Galloway Forest Park is Britain's first Dark Sky Park, where the Milky Way is visible to the naked eye on a clear night — get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Loch Lomond travel guide: the islands, walks, and hidden spots that most visitors miss — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover Scotland's crannogs — ancient Iron Age lake villages built directly on Highland lochs, occupied for thousands of years and still open to visitors today. — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the Forth Bridge — Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage railway wonder near Edinburgh, and the Victorian feat that still stops visitors in their tracks — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the remote St Kilda archipelago — a self-governing island community 110 miles off Scotland's coast with its own parliament and way of life — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire is believed to be Europe's oldest living tree — plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Scotland is home to Britain's last truly wild cat — the Scottish wildcat, or Highland Tiger. Fewer than 300 are thought to survive. Here's where to see one.
Discover why Orkney's Scottish islands were once pledged to Norway in 1468 and still carry their Norse identity in place names, language and landscape.
Scotland's white-tailed eagle was hunted to extinction by 1916. Discover how four birds from Norway changed everything — and where to see them wild today.
Somewhere in the Scottish Highlands, a stone shelter sits empty tonight. The door is unlocked. There is firewood stacked beside the hearth. And if you walk far enough to find it, you are welcome to stay — no booking, no payment, no questions asked. Photo: Shutterstock What Is a Bothy? A bothy is a basic […]