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  • Location: Scotland

Scotland The Best 100 Places

Scotland The Best 100 Places

Why a Booktrail?

We pick five iconic stops in the book for book lovers everywhere!

  • ISBN: 978-0007559374
  • Genre: Non-Fiction

What you need to know before your trail

Peter Irvine, bestselling author of SCOTLAND THE BEST, has selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomize what is  truly great about Scotland. This personal and diverse compendium is illustrated with beautiful and evocative images by some of Scotland’s best photographers.

Peter Irvine has drawn on a lifetime of experiences to create this list of the 100 best places in Scotland: reflective, magnificent and human places. Some choices may be surprising but all are exceptional.

Travel Guide

Five of the 100 best places out of the book for literary fans

Charlotte Square

One of the happiest places in the capital city for booklovers! Every August for approx 2 glorious weeks

 Rosslyn Chapel

Book lovers will also love this chapel – it’s where much of the Da Vinci Code takes place

Shetland

Lerwick is the home of Ann Cleeves’ Jimmy Perez so a stop off here when the book takes you to Shetland has to be a stop for every literary traveller.

Glasgow

The Necropolis is a Victorian-era cemetery containing the graves & mausoleums of prominent Glaswegians of the day. Also features heavily in the books of Craig Robertson.

Garden of Cosmic Speculation

This might not be a literary setting but with a name like this it should be!

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Author/Guide: Peter Irvine Destination:  Scotland  Departure Time: 2000s

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