Hiking tours of Scotland is the best way to explore the different paths, streets and highways of Scotland, as well as the various motels and roadside hotels and their delicacies. Hiking tours of Scotland gives you the opportunity of seeing the Scottish life from a very close range. There are various agencies that organize such hiking tours. You will be provided with a direction, maps, luggage transportation facilities as well as a guidebook. You can also decide to go on a hiking tour all by yourself, but then there is the fear of getting lost into unknown territory. Thus, it is best to book yourself with one of these agencies. They take care of all the ingredients of the trip while you walk at a leisurely gait through your destinations.
The most popular hiking routes are as follows:
- West Highland Way: This begins at Milngavie moves past Fort William, situated at the foot of Ben Nevis peak. This route is an oft visited hiking route and so have many landmarks and signposts that prevent you from getting lost.
- Great Glen Way: The Great Glen Way starts from the Highlands of Scotland till the North Sea. It follows the path of the Caledonian Canal.
- Rob Roy Way: This route starts from Drymen to Pitlochry, meandering along the routes once used by the warring clans and tribes.
- Speyside Way: This route moves along the path of the Moray Firth to reach the Cairngorm Mountains.
- The Cateran Trail: The Caterans were a group of the fighting clans, who wandered in this part of the country. This tour follows the path excavated by them.
- St Cuthbert's Way: This trail is more of a historical journey through the ruins of castles, abbeys, towers, forts and hills as well as the battlegrounds of the Scots and the English.
- Highland Drovers Trail: This route covers the distance from the Great Glen till the Isle of Skye, passing through the Western Highlands.
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