurso and around (p. 253)
• Listings (p. 255)
• East Coast (p. 258)
• The Black Isle (p. 258)
• The Cromarty Firth (p. 260)
• Tain and around (p. 261)
• The Dornoch Firth (p. 262)
• Far northeast coast (p. 264)
• Listings (p. 267)
• Skye & the Small Isles
• Isle of Skye (p. 274)
• Portree (p. 275)
• Trotternish Peninsula (p. 276)
• Waternish, Dunvegan and Duirinish (p. 278)
• The Cuillins and Minginish (p. 281)
• Broadford and the east coast (p. 283)
• Sleat Peninsula (p. 285)
• Listings (p. 287)
• The Small Isles (p. 293)
• Eigg (p. 294)
• Muck (p. 294)
• Rum (p. 294)
• Canna (p. 297)
• Listings (p. 297)
• Outer Hebrides
• Leodhas (Lewis) (p. 303)
• Background (p. 304)
• Stornoway (p. 305)
• North to Nis (Ness) (p. 306)
• West coast of Lewis (p. 309)
• The Uig Peninsula (p. 310)
• Listings (p. 313)
• Na Hearadh (Harris) (p. 315)
• North Harris (p. 316)
• Tarbert and around (p. 317)
• South Harris (p. 318)
• Listings (p. 321)
• The Uists, Benbecula and Barra (p. 323)
• North Uist (p. 323)
• Berneray (p. 325)
• Benbecula (p. 325)
• South Uist (p. 327)
• Eriskay (p. 328)
• Barra (p. 329)
• Vatarsay and Mingulay (p. 331)
• Listings (p. 331)
• St Kilda (p. 335)
• Orkney & Shetland
• Orkney (p. 340)
• Kirkwall (p. 341)
• Stromness and West Mainland (p. 345)
• East Mainland and South Ronaldsay (p. 350)
• Hoy (p. 353)
• Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre (p. 354)
• Shapinsay (p. 355)
• Eday (p. 355)
• Sanday (p. 356)
• Stronsay (p. 356)
• Westray (p. 357)
• Papa Westray (p. 357)
• North Ronaldsay (p. 358)
• Listings (p. 358)
• Shetland (p. 366)
• Lerwick and around (p. 368)
• Central Mainland (p. 370)
• The Westside (p. 371)
• South Mainland (p. 373)
• Fair Isle (p. 374)
• North Mainland (p. 375)
• Whalsey and Out Skerries (p. 376)
• Yell, Fetlar and Unst (p. 376)
• Listings (p. 378)
• Background
• History (p. 386)
• Culture (p. 400)
• Architecture (p. 400)
• Literature (p. 402)
• Music (p. 407)
• Language (p. 409)
• Arts and crafts (p. 410)
• Religion (p. 411)
• Land and environment (p. 412)
• Books (p. 416)
• Footnotes
• Glossary (p. 420)
• Index (p. 421)
• Map index (p. 427)
• Map symbols (p. 431)
• Acknowledgements (p. 432)
• Complete title listing (p. 433)
• Credits (p. 435)
• Colour maps (p. 437)