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.
Indeed, we have arranged a tour in which a couple stayed a night in the most expensive and exclusive hotel in Scotland followed by the next night in a homely farmhouse bed and breakfast. We have a great relationship with accommodation providers throughout Scotland and we aim to hand pick the best!
We will always ensure that your accommodation has been inspected by the national tourism body, Visit Scotland, and is known to us personally for its quality and value. Fancy staying somewhere different? Be it a haunted Scottish castle, a lighthouse, a historic building or a farmhouse, let us know what you’ve always dreamed of and we can make it happen! We also appreciate guests usually prefer to steer clear of big international chain hotels and would rather stay somewhere uniquely Scottish, so we will always try to recommend interesting, great quality, independently owned accommodation.
If food is important to you we can recommend hotels with great dining rooms, restaurants which make the best use of fantastic Scottish produce and award winning kitchens, some with Michelin stars. And it shouldn’t be too much trouble to point you in the right direction of plenty of good pubs and whisky bars…!
I use all of these, all the time! My granny used to tell me I was “as thrawn as a bag o’ weasels” when I was a wee girl 😂💙🏴The Scots language has words for things no other language bothered to name.
Dreich — that specific grey, damp, miserable weather that isn't quite rain but isn't quite not rain either. The English say "overcast." The Scots say dreich, which sounds exactly like it feels.
Thrawn — stubborn in a particular way. Not just obstinate. Twisted, contrary, determined to do it the wrong way on purpose. There is no English equivalent because English speakers apparently gave up trying to describe this personality type.
Glaikit — vacant. Dopey. The expression on someone's face when the lights are on but nobody is home.
Couthie — warm, friendly, comfortable in a homely way. The feeling of a kitchen that smells like baking and has a dog asleep by the fire.
Wheesht — be quiet. But with feeling. Haud yer wheesht is the full version, and it means be quiet right now and I mean it.
Scunnered — utterly fed up. Beyond tired of something. A level of exasperation English doesn't have a single word for.
Every language reveals the priorities of the people who speak it.
Scottish priorities, apparently, include very specific weather, very specific stubbornness, and very specific silence.
Which one is your favorite? 👇
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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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