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Arthur's Seat Edinburgh
48 Reviews If it's a nice day you might want to walk up to the top of Arthur's Seat (which I did on a previous visit two and a half years ago) to get some nice views of the city and the surrounding...
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George Square Glasgow
40 Reviews The City Chambers were designed by William Young in 1880, and was one of the 19th centureies finest public buildings. It took seven years to build and craftsmen were brought from Italy and France to...
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Royal Mile Edinburgh
128 Reviews Facing St Giles cathedral in the Royal Mile, there's a statue identified as "Duke of Buccleugh" that, for me, meant... no one. Trying to identify him, I read that he was Walter... something... Scott,...
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Necropolis Glasgow
18 Reviews For some unconventional sightseeing, the Glasgow Necropolis found behind Glasgow Cathedral is an interesting place to visit. Crossing the bridge from the cathedral, you are transported to Glasgow's...
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Castle Edinburgh
314 Reviews From the roof of the Museum of Scotland you can get some views out over the city, for instance of Edinburgh Castle, as shown here. For some more views, please see my Views of Edinburgh travelogue.
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People's Palace Glasgow
18 Reviews The People's Place and Winter Gardens was worth a quick visit, although you would struggle to spend more than an hour or so here. The social history museum set inside the main building is a quirky...
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Calton Hill Edinburgh
59 Reviews Calton Hill (NOT Carlton) is one of Edinburgh's main hills, set right in the city centre. Rising to 108m (355 feet) to the east end of Princes Street, Calton Hill is not the highest of the city's...
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Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow
32 Reviews Glasgow's cathedral is worth a stroll around. It has been added to over the centuries, but there has been a stone cathedral on this site since 1136 when it was dedicated in the presence of King David....
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Holyrood Edinburgh
71 Reviews If the Queen doesn't happen to be in town and there are no demonstrations in the works, you might well be able to take a tour of this palace, which is at the lower end of the Royal Mile. This palace...
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Kelvingrove Glasgow
32 Reviews If someone had asked me what is the most visited museum in the UK outside of London, I would never have guessed it is in Glasgow, but it is the Kelvingrove. It is a very impressive building of red...
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Scott Monument Edinburgh
70 Reviews On Princes Street in the center of Edinburgh there is a tall (200 feet 6 inches = 61.1 meters) monument to the Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Scott was the author of numerous books...
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Byres Rd/West End Glasgow
14 Reviews There is plenty things you can do at Byres Road. I discribe Byres Road as Small Happening Shopping Area. In the weekend you can just drop by at Hillhead Library that situated along Byres Road. After...
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Tours Edinburgh
63 Reviews * * * TIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION * * * On this, my second visit to Edinburgh, I really looked forward to finally seeing the famous underground city. For our group of 6 adults, I booked with Mercat...
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River Clyde Glasgow
14 Reviews Makes the liffey look like a wee burn this river ,mother of 90% of all the worlds metal ships in 1900 ,is a historical maritime live story. We took the cruise from under central station to the...
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Greyfriars Edinburgh
32 Reviews Greyfriar's Bobby was a little dog, who until this day has remained the symbol for utmost loyalty in Edinburgh. This faithful Skye Terrier mourned his master for 14 years and has become a much-loved...
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Tours Glasgow
12 Reviews I'm a big fan of CitySightseeing tours and have used them in other cities before so I was pleased to find out that they operate a tour in Glasgow. The beauty of these bus tours is that you can hop off...
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National Museum and Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh
44 Reviews As the name suggests, the country's national museum. It is located in a modern purpose built building on 7 levels (top one just being a roof terrace). Entry is free. Donations are welcomed (as...
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Museums Glasgow
14 Reviews This museum is situated in one of the buildings of Glasgow University. It features the collections of the Scottish obstetrician and teacher, Dr William Hunter. You cannot help but be intrigued by many...
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Old Town Edinburgh
34 Reviews Under the City Chambers on the Royal Mile are hidden streets where people lived and worked for centuries. When the Royal Exchange (now the City Chambers) was constructed in 1753, the top floors of the...
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The Barras Glasgow
8 Reviews Held every Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM, the Barras Market is a gigantic outdoor and indoor flea market. It's best to get here early in the morning before it gets crowded. You can get...
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Princes Street Edinburgh
57 Reviews Maybe a unique feature of the city? The gardens extend almost the whole length of one side of the city's main street. They separate the new town from the old. The area was a loch originally and was...
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Shopping Glasgow
20 Reviews Anyone who knows me well, knows that one of my favourite pastimes is shopping! And Glasgow really is a great place to shop. Its second only to London in the UK for shopping. The main shopping streets...
