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Attractions in Scotland Scotland is a country in itself with its own distinct culture, history and traditions. Tartan, bagpipes, whisky, mountains and islands, castles and golf courses are just some of the things for which Scotland is famous. Visitors are attracted by Scotland's spectacular and colourful scenery. The Scottish Borders with green rolling countryside, winding rivers and woodlands are likely to appeal to walkers. The Highlands is an area of wild beauty rich in wildlife and rare plants, with stark mountains, heather covered moorlands, lochs and fast flowing rivers. In the north east lie the Grampian mountains, whose valleys shelter countless castles and historic homes, including the royal residence of Balmoral. An ideal base for exploring this area is Aberdeen, a major fishing port and base for the offshore oil industry. Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, offers many attractions including its castle built on a rocky outcrop from which it dominates the Old Town and its main street, the Royal Mile. In August the city hosts the Edinburgh Festival which combines theatre, music and traditional spectacles like the Military Tattoo. Some of Scotland's most beautiful scenery is also within easy reach of Glasgow, a vibrant city with fine Victorian architecture, art galleries, shops and museums . Attractions in Scotland: Abbot House Heritage Centre, Dunfermline, Fife Abbotsford, Melrose, Borders Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Grampian Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Aberdeen, Grampian Alloa Tower, Alloa, Stirlingshire Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston, Edinburgh & the Lothians Alyth Museum, Alyth, Perthshire Angus Folk Museum, Forfar, Angus & Dundee Archaeolink Prehistory Park, Insch, Grampian Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, Stirling, Stirlingshire Ayton Castle, Eyemouth, Borders Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton, Ayrshire Balmoral Castle & Grounds, Ballater, Grampian Bannockburn, Stirling, Stirlingshire Barrie's Birthplace, Kirriemuir, Angus & Dundee Barry Mill, Carnoustie, Angus & Dundee Bell's Blair Athol Distillery, Pitlochry, Perthshire Bell's Cherrybank Centre, Perth, Perthshire Benmore Botanic Garden, Dunoon, Argyll Biggar Museum Trust, Biggar, Lanarkshire Black Watch Museum, Perth, Perthshire Blair Castle, Pitlochry, Perthshire Blairquhan Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness, Edinburgh & the Lothians Bowhill House and Country Park, Selkirk, Borders Braemar Castle, Braemar, Grampian Branklyn Garden, Perth, Perthshire British Golf Museum, St Andrews, Fife Brodick Castle Gardens and Country Park, Brodick, Ayrshire Brodie Castle, Forres, Grampian Broughton House and Garden, Kircudbright, Dumfries & Galloway Buckie Drifter, Buckie, Grampian Callendar House, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Camera Obscura, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Carlyle's Birthplace, Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway Castle Fraser, Inverurie, Grampian Castle Kennedy Gardens, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Highlands Chatelherault Country Park, Hamilton, Lanarkshire Coldstream Museum, Coldstream, Borders Collins Gallery, Glasgow Craigievar Castle, Alford, Grampian Crathes Castle, Garden and Estate, Banchory, Grampian Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, Fife Culloden, Inverness, Highlands Culross, Culross, Fife Culzean Castle & Country Park, Maybole, Ayrshire Dalmeny House, South Queensferry, Edinburgh & the Lothians David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre, Lanarkshire Dawyck Botanic Garden, Peebles, Borders Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Deep Sea World, North Queensferry, Fife Discovery Point/RRS Discovery and Verdant Works, Dundee, Angus & Dundee Drum Castle, Banchory, Grampian Drumlanrig Castle, Gardens and Country Park, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway Drummond Castle Gardens, Crieff, Perthshire Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyll Duff House Country House Gallery, Banff, Grampian Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Edinburgh Crystal Visitor Centre, Penicuik, Edinburgh & the Lothians Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh & the Lothians Edradour Distillery, Pitlochry, Perthshire Eilean Donan Castle, Kyle of Lochalsh, Highlands Falkland Palace, Garden and Old Burgh, Cupar, Fife Finlaystone Country Estate, Langbank, Glasgow Floors Castle, Kelso, Borders Frigate Unicorn, Dundee, Angus & Dundee Fyvie Castle, Turriff, Grampian Gairloch Heritage Museum, Gairloch, Highlands Georgian House (The), Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Gladstone's Land, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus & Dundee Glasgow Museums, Glasgow Glen