Pitlochry is Highland Perthshire's most rewarding town: salmon ladder, two distilleries and Queen's View on Loch Tummel β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Discover the dramatic story of Eilean Donan Castle β Scotland's most photographed fortress, rebuilt from rubble after 200 years of silence β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Scottish surnames of Clan Grant reach across six continents today. If Grant, MacGillivray, or Allan appears on your family tree, you may trace your roots to Strathspey β one of the most beautiful valleys in the Scottish Highlands. Clan Grant held this land for eight hundred years. Their motto says it all: Stand Fast […]
Follow the Speyside Malt Whisky Trail through Scotland's most distillery-rich valley β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Visit the Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis β Scotland's most breathtaking ancient monument, older than the Pyramids and still full of mystery β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Visit the Scott Monument on Princes Street β the tallest literary monument ever built β and discover the extraordinary man it honours β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
You reach the summit and the world opens up. Beneath you, Loch Katrine stretches silver and still through the trees. Ridgelines roll away in every direction. The wind is clean and cold. Nobody is talking. Photo: Albert Matusavage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) This is Ben A’an β a modest hill in the Trossachs […]
Discover the Forth Bridge β Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage railway wonder near Edinburgh, and the Victorian feat that still stops visitors in their tracks β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire is believed to be Europe's oldest living tree β plus get weekly Scotland stories free in our newsletter.
Somewhere in the Scottish Highlands, around 80 men lace their boots, straighten their tartan and prepare to be inspected. They carry weapons. They take...