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St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh
43 Reviews Edinburgh can often be gray and rainy, but there are numerous interesting things to do and see even on wet days: we visited the cathedral on such a day and were quite intrigued by its interiors and...
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Glasgow University Glasgow
19 Reviews The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, by Bishop Turnbull. The names on the gate are of notable alumni over the years and include Lord Kelvin, Joseph Lister and Adam Smith. The second photo...
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Eating and Drinking Edinburgh
26 Reviews Food in Edinburgh... hmmm... well, I suppose to the local Scots and Perhaps even the English the selection is fabulous and the prices are fine. To anyone from farther away they likely will find an...
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Well on your way to fort william majestic glencoe - a weird and wild environment treeless and coooold (many stories of massacre and murder are often said to take place in this vast wilderness....) makes your trip pretty hmmmmmmmm creepy!
The beach pictured is just north of the harbour town of Ullapool, on the north west coast of Scotland.Most people drive past here without a second glance but I was stunned by the colours, even if the wind was blowing a gale at the time. If it was hot and tropical it'd be expensive and crawling with people - so look on the bright side! The Scottish coastline has many of these small, beautiful beaches tucked away, and you can camp or whatever - it'll be your own personal beach.Get a good map (like the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger scale, pink cover) - beaches are marked as yellow.For an on-line map search of the Scottish coastline, to choose your own little hide away beach, try:www.streetmap.co.ukwww.multimap.co.ukwww.getamap.co.uk
These are all the World Heritage Sites in Scotland - The "Must See" places on a world scale:EdinburghOrkney New LanarkSt KildaYou may also consider looking atHadrian's Wallthough it is now in England - it was the Roman border keeping the hostile Scots out of the Empire.Follow this link to my page about all the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in the whole of United Kingdom and linking to the UNESCO site itself ... listing all sites by country. A fantastic resource for all Tourists, real or virtual! Enjoy.http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/70ef2/f4/4/(scroll down - it is the second tip down).
Fort William is the largest town in the west Highlands of Scotland and the commercial centre of Lochaber, as the surrounding area is called. The highest mountain of England is here: Ben Nevis and the deepest Lake; Loch Morar. There are beautiful glens, forests and beaches in between.In Fort William there are a lot of shops offering outdoor equipment (just in case you need to update what you have taken with you). The prices are about 1/3 less than at home.Unfortunately the weather was *** (censoring myself) as you can see in the picture. That figure in the rain is me, BTW.The weather made our decision easy to take the train back to Edinburgh and not the Bike.
Sometimes it is better to take the less driven roads .. you may happen onto a sight like this one (see pic).We had quite a lot of water (because we had quite a lot of rain), and I think it is a wonderful picture that old bridge over that wild river.I just wish I would remember where exactly this was...- if anybody knows ... would you mind and mail me the location?
One of the best known Castles in Scotland is the Eilean Donan Castle.Eilean means Island in Scottish. And the castle is located on a small island in a sea (loch), connected with the mainland by a bridge.This was sure good to defend it.The Castle can be seen in the movie "the Highlander", where it is the home of the main character McLeod and he is forced to leave it.I know it looks trist on my pictures, but I really enjoyed the view of it. For better pics and more information have a look at the official site.
Well what to say about this magnificent and most famous of scotish casltes? Nearly every act of scotish history takes place in this castle - or in Edinbourgh.We re not talking about a must see activity but the absolute scotish tourist destination!
Though the main attraction of scotish countryside remain the tall and snow covered highlands, a quick view to scotish lowlands is still an enjoyable experience....and one of the most beautiful places of the united kingdom.......especially the lands in edinbourg's southern borders are beautifully green...
I wonder who remembers the 80's movie Higlander...well it was shoot at his remote castle! and it's very impressive indeed, stands alone in the middle of a remote and hardly accessible area at the western part of scotich highlands but surely worths the pain believe me!
A trip to scotland is never complete without paying a visit to Loch Ness....for me is not THE place to be - there are many more and even more majestic Lochs than this one , though they luck myths............The body of water is really impressive though........
The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh
5 Reviews and 770 Opinions Two men wearing kilts (or trews) welcome you at the door and an open fire welcomes you in the lobby,...
Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens Glasgow
1 Review and 352 Opinions One Devonshire Gardens is a class of its own.Fabulous rooms with four poster beds,tubs you could...
Skene House Rosemont Hotel Aberdeen
1 Review and 247 Opinions Skene House Apartments was so nice, an impressive layout , nice bedrooms !, Fantastic and modernised...
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Q: Hello Lovely site indeed. Great resource. I plan on spending 11 days in Scotland and just wanted some advice. FYI: I have...
A: I can't address all your questions, but wonder if you want a full day on Loch Lomond unless you plan on boating, fishing, etc. One of the ways we dealt with not having a...
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