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An Amazing North Coast 500 Tour
Celtic Routes的点评
点评：Our tour – We basically did the NC500 route (minus a cut over across Flow Country when we left Inverness heading north that excluded the area around Aberdeen). All told, we did a 12-day tour in and out of Edinburgh. We drove a little over 1500 miles and loved it. We were oriented mostly on vistas and seeing the requisite sites. One of our group was nursing a foot injury, so hiking (of any distance) was off the table. We offered ourselves up in the highest budget category which manifests in what hotels and/or hotel rooms you get. We began our coordination with Celtic Routes in mid-January, and we made the trip in early September.
The Car – The car was particularly nice. We drove a Land Rover Discovery with the quiet diesel engine. It had the most comfortable car seats of any car that my wife or I had been in. We averaged 30.8 mpg across all driving conditions…certainly with a lot of stop and go. The car maneuvered nicely. It was spacious enough inside, but a sufficiently small chassis that parking and dodging cars on the singletrack roads was not an issue. We did not have any mechanical issues. The umbrella, cooler, maps and chairs were a nice add. Be sure and check whether you have a diesel or gas car. I didn’t realize that I had a diesel until I first went to fill it up.
A great recommendation – The road that cuts across Flow Country…the tiny track that cuts left and up (signposted Lothbeg) was a great drive. It felt like we were the only people on the planet…surrounded by many, many sheep. This was a great route recommendation.
Planning products – the app worked great, but it would have been nice to have gotten that much earlier (once I had paid for the trip) so that we could double check that we were hitting all the places that we wanted to hit in addition to their recommendations. A printout of the map overviews, for example, would have been helpful early on. As it was, we only had a general idea of where we were going and what we were seeing until we got the app.
Hotels – Overall, we thought the hotels were very nice and met expectations. They were all quite different and seemed commensurate with the budget we allowed ourselves. Of course, we don’t know what any of them cost. They all had very nice breakfasts which all seemed to start at 0800. This would typically put us on the road about 0900.
A point of improvement, knowing that our tour was largely driving the country, having efficiently placed hotels made a big difference. On Skye, we stayed at the Three Chimneys. This was a very nice hotel with a great staff. It is, however, way out on the northwest side of Skye. It’s about a 45-minute drive from Portree (or anywhere for that matter). Skye could have been organized in a single loop with the initial stay at The Three Chimneys and then a clockwise drive around Skye. This worked great; however, when we had wrapped up around Portree and the Fairy Pools, it would have been nice to have stayed down there somewhere (in Portree). As it was, we had to drive the 45 minutes back to our hotel (in the opposite direction of where we were going the next day)…then get up early, re-trace that route off Skye. We ran into a similar issue with Newton Lodge…we re-traced our steps (though to a lesser degree than on Skye) when we might have stayed around Ullapool and not had to back track.
The timing of our stay around Loch Ness and Inverness was a bit of a challenge. We got everything in, but this was largely because we managed to catch Culloden on our way into the area from the Cairngorms. Similarly, we were able to see Dunrobin Castle (late in the day) because we overshot Dornoch to fit in Dunrobin. Otherwise, Dunrobin opens at 1000 which really gives you a late start move across to Loch Assynt. Not sure what the recommendation is there other than if you plan to fill your days with hiking around the Cairngorms or Loch Ness, you might need more time here. We had discussed our concerns about this prior to departure, but never really resolved anything.
We added a stay on Loch Lomond mostly because it was so famous and said by many to be the prettiest loch in Scotland (not sure about that claim…we saw a lot of impressive ones). Anyway, with this stay, we did not think that our stay in Port Appin at the Pier House Hotel really bought us much. It might have been an okay location to launch for the islands, but this is an area where refining the itinerary ahead of time would make a difference. We opted to skip the islands (by day 10 we had seen a lot of countryside). Had we understood the routing and Port Appin a bit better, we would have skipped this hotel in lieu of Cameron House to have afforded us more time around Loch Lomond.
Stopping at Loch Lomond was our request. Celtic Routes recommended Cameron House which was a great add…I know it wasn’t cheap, but it was among the nicest hotels that I’ve ever stayed at. I was tired at this point in time (day 11) and having a half day to decompress lakeside at that great facility was very nice.
