I’ve joined several Scotland facebook groups and have shared this itinerary several times. I thought it would be easier to just put it here on my blog 🙂
Day One: Fly into Inverness, explore city a little
Day Two: Train to Edinburgh, afternoon tea at Eteaket, check into AirBNB, walk around and explore
Day Three: Edinburgh- Scottish National Museum, Royal Yacht Britannia, Calton Hill
Day Four: Edinburgh- Arthur’s Seat or Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace
Day Five: Pick up rental car, drive to Isle of Skye- stops in Loch Lomond, Falls of Falloch, Three Sisters of Glencoe, Glenfinnan Viaduct, ferry from Mallaig to Isle of Skye
Day Six: Isle of Skye- Fairy Pools (rained out), Portree, Old Man of Storr (didn’t hike, just stopped), Lealt Falls, Kilt Rock, Mealt Falls, The Quiraing, Fairy Glen
Day Seven: Drive to Inverness- Eilean Donan Castle (didn’t go in), Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Culloden Moor
Day Eight: Inverness- Clava Cairns, Fairy Glen Falls hike, Rosemarkie Beach, Falls of Shin
Day Nine: Explore Inverness- Ness Islands
Day Ten: Fly out of Inverness
“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” 