North Coast 500: Your Guide to Scotland's Greatest Road Trip

Dorling Kindersley 2025 Driving the North Coast 500? Good choice. This epic road trip travels through Scotland s famed spectacular scenery, making it the UK s favourite driving route. Not that it s all about the scenery: along the way you ll pass through pretty fishing villages, stop at pubs and distilleries, and visit plenty of historic sights, like Dunrobin Castle or the mysterious standing stones at Clava Cairns. Such a great road trip deserves a great book to match. In the North Coast 500 you ll find: over 100 highlights to explore along the route, from the historic Culloden Battlefield to a charming, community-focused café in tiny Bettyhill illustrated maps detailing each leg of the route insider recommendations for the best places to eat, drink, shop and stay suggestions for detours, including a cutting-edge rewilding centre, a UNESCO-listed bog and the famous Isle of Skye practical information so you can plan, get around and stay safe what3words addresses for every stop, so you can reach even the hardest-to-find places with ease The best thing about this guide? Our experts, travel writer Rachel Laidler and photographer Daniel Alford, have been on the road themselves, giving you the insider s view on what make the route so special. For an honest account of the road trip, look no further: this is the perfect book to dream and plan your Scottish adventure