What's the best Scottish Holiday or 'must see' experience for a Scottish single mum on a teeny tiny budget?

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Looking for inspiration.

For a young dc Tobermory ie balamory!

Arran
Craig Tara is cheap!

Rural/seaside/holiday park?

What sort of thing do you have in mind? And what age are your kids? Craig Tara can be fun but depends what you are after

Southerness in Dumfries and Galloway

We go to Scotland a fair bit with dc (now 5 and 9)

Arran - lovely tiny island can drive round the whole thing in 2 hours. Nice beach (Pirnmill). Quiet.

Stonehaven- great playarea beach fish and chips. Outdoor pool (saltwater). Dunnotar Castle is fab. Close enough to Aberdeen if you want cinema or shops.

Newtonmore - highlands so stunning scenery. Highland Wildlife Park and Landmark Park both excellent.

Edinburgh - great city break. Camera Obscura and the underground city both excellent activities.

They are young primary age. Easy, cheap, fun, relaxed, no hassle.

Should add we also do Self Catering cottages so can't give any advice on holiday parks.

Any accommodation recommendations?

The Scottish kids go back to school mid August so if you are looking for a summer break the last week in August is usually much cheaper than the preceding 5 weeks.

I think we need a bit more detail - are you looking for

City/beach/country
Hotel/self-catering
Getting there by public transport/car

Scotland can offer a lot of very different experiences

Don’t do Craig Tara i live near and it’s rough

Stonehaven would be ideal.

We could go by car. The rest I guess would be dependent on price.

How far do you want to drive - some of the suggestions up thread involve quite a long drive depending on where you are now. Do you have an area of Scotland in mind, being quite a large, rural landmass knowing where you want to be generally can save long hours in the car.

What's your budget, OP?

There's loads to do in Arran & cheap accommodation here:

www.balmichaelglamping.co.uk/

Or Aviemore is great with loads to do but much further north.

The East Neuk of Fife (St Andrews) & surrounds- the university lets out student accommodation at cheap rates over the summer. Dundee is worth a trip from there.

I second arran. Highlands and lowlands in one island. Beaches. Crabbing. Museum. Lots for kids.

Dumfries and Galloway definitely! Beaches, forests... It's great.

Craig Tara is the single worst place on earth, however. Don't do it to yourself.

Where are you travelling from?

Lots around Inverness but depends how high you want to go. Driving though so you have to not mind!