Edinburgh is often associated with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest art & comedy festival, but it’s not this festival alone that has given the city its nickname as the “festival city” – in fact there are over 12 festivals taking place in Edinburgh every year. Rather than shining the spotlight on the already [...]

One of the reasons I love Europe so much is because of its amazing history, or more precisely how easy it is to experience part of European history even today. In Europe, history is all around us, and Edinburgh was no exception: The Auld Reekie (smokey city), like it was once called, was a city bursting [...]

After three days in Edinburgh, with the most amazing summer weather and getting the most out of our press passes from VisitScotland, we headed further inland to one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland – the Highlands. We stayed in Fort William, known as the gateway to the Highlands and the adventure capital of UK. [...]

Squeezing as much as possible into a travel itinerary is not ideal, so if you want to see as much as possible of Scotland in a short period of time, it’s best once you have arrived and after the right currency exchange rate has been checked to either rent your own car or go with a great tour [...]

We knew Scotland would be beautiful even before we stepped off the plane – just from what we saw 2000 ft in the air was enough to know that this spontaneous trip would give us experiences of a lifetime. We decided to leave the backpacks behind this time and travel with roller bags instead, just [...]

Places to Visit in Scotland Just a hop, skip and a jump from Bristol, after a night at one of the many Bristol Airport hotels and you will find yourself in Edinburgh to start your journey through some of the best places to visit in Scotland. Here is a list of 10 awesome places to visit [...]