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Scotland provides a comprehensive choice of accommodation to suit all visitors.
For budget travel, the options are campsites, hostels and cheap B&Bs. In highland areas
you'll find bothies - simple walkers' hostels and shelters - and in the Shetlands there are
böds
(characterful but basic shared accommodation).
Above this price level is a plethora of comfortable B&Bs and guesthouses (£25 to £40
per person per night). Midrange hotels are present in most places, while in the higher price
bracket (£65-plus per person a night) there are some superb hotels, the most interesting be-
ing converted castles and mansions, or chic designer options in cities.
PRACTICALITIES
»Leaf through Edinburgh's
Scotsman
newspaper or Glasgow's
Herald;
the latter is
over 225 years old.
»Have a giggle at rival tabloids the
Daily Record
and the
Scottish Sun,
or try the old-
fashioned
Sunday Post
for a nostalgia trip.
»BBC Radio Scotland (AM 810kHz, FM 92.4-94.7MHz) provides a Scottish point of
view.
»Watch BBC1 Scotland, BBC2 Scotland and ITV stations STV or Border. Channel
Four and Five are nationwide channels with unchanged content for Scotland.
»Use the metric system for weights and measures, with the exception of road distances
(in miles) and beer (in pints). The pint is 570mL, more than the US version.
»In Scotland you can't smoke in any public place with a roof and at least half en-
closed. That means pubs, bus shelters, restaurants and hotels - basically, anywhere you
might want to.
