A Scottish New Year
New Year is celebrated all over the world, but no-one does a Hogmanay Party like the Scots! Edinburgh’s celebrations are probably the best known, and the Edinburgh Street Party attracts thousands of revellers every year to ring in the bells on Princes Street. Against...
Transport
Internal Transport One of the major decisions to be made about your vacation package in Scotland is your preferred mode of transport. We always meet our guests at their arrival airport in Scotland and can recommend private transfers to either your first night’s accommodation or,...
Tour the Castles of the Scottish Borders
Another suggested route for a shorter tour, taking in some of the most impressive castles and medieval strongholds in Southern Scotland. You begin your tour in Edinburgh, capital of Scotland and home to the...
Scotland Castle Tours 3
* Edinburgh * Thirlestane * Floors * Drumlanrig * Caerlaverock * Threave * MacLellan’s * Cardoness * Dundonald * Newark Related articles: Scottish Castle Tours; Accommodation; Stay in a Castle
West of Scotland Golf
The first twelve British Open Golf Championships were held at the Prestwick Club in Ayrshire in the south west of Scotland from 1860 onwards. Almost adjacent to the old Prestwick Club is the Championship Course of “Royal Troon” which is one of several courses of...
Where to Stay in Scotland
The options for your accommodation in Scotland are vast! We are delighted to recommend all types of accommodation, from quaint B&Bs to luxury hotels and everything in between.
Tailor Made Golf Tours
For golfers Scotland is a homecoming. The earliest reference to golf in Scotland is probably King James II’s decree in the year 1457 that “the futeball and golfe be utterly cryed down and not to be used.”
My resolution this year is to read more, and one of the books that’s been on my list for a long time is The Living Mountain. What a wee gem of a book this is! Written in the 1940s and only about 100 pages long, this is Nan Shepherd’s breathtakingly See More
The Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides looking so peaceful and picturesque in the winter sun today! There are various suggestions as to where the island’s name came from, but one suggestion is from Old Norse meaning ‘bare island’. Kisimul Castle, which sits on a small rocky outcrop in See More