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