From burlesque to fancy dress, politics to freaky tricks, laughs to an upside-down full-grown purple calf. What do all of these mean combined? It’s the Edinburgh Festival Fringe time! Here is your Edinburgh Festival Fringe Guide. For three weeks in August (02 – 26 August 2024), you have never seen Scotland’s capital so alive. It […]
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Ridiculously useful Scotland travel guides, itineraries, packing lists, tours and day trips.
The Isle of Skye is one of Scotland’s most popular tourist destinations and it’s easy to see why when you experience the raw nature of Cuillin Mountains and the lochs which penetrate every nook and cranny of the island. It’s disheartening that the Inner Hebrides’ biggest island is only six hours away from Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, yet […]
Scottish food and drink is not healthy said Joseph, my tour guide from the USA road trip, when he stayed with me in Edinburgh. Now, I thought that was rich coming from a boy from Buffalo, but I get his point. If you poll a sample of Scots ‘have you heard of quinoa?’ And our […]
“Today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky.” Yes, us Scots, do hold one of the world titles for our alcohol consumption. We know how to have a good time during all seasons. When it rains, it pours so there is only one thing for it, a trip to the pub. Of course, when the sun does make […]
The Isle of Islay is Scotland’s Queen of the Hebrides. Located on the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, Islay is best known for its whisky distilleries so best discovered by tour or with a designated driver. However, there are more things to do on Islay than sample Scotland’s water of life. Things to do […]