The Car – The car was particularly nice. We drove a Land Rover Discovery with the quiet diesel engine. It had the most comfortable car seats of any car that my wife or I had been in. We averaged 30.8 mpg across all driving conditions…certainly with a lot of stop and go. The car maneuvered nicely. It was spacious enough inside, but a sufficiently small chassis that parking and dodging cars on the singletrack roads was not an issue. We did not have any mechanical issues. The umbrella, cooler, maps and chairs were a nice add. Be sure and check whether you have a diesel or gas car. I didn’t realize that I had a diesel until I first went to fill it up.
A great recommendation – The road that cuts across Flow Country…the tiny track that cuts left and up (signposted Lothbeg) was a great drive. It felt like we were the only people on the planet…surrounded by many, many sheep. This was a great route recommendation.
Planning products – the app worked great, but it would have been nice to have gotten that much earlier (once I had paid for the trip) so that we could double check that we were hitting all the places that we wanted to hit in addition to their recommendations. A printout of the map overviews, for example, would have been helpful early on. As it was, we only had a general idea of where we were going and what we were seeing until we got the app.
Hotels – Overall, we thought the hotels were very nice and met expectations. They were all quite different and seemed commensurate with the budget we allowed ourselves. Of course, we don’t know what any of them cost. They all had very nice breakfasts which all seemed to start at 0800. This would typically put us on the road about 0900.
A point of improvement, knowing that our tour was largely driving the country, having efficiently placed hotels made a big difference. On Skye, we stayed at the Three Chimneys. This was a very nice hotel with a great staff. It is, however, way out on the northwest side of Skye. It’s about a 45-minute drive from Portree (or anywhere for that matter). Skye could have been organized in a single loop with the initial stay at The Three Chimneys and then a clockwise drive around Skye. This worked great; however, when we had wrapped up around Portree and the Fairy Pools, it would have been nice to have stayed down there somewhere (in Portree). As it was, we had to drive the 45 minutes back to our hotel (in the opposite direction of where we were going the next day)…then get up early, re-trace that route off Skye. We ran into a similar issue with Newton Lodge…we re-traced our steps (though to a lesser degree than on Skye) when we might have stayed around Ullapool and not had to back track.
The timing of our stay around Loch Ness and Inverness was a bit of a challenge. We got everything in, but this was largely because we managed to catch Culloden on our way into the area from the Cairngorms. Similarly, we were able to see Dunrobin Castle (late in the day) because we overshot Dornoch to fit in Dunrobin. Otherwise, Dunrobin opens at 1000 which really gives you a late start move across to Loch Assynt. Not sure what the recommendation is there other than if you plan to fill your days with hiking around the Cairngorms or Loch Ness, you might need more time here. We had discussed our concerns about this prior to departure, but never really resolved anything.
We added a stay on Loch Lomond mostly because it was so famous and said by many to be the prettiest loch in Scotland (not sure about that claim…we saw a lot of impressive ones). Anyway, with this stay, we did not think that our stay in Port Appin at the Pier House Hotel really bought us much. It might have been an okay location to launch for the islands, but this is an area where refining the itinerary ahead of time would make a difference. We opted to skip the islands (by day 10 we had seen a lot of countryside). Had we understood the routing and Port Appin a bit better, we would have skipped this hotel in lieu of Cameron House to have afforded us more time around Loch Lomond.
Stopping at Loch Lomond was our request. Celtic Routes recommended Cameron House which was a great add…I know it wasn’t cheap, but it was among the nicest hotels that I’ve ever stayed at. I was tired at this point in time (day 11) and having a half day to decompress lakeside at that great facility was very nice.
