by SelarahMorgan » Mon May 17, 2021 10:41 am
That's a pretty open ended journey and it sounds like a fantastic way for your student to end her stay here. Hopefully a lot more places will be a more open by the time you're looking to do your trip. Either way I'd highly recommend taking a look at the Historic Environment Scotland website and the map of all their sites. You can filter by region to look for places near your planned visits.
A lot of their sites are unstaffed as well so they are free to visit, you can filter for this on the website, and there are generally really great information boards around. It's also a great way to find nice areas for walks and hikes as there's usually information on the pages for the different sites.
You could also take a look at the National Trust for Scotland website. Generally speaking, NTS deals with more recent historical sites i.e. buildings with furnished interiors while HES deals with older and more ruin-like structures. This is just a general rule though and there are exceptions.
As for specific advice, I'll say that Stirling Castle is one of my absolute favourites in Scotland and there's a lot to see just walking around in Edinburgh. Since you're planning on heading to St Andrews, definitely check out the castle and abbey if you can and I'd recommend heading to Falkland Palace and Garden if you. The area is stunning and there are a ton of great places to walk around Fife.
I hope that helps and have a great trip!