Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hidden Gems
For those who enjoy exploring off the beaten track, Scotland is littered with hidden
corners, remote road-ends and quiet cul-de-sacs where you can feel as if you are discover-
ing the place for the first time.
Fossil Grove
This strange fossilised forest is a relaxing place to escape Glasgow's bustle (
Falls of Clyde
Normally associated with shipbuilding, the River Clyde reveals the bucolic
side of its character further upstream (
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Benmore Botanic Gardens
Tucked away in a fold of the hills in the heart of the Cowal
peninsula, this Victorian garden is a riot of colour in spring and early summer (
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Scotland's Secret Bunker
It's back to the Cold War in this chilling but fascinating nucle-
ar hideout hidden beneath a field in the middle of rural Fife (
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Cape Wrath
A curious boat-minibus combo grinds you through a missile range to this
spectacular headland at Britain's northwest tip (
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Islands
Scotland has more than 700 islands scattered around its shore. While the vast majority of
visitors stick to the larger, better-known ones such as Arran, Skye, Mull and Lewis, it's of-
ten the smaller, lesser-known islands that provide the real highlights.
Iona
Beautiful, peaceful (once the day-trippers have left) and of huge historic and cultural
importance, Iona is the jewel of the Hebrides (
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Eigg
The most intriguing of the Small Isles, with its miniature mountain, massacre cave
and singing sands (
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Jura
Wild and untamed, with more deer than people, and a dangerous whirlpool at its
northern end (
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Isle of May
Just a mile long, this spot off the Fife coast erupts to the clamour of tens of
thousands of puffins in spring and summer (
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