A friend and me would like to travel through scotland next summer. I did a language stay in edinburgh in 2011 for 4 weeks and was another two times in edinburgh since then. Once i was in Glasgow for a day and once i made a one day trip in the highlands.
Now we would like to do a journey around scotland. For my friend it would be the first time in Scotland so I thought we will stay first a few days in Edinburgh and then we want to travel trough the highlands. And after that we would like to go to Belfast too.
Now we are unsure about how we want to travel. One possibility would be renting a car, but we don't know if we are allowed to rent a car. We're both 21 then, he then has is driving licence for less then 2 years and I will have min for less then a year. We dont want to do a journey in a group with bus which drives from tourist attraction to tourist attraction.
Would it be possible to visit the highlands with megabus and/or train? Or what would you recommend? Do you have any ideas where to stay and what to visit? A few things we tought about: Inverness, Glasgow, Perth, Thurso.
In advantage I would like to thank you for your help.