翻译：我们的旅程——我们基本上走的是 NC500 路线（除了从因弗内斯向北行驶时经过 Flow Country 的一条捷径，这条捷径不包括阿伯丁附近的地区）。总而言之，我们在爱丁堡进行了为期 12 天的旅行。我们开车行驶了 1500 多英里，非常喜欢。我们主要看风景和参观必看的景点。我们团队中有一个人正在护理脚伤，所以徒步旅行（任何距离）都是不可能的。我们选择了最高预算类别，这体现在酒店和/或酒店房间上。我们在 1 月中旬开始与 Celtic Routes 协调，并于 9 月初开始旅行。
汽车——汽车特别好。我们驾驶的是一辆配备安静柴油发动机的路虎发现。它是我和妻子坐过的所有汽车中最舒适的汽车座椅。在所有驾驶条件下，我们的平均油耗为 30.8 英里/加仑……当然，有很多停车和起步。汽车操纵性很好。车内空间足够宽敞，但底盘足够小，因此在单行道上停车和躲避汽车不是问题。我们没有遇到任何机械问题。雨伞、冷藏箱、地图和椅子都是不错的补充。一定要检查你的车是柴油车还是汽油车。直到我第一次去加油时才意识到我有一辆柴油车。
很棒的推荐——穿过 Flow Country 的道路……从左到上（路标为 Lothbeg）的小路是一次很棒的驾驶体验。感觉我们是地球上唯一的人……周围有许多绵羊。这是一条很棒的路线推荐。
规划产品——应用程序很好用，但如果能早点到达就更好了（在我支付了行程费用后），这样我们就可以仔细检查我们是否到达了所有我们想去的地方，以及他们的建议。例如，地图概览的打印件在早期会很有帮助。事实上，在获得应用程序之前，我们只是对要去的地方和要看的东西有一个大致的了解。
酒店——总的来说，我们认为酒店非常好，符合预期。它们都很不一样，似乎与我们允许的预算相称。当然，我们不知道它们的价格。它们都提供非常美味的早餐，似乎都是从 08:00 开始。这通常会让我们在 09:00 左右上路。
一个改进点，知道我们的旅行主要是驾车游览全国，高效地安排酒店会带来很大的不同。在斯凯岛，我们住在 Three Chimneys。这是一家非常不错的酒店，员工很棒。然而，它位于斯凯岛的西北部。从波特里（或任何地方）开车大约需要 45 分钟。斯凯岛本可以安排成一个循环，首先住在 The Three Chimneys，然后顺时针绕斯凯岛行驶。这很有效；然而，当我们游览完波特里和仙女池后，如果能在那里的某个地方（波特里）住上一会就好了。但事实上，我们不得不开车 45 分钟回到酒店（与我们第二天要去的方向相反）……然后早起，从斯凯岛重新走那条路。我们在牛顿旅馆也遇到了类似的问题……我们重新走了一遍路（虽然程度不如在斯凯岛），而我们本可以留在乌拉普尔附近，而不必走回头路。
我们在尼斯湖和因弗内斯附近停留的时间有点困难。我们把所有东西都带走了，但这主要是因为我们在从凯恩戈姆山进入该地区的途中设法赶上了卡洛登。同样，我们能够看到邓罗宾城堡（当天晚些时候），因为我们错过了多诺赫，正好赶上了邓罗宾。否则，邓罗宾 10:00 开放，这确实让你很晚才开始穿过阿辛特湖。不确定有什么建议，除非你计划在凯恩戈姆山或尼斯湖徒步旅行，你可能需要在这里多呆一段时间。我们在出发前讨论过我们对此的担忧，但从未真正解决任何问题。
我们在罗蒙湖停留了一段时间，主要是因为它非常有名，许多人都说它是苏格兰最美的湖泊（不确定这个说法……我们看到了很多令人印象深刻的湖泊）。无论如何，对于这次住宿，我们认为我们在阿平港的 Pier House Hotel 的住宿并没有给我们带来太多好处。这可能是一个不错的岛屿出发地点，但这是一个提前完善行程会有所不同的区域。我们选择跳过岛屿（到第 10 天，我们已经看到了很多乡村）。如果我们对路线和阿平港有更好的了解，我们就会跳过这家酒店，而选择 Cameron House，这样我们就有更多的时间在罗蒙湖周围游览。
