Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
STATELY HOMES
This region is rich in Adam-designed mansions such as Culzean Castle, Paxton House,
Floors Castle and Mellerstain House, but the almost perfectly preserved Chippendale
time-capsule Dumfries House takes top place.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
The rounded, heather-clad hills of the Southern Uplands can't compete with the Highlands
for scenery, but the granite hills of Galloway and Arran are prime hill walking country,
and the 7stanes trail centres offer some of the UK's best and most challenging mountain
biking.
Central Scotland
Golf
Scenery
Castles
GOLF
Scotland is the home of golf, and the Old Course at St Andrews - the oldest in the world -
is on every golfer's wish list. The game has been played here for more than 600 years; the
Royal & Ancient Golf Club, the game's governing body, was founded in 1754.
