Edinburgh → Edinburgh

(my version)

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Itenerary
  • Saturday: LAX → EDI — arrive Sunday afternoon
  • Sunday: rent motorcycle, store luggage
  • Monday: Edinburgh → Glencoe (via Trossachs & Loch Lomond)
  • Tuesday: Glencoe → Isle of Skye (via Fort William & Eilean Donan Castle)
  • Wednesday: Skye → Cairngorms → Edinburgh
  • Thursday: Bachelor party
  • Friday: Edinburgh 
  • Saturday: Wedding
  • Sunday: EDI → LAX


Potential rentals

I contacted

Looks like there’s a common route already 
https://www.highlandmotorcyclehire.co.uk/north-east-250/
https://www.highlandmotorcyclehire.co.uk/north-coast-500/


Total route

Link to Google maps





Sunday: Rent a motorcyle and check into hotel


Hotel booked 8/20 → 8/22
House of Gods




Monday: Edinburgh → Glencoe (via Trossachs & Loch Lomond)


Route:
  • Head west through Stirling (view the Wallace Monument)
  • Cut into the Trossachs National Park via Duke’s Pass (sweeping bends + forested beauty)
  • Lunch in Callander
  • Continue north along Loch Lomond
  • Final push through Rannoch Moor into Glencoe – moody, dramatic, and ancient

Must-Sees:
  • Glen Etive (Skyfall filming location)
  • Stop at the Three Sisters viewpoint in Glencoe

Overnight:
  • Clachaig Inn – legendary biker stop with great whisky and atmosphere
  • Or upgrade to Kingshouse Hotel – isolated and stunning, with red deer outside





Tuesday: Glencoe → Isle of Skye (via Fort William & Eilean Donan Castle)


Route:
  • Ride north along Loch Linnhe, pass through Fort William (refuel, both bike and belly)
  • Continue through Glen Shiel
  • Stop at Eilean Donan Castle – one of the most photographed in Scotland
  • Cross the Skye Bridge to the Isle of Skye

Explore Skye:
  • Quick loop up toward Portree, then explore The Quiraing, Old Man of Storr, or just ride the coast and soak it in
  • Optional whisky stop: Talisker Distillery

Overnight:
  • Kinloch Lodge (luxury)
  • Or The Bosville in Portree (cozy and central)




Wednesday:  Skye → Cairngorms → Edinburgh


Early Morning: Ferry from Armadale to Mallaig (book ahead)

Route:
  • Ride the Road to the Isles from Mallaig → Fort William (gorgeous coastal + loch road)
  • Then head through Laggan into the Cairngorms National Park via Spean Bridge and Newtonmore
  • Descend through Pitlochry and Perth back to Edinburgh

Must-Stops:
  • Loch Laggan
  • House of Bruar (surprising high-end food and whisky stop)
  • Cairnwell Pass (if you want a twistier mountain road detour)