在罗蒙湖停留是我们的要求。 Celtic Routes 推荐了 Cameron House，这是一个很棒的补充……我知道它并不便宜，但它是我住过的最好的酒店之一。那时（第 11 天）我已经很累了，能在湖边这个很棒的设施里放松半天真是太好了。
汽车——汽车特别好。我们驾驶的是一辆配备安静柴油发动机的路虎发现。它是我和妻子坐过的所有汽车中最舒适的汽车座椅。在所有驾驶条件下，我们的平均油耗为 30.8 英里/加仑……当然，有很多停车和起步。汽车操纵性很好。车内空间足够宽敞，但底盘足够小，因此在单行道上停车和躲避汽车不是问题。我们没有遇到任何机械问题。雨伞、冷藏箱、地图和椅子都是不错的补充。一定要检查你的车是柴油车还是汽油车。直到我第一次去加油时才意识到我有一辆柴油车。
很棒的推荐——穿过 Flow Country 的道路……从左到上（路标为 Lothbeg）的小路是一次很棒的驾驶体验。感觉我们是地球上唯一的人……周围有许多绵羊。这是一条很棒的路线推荐。
规划产品——应用程序很好用，但如果能早点到达就更好了（在我支付了行程费用后），这样我们就可以仔细检查我们是否到达了所有我们想去的地方，以及他们的建议。例如，地图概览的打印件在早期会很有帮助。事实上，在获得应用程序之前，我们只是对要去的地方和要看的东西有一个大致的了解。
酒店——总的来说，我们认为酒店非常好，符合预期。它们都很不一样，似乎与我们允许的预算相称。当然，我们不知道它们的价格。它们都提供非常美味的早餐，似乎都是从 08:00 开始。这通常会让我们在 09:00 左右上路。
一个改进点，知道我们的旅行主要是驾车游览全国，高效地安排酒店会带来很大的不同。在斯凯岛，我们住在 Three Chimneys。这是一家非常不错的酒店，员工很棒。然而，它位于斯凯岛的西北部。从波特里（或任何地方）开车大约需要 45 分钟。斯凯岛本可以安排成一个循环，首先住在 The Three Chimneys，然后顺时针绕斯凯岛行驶。这很有效；然而，当我们游览完波特里和仙女池后，如果能在那里的某个地方（波特里）住上一会就好了。但事实上，我们不得不开车 45 分钟回到酒店（与我们第二天要去的方向相反）……然后早起，从斯凯岛重新走那条路。我们在牛顿旅馆也遇到了类似的问题……我们重新走了一遍路（虽然程度不如在斯凯岛），而我们本可以留在乌拉普尔附近，而不必走回头路。
我们在尼斯湖和因弗内斯附近停留的时间有点困难。我们把所有东西都带走了，但这主要是因为我们在从凯恩戈姆山进入该地区的途中设法赶上了卡洛登。同样，我们能够看到邓罗宾城堡（当天晚些时候），因为我们错过了多诺赫，正好赶上了邓罗宾。否则，邓罗宾 10:00 开放，这确实让你很晚才开始穿过阿辛特湖。不确定有什么建议，除非你计划在凯恩戈姆山或尼斯湖徒步旅行，你可能需要在这里多呆一段时间。我们在出发前讨论过我们对此的担忧，但从未真正解决任何问题。
我们在罗蒙湖停留了一段时间，主要是因为它非常有名，许多人都说它是苏格兰最美的湖泊（不确定这个说法……我们看到了很多令人印象深刻的湖泊）。无论如何，对于这次住宿，我们认为我们在阿平港的 Pier House Hotel 的住宿并没有给我们带来太多好处。这可能是一个不错的岛屿出发地点，但这是一个提前完善行程会有所不同的区域。我们选择跳过岛屿（到第 10 天，我们已经看到了很多乡村）。如果我们对路线和阿平港有更好的了解，我们就会跳过这家酒店，而选择 Cameron House，这样我们就有更多的时间在罗蒙湖周围游览。
在罗蒙湖停留是我们的要求。 Celtic Routes 推荐了 Cameron House，这是一个很棒的补充……我知道它并不便宜，但它是我住过的最好的酒店之一。那时（第 11 天）我已经很累了，能在湖边这个很棒的设施里放松半天真是太好了。
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