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Inverness is the capital of the Scottish Highlands. It sits where the River Ness meets the Beauly Firth, surrounded by mountains, castles, and ancient history. For visitors planning a trip to Scotland, the things to do in Inverness stretch far beyond the city itself. Loch Ness is 16 miles away. Culloden Battlefield is five miles […]
Discover the legend of Edinburgh Castle's Phantom Piper — a young musician who walked into underground tunnels and never returned — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Highland shieling tradition: how Scottish families left their villages each May to graze cattle in mountain pastures for thousands of years — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the Isle of Iona — the tiny Hebridean island where 48 Scottish kings chose to be buried and where Celtic Christianity began — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Loch Coruisk sits at the foot of the Black Cuillin mountains, on the wildest corner of the Isle of Skye. There is no road to it. There has never been one, and there are no plans to build one. You either take a small boat from the village of Elgol, or you walk a path […]
Discover Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders — Scotland's most sinister fortress, home to wizard lords, dark legends, and centuries of mystery — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Visit the real castles and villages behind Outlander — Doune Castle, Culross, Lallybroch — and discover the history the cameras never showed — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Horseman's Word was Scotland's most secretive rural brotherhood — and for 200 years, its members could tame any horse — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Bass Rock and Seacliff Beach near North Berwick offer two of East Lothian's most rewarding coastal experiences. From the world's largest single-rock gannet colony to a hidden sandy cove, here is what to see and how to get there.
Some towns grow slowly, shaped by whoever lived there first. Ullapool was different. In 1788, the British Fisheries Society arrived in the northwest Highlands with a blueprint. They drew neat grid streets, built a small harbour, and declared a fishing town open for business. More than two centuries later, that same grid still stands on […]
