Edinburgh Travel Forum

I'm planning to go to Scotland for about three or four days, and I was interested in those mini bus tours heading to the highlands (2/3 days tours). Are the routes the buses take winding roads? I get terrible motion sickness and winding roads always make me ill so this is something I think about when planning my travels.

You may well encounter winding roads in Scotland (and the UK generally), whether you are in the Highlands or not. We don't have many hairpin bends, but there are plenty of ordinary bends even on quite major roads.

As a fellow sufferer I suggest you take your panacea of choice (medication/wristbands/ginger/whatever) with you, and minister to yourself before your daytrips. Far, far better than feeling sick!

In the true highlands where a minibus might go, there are single lane, winding, up and down roads. As leics says, if you don't want to miss out, maybe best to find some way of dealing with the travel sickness.

Larger buses will tend to keept to larger roads, which also tend to be less winding.

Hiya,
Greetings from adelaide, australia.
There are many (and varied) bus tour companies that go into the highlands (some one day tours, other 2-4 days etc). I would recommend Rabbie's Tours who are a small group tour company based in scotland - they offer personalised tours to and around the highlands. It is best to check out their website.
I am doing an 8 day tour throughout the western isles of scotland.

Perhaps even try a personal drive company, you can sit in the front seat of their car so the sickness will be less intense as most roads in Scotland are winding (apart from motorways) Try Green Lyne Tours from West Linton (Scottish Border area)