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A 4.5-mile round-trip walk takes you past craggy sea cliffs where skuas dive-bomb, puffins comically skitter about, and gannets, fulmars and guillemots squabble noisily for nesting space. When you’ve had your fill of birdlife, drop by Bobby’s Bus Shelter, converted by locals into a cozy bower, with chairs, novels, chintzy decor and its own visitors’ book. Find a greener way of living on Eigg Legends still wash over the landscape on this timeless island – one of the best is the Marie Celeste–style tale of how the Neolithic village of Skara Brae was mysteriously abandoned around 2500 BCE and reclaimed by the sands, only to be uncovered by a storm in 1850. Even today, the low stone huts look as though their Stone Age occupants just walked out the door.
Travel:The blissful isles of Cumbrae and Bute are both within an hour of Glasgow each with regular, short ferry crossings. Peter Irvine has devised and directed many of Scotland’s major public events from the Glasgow’s European City of Culture in 1990 and the Opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999 to the Inauguration of the Queensferry Crossing in 2017. He created and was the Director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay from 1992 to 2018. Take the wee ferry to the Isle of Gighafrom Tayinloan, which takes just 20 minutes and spend a day wandering across the tiny island. Locally, the four-star Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel recently reopened under brand new ownership and the five-star Hotel De Vin at One Devonshire Gardens offers luxury boutique stays in individually styled rooms within a tree-lined Victorian terrace. The proximity to Glasgow University ensures a youthful energy in the area. With students moving into the purpose-built accommodation for the duration of studies, families have sought out refurbished tenement flats around Woodlands Road. Things to do:The dunes of Machrihanish Bayare a stunning sight and nearby Westport Beach is a haven for surfers thanks to the Atlantic swells. Have you really been to Kintyre without seeing the Mull of Kintyre from the lighthouse?! There’s a handful of golf courses here too, all with incredible coastal views.Some of the best places to visit in Scotland will be instantly familiar to anyone who’s ever gazed at a whisky label or shortbread tin. Think dramatic peaks, lonely glens, lochs, tartan and haggis! Glasgow’s infectious vitality is best sampled via its lively pubs and clubs, which host one of the world's great live music scenes.
A sentinel in the Firth of Clyde, facing the coast of Ayrshire, Arran has been welcoming visitors since the 6th century. During the Viking Age it belonged to the Norwegian crown before being absorbed into Scotland in the 13th century. Scotland has drama in every corner: mountains that rise straight out of the sea; remote island archipelagos; legends of fearsome bravery and terrible betrayal. Throw in countless lochs, breathtaking wildlife — eagles, stags, whales and salmon — that need space, and isolation, to continue to exist. And don’t forget Scotland has castles aplenty, many of them broken ruins, but some given new life as aristocratic hotels. In short, this is a place with a rawness, and a purity, that will appeal to anyone with an ounce of poetry in their soul. Things to do:the V&A Dundeeturns 5 featuring new stylish exhibitions! Discover the history behind Scotland’s most iconic fabric at the Tartanexhibition. Learn more about how this textile revolutionised the fashion, film and art industries around the world up to the present day. Next door, climb aboard the RRS Discoveryat Discovery Point and follow in the footsteps of Captain Scott and his crew on their remarkable journey in the Antarctic. The attraction has recently undergone a major refurbishment, creating a new public art gallery with a 360° panoramic view over the city and the River Tay, which also features the brand-new art installation, Gaia. When exploring the town, look out for independent local shops like Concorde Music, the family run record shop that was established in 1967, or the vintage shops of George Street. You can stop for a coffee at Provender Brown deli. The Fergusson Gallery in the old Watertower, which displays the works of John Duncan Fergusson, the Scottish colourist, and his wife Margaret Morris (it reopens late spring 2022). The Great Western Bridge over the River Kelvin is the most recognisable landmark in an area of Glasgow that sits at the centre of a resurgent West End. The Kelvinbridge neighbourhood is home to some of the city’s most interesting independent businesses, set on and around the grand boulevard of Great Western Road with its period residential architecture and bohemian atmosphere.Breathtaking views abound in the Highlands, but the far north is where things become truly awe-inspiring. This is the best place in Scotland to explore by car (you can also cycle it), with some of the finest roadside scenery in Europe. If you want to know the top 10 places to eat in Edinburgh right now, look no further than the latest edition of guidebook guru Peter Irvine's Scotland the Best’– Daily Record Featured art will include Luke Jerram's 'Gaia' and 'Museum of the Moon', and Lucid Creates will bring 'Together', an immersive large-scale light and sound experience - featuring stories and memories from the community. To celebrate the Year of Stories, 'Writ Large' will project prose and poetry from Scotland' s best storytellers across the city. This, the 13 th edition, has the unique code system (with a new one for the incredibly successful North Coast 500 route) that helps readers to find exactly what they need in a destination. This is not a usual guide book – he writes the same amount of text about anything which is included in it. Even Gleneagles gets the same few lines. Peter is very industrious and exacting in his work, encouraging independent, artisan and sometimes quirky enterprises across Scotland.
Leave the pranksters taking selfies by the Butt of Lewis sign to their fun; the real magic of the largest island in the Western Isles can be found on its beaches. It's not very hard to findbeautiful places to visit in Scotland.With our wild beaches, sparkling lochs and romantic castles,we're often referred to as one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The imposing Gothic Revival spire of Lansdowne Parish Church, designed by John Honeyman, presides over the skyline. It’s 218ft tall and one of the slimmest in Europe. The building is now home to Websters Theatre with a bar and two outside seating areas. Travel:Linlithgow is well served by rail routes connecting with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Falkirk, Stirling and Cumbernauld. In 2000 Peter Irvine was given the Thistle award for his personal contribution to tourism in Scotland and in 2002 gained another Thistle award for the Glasgow Art Fair.
Situated in the heart of Royal Deeside, this beauty spot was a favourite with Queen Victoria describing it as, “my dear paradise in the Highlands”. Today, you’ll find visitors enjoying Ballater’swide range of outdoor pursuits. The house, grounds and gardens have been transformed following the intervention of Prince Charles and the Prince’s Trust. There’s the building itself, a great café, restaurant and many ways to walk. Several garden areas, including the flagship walled garden. Gardens under extensive development but we can be sure that what will emerge and mature will be a wonder and a wandering, probably for generations. Today you are greeted by a strikingly beautiful and serene range of peaks and ridges, culminating in Biedean nam Bian, known as the Three Sisters.
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