Countryside I know and love (in other words there is MASSES of it and so this is just the bit I know and love):
* I suggest Perthshire for some beautiful countryside.
* Specifically I would recommend Glen Lyon with Ben Lawers for a good hill climb.
* Nearby are Scheihallion and Ben-y-vrackie which are both good hill walks too and next to Aberfeldy which is a lovely town. It has the Dewars distillery too which is apparently good according to my other half who spent some of a friend's stag weekend there recently.
* Driving northwards from Edinburgh up the M90 and then the A9 shows off the change in countryside from lowland to highland really well.
* I would definitely agree with Glen Coe for some truely spectacular, magnificent landscapes.
* These contrast with Perthshire and again with anything much north of Inverness where it gets quite rockily barren and beautiful.
* The Fife Coast - driving through the series of lovely fishing villages (Crail, Pittenween etc) and onto St Andrews.

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In Edinburgh:
* Good reasonable eats are: The Mussel Inn on Rose Street, The Olive Branch on Broughton Street and La Rusticana on Hanover Street.

Views to take in/ walks to do:
* Carlton Hill which is less of a hike than Arthur's seat, but gives spectacular views over the new and old towns.
* The city is so beautiful I would suggest just spending some time walking round the new and old towns and seeing the different faces they portray - beware of reading maps and finding that where you thought you could turn into another street in fact you are several stories above it!
* If the weather is nice I really recommend walking along the "Water of Leith", a river that runs right through the north of the city. There is a path along most of it for you to follow. Sometimes the path is interrupted and you have to follow signs along the streets, but these tend to take you through really nice areas (like Cannonmills) which are great to stop and have a coffee or some food. It is about 11 miles in total, I think, from Leith to Balerno, but you can do however much of it you want.

Things to do:
* Gallery of Modern Art - some amazing installations.
* Castle, obviously, but leave plenty of time as there is a lot of it.
* Royal Yacht Britannia if you are into Royal history.