Visit Scotland

Scotland really is a land of four seasons, all in one day!

Renouned for men who wear skirts and drink whisky Scotland has some of the most spectacular and beautiful scenery to be seen anywhere in the world and with historical buildings to match there's something for everyone.

You'll be sure to find a warm welcome wherever you visit and a fun sense of humour (what does a scotsman wear under his kilt? Just hope he doesn't show you!)and don't forget to taste the local spirits there are many distilleries here who offer guided tours and of course a wee sample of the golden nectar at the end - well worth a visit!

Travelling by car through Scotland is the easiest and best way to see the beautiful hills and countryside! If you are visiting from abroad you will need to hire a car.
Click this link click here which will take you to a car hire company where you can make your car choice and arrange for collection.

A word of advice-
Please do remember if you're visiting from another country that we drive on the left hand side of the road.

Here's a story for you...In Scotland there is a low mist at roughly 4pm daily in Autumn & winter - this is when Scottish rogues & rebels would go 'fleeting' (theiving!) so that they were not seen easily.

 

Golfing Holiday in Scotland

For all serious golfers no holiday would be complete without experiencing Golf in Scotland in fact it’s an absolute essential to many.

Every year golfers from all over the world make their pilgrimage to Scotland - the home of golf. Visit famous courses from Open Championship history such as St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Turnberry where not only is the golf amazing but the landscape offers unrivalled beauty.

This is our top 5 Scottish Golf Courses

• The Old Course at St Andrews


• Kings Course at Gleneagles


• Muirfield


• Royal Troon


• Loch Lomond

Log Cabin Holidays in Scotland

Log Cabin holidays Scotland

A wide selection of log cabin holiday destinations throughout beautiful Scotland.

Click the link Log Cabin Holidays in Scotland to view the perfect log cabin for your Scottish holiday.

There are many activities to undertake in the immediate area around these log cabin breaks including - walking, mountain biking, water sports,visit historical sites and it is a photographer’s dream. Enjoy everything Scotland has to offer with a log cabin holiday.

Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party Hotels

Want the best hotels to stay in while your visiting the world famous Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party? Look no further, we have hotels for you to stay at while you at the Hogmanay Street Party and Reviews too! Availability for hotels at Hogmanay in Edinburgh is very difficult to find so book yours as soon as possible to make sure that you can get rooms!

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SCOTLAND

Visit Scotland - Holidaying in Scotland can vary in experiences.

If you fancy a cultural city break - Edinburgh is the place for you! Edinburgh is full of culture and although it is a historic city, it is also a modern, multi cultural centre for many. Whether you wish to visit Edinburgh Castle, see a theatre show, or go shopping, Edinnburgh truly has it all. The Edinburgh Fringe is renowned worldwide, with many successful acts being discovered there.
If you're after a relaxing, historic break, then Dumfries & Galloway is for you. Robert Burns - Our famous bard - famously lived in Dumfries, he is a truly romantic, passionate poet and there are plenty of places in Dumfries to marvel his works. January 25th is Burns' birthday, and this year marks 250 years. Scotland have turned 2009 into "the year of the homecoming" where we urge fellow Scots from all over the world, to come home to Scotland.
Dumfries is a fairly small town (however is the largest in South west scotland) with a population of over 30,000. Dumfries & Galloway is picturesque - with the beautiful Moffat Hills and "grey Maire's tale" being marvelled at each and everyday. Historically, Dumfries also was the place where the infamous Robert The Bruce, slayed the comyn at Greyfriars Kirk on the 10th February 1306. There is a red cross underground which marks the exact spot where bruce slew the comyn. Another historical Scot, Charles Edward Stewart, also known as - "Bonnie Prince Charlie". Opposite the fountain in Dumfries High Street, adjacent to the present Marks and Spencer, was the Commercial and later the County Hotel. Although the latter was demolished in the 1980s, the original facade of the building was kept. Room No. 6 of the hotel was known as Bonnie Prince Charlie's Room and appropriately carpeted in the Royal Stuart tartan. The Young Pretender had his headquarters there during a 3-day sojourn in Dumfries towards the end of 1745. £2,000 was demanded by the Prince, together with 1,000 pairs of brogues for his kilted Jacobite rebel army, which was camping in a field not one hundred yards distant. A rumour, however, that the Duke of Cumberland was approaching, made Bonnie Prince Charlie decide to leave with his army, with only £1,000 and 255 pairs of shoes having been handed over!

If you want isolated relaxation, Scottish banter and to capture the beauty of Scotland, then the Scottish Highlands are for you. The language of many highlanders is in fact Scottish Gaelic, when visitng, you may hear the phrase "ceud mile failte" which means "a hundred thousand welcomes".

All in all, Scotland has plenty to offer, and would make the ideal location for anyone across the world, including fellow Brits!

     

Some Scottish Facts

The shortest scheduled flight in the world is one and a half miles long from Westray to Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The journey takes 1 minute 14 seconds to complete.

Eas Coul Aulin Waterfall in the county of Sutherland, with a sheer drop of 658 ft, four times the height of Niagara Falls, is the highest waterfall in Britain

7 out of every 10 Scots have blue eyes.

Conan Doyle, writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes, was Scottish

 

Scottish Inventors Poem

Wha's Like Us - Damn Few And They're A' Deid

The average Englishman, in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented by chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland. En route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.

He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland, arrives at the station and boards a train, the forerunner of which was a steam engine, invented by James Watt of Greenock, Scotland. He then pours himself a cup of coffee from a thermos flask, the latter invented by Dewar, a Scotsman from Kincardine-on-Forth.

At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland.

During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, blacksmith of Dumfries, Scotland.

He watches the news on his television, an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an item about the U.S. Navy, founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.

He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot, King James VI, who authorised its translation.

Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.

He could take to drink, but the Scots make the best in the world.

He could take a rifle and end it all but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick of Pitfours, Scotland.

If he escapes death, he might then find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, which was discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given an anaesthetic, which was discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.

Out of the anaesthetic, he would find no comfort in learning he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.

Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask "Wha’s Like Us".