A great way to get to know the locals is to stay in a Scottish Bed & Breakfast or Guest House. Known for their personal touch, a stay in a B&B is to experience a “home from home”. Your hosts will most likely have an excellent knowledge of the surrounding area and can be called upon for everything from restaurant recommendations to where to buy the best local produce. B&Bs can be found throughout Scotland, in the cities and in the rural areas. You could stay on a farm, a city townhouse, a country cottage or even a lighthouse – there are lots of options!
All of the B&Bs and Guest Houses we recommend are known to us personally and graded to at least 3 stars (many are 4 or 5!) by Visit Scotland, the national tourism body.
Related Articles: Welcome to Scottish Highland Trails; Accommodation; Stay in a Castle
Hope everyone has been enjoying the antics of the Tartan Army over in Boston for the World Cup! Glad to see the Glasgow tradition of putting cones on statues is alive and well across the pond 😂⚽️🏴The Scottish fans didn't just bring bagpipes and beer to Boston.
They brought traffic cones for the statues too.
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If trees could talk, this one would have some tales to tell!
This is the Birnam Oak, 600 years old and the last remaining tree of the Birnam Wood mentioned by Shakespeare in Macbeth.
In the play Macbeth is warned by the witches that he will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. Macbeth decides to ignore the witches with their crazy talk of trees moving around and commits several murders in pursuit of the Scottish throne. However Malcolm’s army take branches from the trees in the wood, use them to disguise themselves, and ultimately Macbeth meets a sticky end (it is a tragedy after all!)
Shakespeare is rumoured to have visited Perthshire with a group of travelling players in 1589, so perhaps he visited here and took inspiration from the forest ✍️
The oak in folklore is the king of the forest, and a hollow in an oak tree is said to be a fairy door, or a gateway to supernatural realms. The word ‘druid’ may come from a Celtic word meaning “knower of the oak tree” 🌳 🌳🌳
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