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Inverewe Garden – a Colourful Garden in the Highlands

Gartenanlage im Walled Garden von Inverewe

On a barren hillside in the Highlands, a Scotsman created a Garden of Eden – Inverewe Garden. Here he coaxed magnificent plants from all over the world into thriving, and today every visitor can marvel at them. Inverewe Garden covers almost 21 hectares – roughly the size of 40 football pitches. And it needs every […]

Dunrobin Castle – Sutherland’s Fairy-Tale Castle

Dunrobin Castle von den Gärten aus gesehen

A castle that brings to mind Disney, Neuschwanstein and French chateaux – right in the middle of the Highlands. Dunrobin Castle offers a dream-like backdrop directly on the North Sea. The white castle, with its many small turrets, bay windows and windows, sits enthroned above a grand garden. Behind it: nothing but the open sea. […]

Camster Cairns – Eerie Burial Mounds in Caithness

Eerie. Grey stone tombs in a bleak, boggy landscape in the middle of nowhere. The Camster Cairns have patiently kept their secret here for thousands of years. A Stone Age death cult is thought to have taken place in these two burial monuments around 5,000 years ago – though exactly what was celebrated in the […]

Ullapool – Harbour Town and Gateway to the Wilderness

A row of white houses along the shore of Loch Broom – Ullapool has all the romantic charm of a fishing harbour, but offers plenty more besides. It’s the last sizeable settlement before you head into the solitude of the North Highlands, and it’s also the ferry port for the crossing to Stornoway on the […]

Castle of Mey – The Old Lady and the Sea

Castle of Mey, on Scotland’s rugged north coast, was the Queen Mother’s summer residence. A visit to the castle offers a glimpse into the life of this charming elderly lady – the former Queen of Great Britain. Here of all places in northern Scotland, where the North Sea and the Atlantic roar as they battle […]

John o’ Groats – From an Unattractive Town to a Tourist Attraction

“Most Desolate Place of the Year 2010″—there are certainly more desirable awards that John o’ Groats would have preferred to win. But the town has changed since then. When it rains – and that’s certainly not uncommon in Scotland – there are actually few places that seem more desolate. Lower John o’ Groats, by the […]

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