Scotland

Pros: Staggering rural beauty, superb smoked salmon, friendly people
Cons: Definitely one of the pricier parts of Europe. Rain?

We only intended to spend one night and two half-days in the Dumfries & Galloway region during our late June visit to the UK. But our first visit to this part of Scotland's Southern Uplands so impressed us that we immediately decided to shave some time ...

Pros: Beautiful quiet rolling hill country. Ideal for walking and exploring.
Cons: Bag pipes! Unpredictable weather.

Ahh Scotland!

What images appear in the minds eye when one thinks of Scotland? Edinburgh Castle?, the dramatic locks and peaks of the wild Scottish highlands?, the beautiful western isles?... THE BORDER COUNTRY!?!


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Pros: beauty of landscape and people
Cons: expensive to get to

Pros: A fascinating insight into 18th century medicine and surgery.
Cons: Requires a journey from the centre of Glasgow.

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Pros: Scenery, friendly people, majestic mountains, loch's, castles, pubs, music, elegant dining, farming, Scottish accents
Cons: Cold, damp, RAIN

This past summer I had the great pleasure and opportunity of visiting SCOTLAND along with a cruise to NORWAY and several jaunts into ENGLAND. I'll just be writing about SCOTLAND here. I was fortunate enough to have a pen...

Pros: Beautiful area, mystery, and history
Cons: Destruction of the natural beauty of the area

Loch Ness, the storied body of water said to be the home of a prehistoric plesiosaur, located in the Scottish Highlands is one of the most beautiful places on Earth to visit.

Throughout my life I have been interested in the legend of The Loch...

Pros: Spectacular views, impressive stone monuments, and a congenial host
Cons: Somewhat difficult to find

Just so there's no misunderstanding, Cairnpapple Hill isn't that easy to find. In October 1999, its location was not well signposted from the main road through Linlithgow. We misplaced ourselves both going and coming, so I can't be particularly helpful...

Pros: Spectacular scenery and championship golf in the north of Scotland
Cons: No quick and easy way to get there

Okay, I'll admit it. We made our way to Dornoch because of the golf course. Golfers will need no further explanation. Royal Dornoch Golf Club boasts one of the best-known seaside links-style golf courses in the world—topping the list right after ...

Pros: Outstanding scenery and Friendly locals
Cons: Midgies

Inveraray is a picturesque little town nestling on the shores of Loch Fyne. It is ideally located at the head of the Mull of Kintyre 60 miles west of Glasgow an ideal base for a weekend break or a touring holiday. Dunoon lies 40 miles south, Oban 40...

Pros: Postcard perfect Scottish village
Cons: Little known outside Burns circles

On a cold January day in 1759, the wee bairn who would become Scotland's great national poet was born in a thatched-roof cottage in the Ayrshire village of Alloway. Robert Burns (1759-1796), the eldest son of William and Agnes Burnes (the spelling used...

Pros: Rich history, scenic beauty, long stretches of beach along the North Sea
Cons: Old social passions resting just beneath the surface

[Noble prerogatives and popular memory of past abuses both continue to play a role in modern Scottish life. The case in point is the Sutherland family of Golspie, Sutherlandshire, on the northern mainland of Scotland.]

North of the...

Pros: The stark beauty of the deep, cold waters of the lake against the majesty of the Scottish Highlands
Cons: The gullibility of some visitors who seek magic in the legend rather than in the dramatic surroundings

During a trip to Scotland's Great Glen, my husband and I made a stop at the small tourist information office maintained by the Scottish Tourist Board in Fort Augustus. Our purpose was to gather brochures on the area around Loch Ness. Fort Augustus, by...

Pros: Magnificent landscape, warm and friendly people
Cons: Somewhat expensive, driving on the left

The traveler making a first trip to Scotland is generally compelled by a single-minded objective: to play the Old Course at St. Andrews, to touch the sacred soil of an ancient family stronghold, or to catch a glimpse of Nessie. But by the time the same...

Pros: A spiritual experience you will not forget.
Cons: A lot of driving.

My wife and I lived in the North of England for several years so we were well acquainted with the highlands of Scotland, but nothing prepared up for the beauty that is the Isle of Skye. The drive from Glasgow was beautiful on its own but once over the ...

Pros: Beautiful Highland glens and lochs
Cons: Always too much to see and do in too little time

The Great Glen cuts a deep diagonal slash through the Scottish mainland from Inverness and the Moray Firth in the northeast to the Firth of Lorn in the southwest. The glen was formed millions of years ago by a geological rift in the earth's surface and...