Hire a car to enjoy the freedom of the road? A9 Autos have put together a few routes you may like to try. Each route will take your on a tour of some of Scotland's finest countryside. So let your hair down put the roof down and enjoy your drive. These roads chosen are ideal for enjoying the pleasures of driving an open sports car.
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Take
Edinburgh bypass (A720) and follow A701/A703 to Peebles.
Then take A72 to Melrose and Galashiels. Take A68 South
to Jedburgh. Then A698 to Kelso and Coldstream. Then turn
North on A697/A68 and return to Edinburgh. (about
119 miles)
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West
Coast
Leave Glasgow on A82 to Dumbarton and Loch Lomond. Follow A82 to Crianlarich. Then take A82 to Tyndrum and A85 to Oban. Then head north on A828 to Ballachulish, then A82 north to Fort William. Return south by A82 through Glencoe, sight of the infamous massacre, to Tyndrum and Crianlarich and return to Glasgow. (about 236 miles)
Trossachs
Take A82 west from Glasgow to Dumbarton and Loch Lomond. Follow road to Crianlarich and turn right on A85 to Lochearnhead. Follow A84 to Callander, Doune and Stirling. Return to Glasgow on M9/A80. (about 120 miles)
Perthshire
Take A85 west from Perth to Crieff. Follow A85 to Lochearnhead and up Glen Ogle to Lix Toll. Then take A827 to Killin, passing Falls of Dochart and travel along north shore of Loch Tay to Kenmore. Follow A827 to Aberfeldy and Ballinluig. Take A9 south to Perth. (about 96 miles)
Grampian
Castle Country
Take A93 west from Aberdeen, passing Drum and Crathes Castles between Peterculter and Banchory, then carry on westwards to Crathie and Balmoral Castle. Then return east on A93 and take B9119 east to Tarland and then A980 north to Craigievar Castle and then to Alford. Take A944 east back to Aberdeen. (about 106 miles) See castle map.
High
Passes
Take A90 north from Dundee to Brechin. Come off A90 just north of Brechin and take B966 to Edzell and follow road to Fettercairn. Take B974 over Cairn o'Mount to Deeside. On the descent, take left fork towards Aboyne and follow South Deeside road west to Aboyne. Cross River Dee at Aboyne and follow A93 west to Dinnet. Then turn right on A97 towards Strathdon. Follow A944 to Cockbridge and over Lecht summit to Tomintoul. Take A939, then A95 back to A9 and south to Perth and A90 back to Dundee. (about 229 miles)
West
Highlands
From Inverness take A9 northwards to the Black Isle. Take A835 to Ullapool. Then take A835/A837/A894/A838/A836 round the coast to Thurso. Then return south on A9 to Inverness. (about 313 miles)
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