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• Enjoy the Scotch Whisky Experience

  Housed in a stately old school building near Edinburgh Castle, the Scotch Whisky Experience offers fascinating insight into the history, development and distilling of Scotland's iconic ...

• The Scottish Crossbill – Endemic to Scotland

  With the spectacular pine forests of the Scottish Highlands as their home, Scottish crossbills are the only known endemic bird species in the whole of the United Kingdom. In fact, they are ...

• Visit the Fascinating Folly at Dunmore

  Located between the villages of Dunmore and Airth, in the Falkirk Council area of Scotland, is a most unusual 18th century building dubbed the Dunmore Pineapple. The building with its large ...

• A Tribute to Old Tom Morris

  With the prestigious Ryder Cup set to take place on the PGA Centenary Course at the Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder in Perthshire on 26-28 September 2014, it seems fitting to pay ...

• Examining Religion at Glasgow’s St Mungo Museum

  Named in honor of the patron saint of Glasgow, the St Mungo Museum is housed in a Scottish baronial style building which was built in 1989 by Ian Begg. The majestic stone and mortar ...

• Travel by Steamer on Scotland’s Waterways

  Built by Glasgow-based shipbuilders A&J Inglis, and launched in October 1946, the PS Waverley has an interesting history, and today offers leisurely trips to a variety of spectacular ...

• Shark Spotting in the Scottish Hebrides

  As Scotland heads into summer, the first basking sharks of the 2014 season have been spotted off the coast of the Scottish Hebrides, attracted by the abundance of their staple food, ...

• Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation in Oban

  As part of the Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary, the Seal Rescue Centre in Oban is dedicated to protecting, rescuing and rehabilitating seals in this picturesque region of Scotland. The team at ...

• Aberlemno’s Pictish Stones

  Found in various locations in Scotland, Pictish stones have fascinated scholars for generations. Dating back to the 6th to 9th centuries, these large stone monuments are engraved with ...