Hi,
We're just 3 weeks away from being in Scotland and I'm quite nervous that we might be packing in too much for a 15 day trip. We are keen on seeing as much possible but honestly, my head starts spinning when I have a look at our itinerary. Also I don't really know how many nights to give to a place. We'd like to spend more time in scenic places so we though we'd hit the highlands first. But I really need help in a lot of areas. This is the plan with a lot of blanks.
First 3 nights in Edinburgh
From there we hire a car, drive to St. Andrews and then head to Pitlochry where we stay the night.
From Pitlochry we drive to Stonehaven and then to Inverness for 1 night (should we stay longer?). Stonehaven is quite a detour, is it really worth it? Are we making it too long a drive? From Inverness we'd like to go to Cairgnorm. What else can we see?
After Inverness we're keen on seeing the region from Ullapool to Durness. Which is the point we should go upto incase we can't drive all the way upto Durness?
After that we'd like to spend time in Plockton to explore the area.
How many nights here?
From here to Skye where we plan to spend 3 nights, one each in Broadford(to do the drive to Elgol), Portree and Dunvegan( to see Neist pt.) Is this ok?
From Skye we thought of spending a night in Glencoe
After that we do Oban, Mull and Iona. Should we spend the night in Oban or Mull?. Is 1 night ok?
Then we head to Stirling where if we don't need to we won't spend the night.
Drive back to Edinburgh for the last night.