Travel Review: Scotland Vacation, Galsgow, Inveraray, Edinburgh, Saint Andrews Golfing, Whiskey Tasting

I worked with the travel planner on this trip. I found her to be a delightful personality who could not do enough to build our itinerary and fine tune any of the specific areas of possible problems. 

We traveled to Glasgow from Philadelphia and spent our first few nights in a hotel outside of Glasgow. Accommodations at this hotel, which is noted for its spa, were excellent as were the attentions of the staff. The selection of fine whisky at the bar was superb as was the expertise of our bartender, who knew more about Scottish Malts than was safe for my son and nephew.

At the suggestion of our travel planner, after two days of golf, we toured Inverrary, a beautiful section of Scotland. Highlights included the Castle and a great meal at the hotel.

On our way to Saint Andrews for golf the following day we explored Sterling Castle and the Bannockburn battle site, which I would recommend for those with a desire to look into Scottish history. Our travel planner had already made appropriate reservations so that the visit went smoothly.

We played an excellent course at Saint Andrews the following day, The Jubilee. Again no problems with reservations. Further, our planner had arranged our stay at a hotel a short cab ride to Saint Andrews.  I would recommend this hotel highly for both service and proximity.

The trip concluded with a fine day in Edinburgh where we attended a whisky tasting, again a great suggestion by our travel planner. There was an introductory session which discussed the 5 basic malt regions of Scotland, and an excellent collection of whiskies. Would recommend this as well.

Our last night was spent in Glasgow at a hotel which was well located.  If location is important I would say that this hotel is ideal. Guests must understand however that it sits atop Glasgow's main train station and that windows of interior rooms look down upon the station which is quite noisy.