Grant Distillery and Garden, Rothes, Grampian Glen Ord Distillery Visitor Centre, Muir of Ord, Highlands Glenfarclas Distillery, Ballindalloch, Grampian Glenfiddich Distillery (The), Dufftown, Grampian Glenfinnan Monument, Glenfinnan, Highlands Glengoulandie Deer Park, Aberfeldy, Perthshire Glenkinchie Distillery, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Glenlivet Distillery (The), Ballindalloch, Grampian Glenturret Distillery, Crieff, Perthshire Glenwhan Gardens, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway Gordon Highlanders Museum (The), Aberdeen, Grampian Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Grampian Greenbank Garden, Clarkston, Glasgow Groam House Museum, Ross-shire, Highlands Haddo House, Ellon, Grampian Heads of Ayr Park, Ayr, Ayrshire Highland Folk Museum, Kingussie, Highlands Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, Highlands Highland Museum of Childhood, Strathpeffer, Highlands Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Highlands Hill House (The), Helensburgh, Glasgow Hill of Tarvit Mansion House & Garden, Cupar, Fife Hirsel Country Park, Coldstream, Borders Holmwood House, Cathcart, Glasgow House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Glasgow House of the Binns, Linlithgow, Edinburgh & the Lothians Hugh Miller's Cottage, Cromarty, Highlands Hutchesons' Hall, Glasgow Inveraray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll Inveraray Jail, Inverary, Argyll Inverewe Garden, Poolewe, Highlands Isle of Arran Distillery, Arran, Ayrshire Jane Welsh Carlyle Museum, Haddington, Edinburgh & the Lothians Jed Forest Deer and Farm Park, Jedburgh, Borders Jim Clark Room, Duns, Borders Kailzie Gardens, Peebles, Borders Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Fairlie, Ayrshire Kellie Castle & Garden, Pittenweem, Fife Kinlochlaich Gardens, Appin, Argyll Kinross House & Gardens, Kinross, Perthshire Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Leith Hall & Garden, Huntly, Grampian Lennoxlove, Haddington, Edinburgh & the Lothians Loch Ness Centre, Drumnadrochit, Highlands Logan Botanic Garden, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway Malleny Garden, Balerno, Edinburgh & the Lothians Manderston, Duns, Borders Mellerstain House, Gordon, Borders Motherwell Heritage Centre, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Argyll Mull Rail - Home of the Balamory Express, Isle of Mull, Argyll Museum of Flight, Haddington, Edinburgh & the Lothians Museum of Lead Mining, Biggar, Dumfries & Galloway Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Borders Noah's Ark Activity Centre, Alford, Grampian NTS Arduaine Garden, Oban, Argyll NTS Crarae Garden, Inveraray, Argyll Oban Rare Breeds Farm Park, Oban, Argyll Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Paisley, Glasgow Paxton House & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Borders Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth, Perthshire Perthshire Visitor Centre, Perth, Perthshire Pitmedden Garden, Ellon, Grampian Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin, Grampian Pollok House, Glasgow Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot, East Lothian, Edinburgh & the Lothians Priorwood Garden & Dried Flower Shop, Melrose, Borders Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen, Grampian Robert Small's Printing Works, Innerleithen, Borders Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Royal Museum, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Royal Observatory Visitor Centre, Edinburgh & the Lothians Royal Yacht Britannia (The), Leith, Edinburgh & the Lothians Scone Palace, Perth, Perthshire Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (The), Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Scotland's Secret Bunker, St Andrews, Fife Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther, Fife Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, Ayrshire Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Edinburgh & the Lothians Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, Edinburgh & the Lothians Shambellie House , Museum of Costume, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling, Stirlingshire Souter Johnnie's Cottage, Kirkoswald, Ayrshire Speyside Cooperage Visitor Centre, Craigellachie, Grampian Storybook Glen and Garden Centre, Aberdeen, Grampian Strathisla Distillery, Keith, Grampian Stratosphere, Aberdeen, Grampian Summerlee Heritage Park, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, Glasgow Tenement House (The), Garnethill, Glasgow Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Borders Threave Estate & Garden, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway Torosay Castle, Isle of Mull, Argyll Traquair House, Innerleithen, Borders Weavers Cottage, Kilbarchan, Glasgow Whithorn Trust, Whithorn, Dumfries & Galloway
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