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Ullapool Travel Guide Information
Ullapool is a small town of around 1,300 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Despite its small size, it is the largest settlement for many miles around, and is a major tourist destination of Scotland. Ullapool is a small village on the shores of Loch Broom in the Highlands of Scotland, about an hour [...]
Continue reading...Sutherland Travel and Tourism Information
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sutherland is a registration county, lieutenancy area and historic administrative county of Scotland. It is now within the Highland local government area. The county town, and only burgh of the county, is Dornoch. Other settlements include Lairg, Brora, Durness, Embo, Tongue, Golspie, Helmsdale, Lochinver and Kinlochbervie. The population of the county as at the 2001 Census [...]
Continue reading...Oban Visiting and Travel Information
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban occupies a beautiful setting in the Firth of Lorn. Oban Bay is a near perfect [...]
Continue reading...Isle of Skye Travel Guide
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island’s peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillin hills. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic name describes this shape there is no definitive agreement as to its origins. Skye, often [...]
Continue reading...Inverness Visitor Travel Tips
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Inverness is a city in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and it is promoted as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness is unusual, however, in that although there are letters patent, dating from 2001 and now held in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the city [...]
Continue reading...Glasgow Travel and Tourist Information
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. Fully named as the City of Glasgow, it is the most populous of Scotland’s 32 unitary authority areas. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country’s west central lowlands. A person from Glasgow is known as a [...]
Continue reading...Gairloch Travel Information
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Gairloch is a small village on the shores of Loch Gairloch on the northwest coast of Scotland. A popular tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch boasts a golf course, a small museum, several hotels, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local radio station, beaches and nearby mountains. The parish and community [...]
Continue reading...Fort William Travel Information
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Fort William is the largest town in the highlands of Scotland, now that Inverness has achieved City status. Originally based around the still-extant village of Inverlochy, the town lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil. It is close to Ben Nevis, the highest mountain [...]
Continue reading...Edinburgh Travel and Tourist Guide
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish city after Glasgow. Edinburgh is one of Scotland’s 32 local government council areas. Located in the south-east of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast of the Central Belt, along the Firth of Forth, [...]
Continue reading...Aberdeen Visitor Travel Guide
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Aberdeen is Scotland’s third most populous city and one of Scotland’s 32 local government council areas. Nicknames include the Granite City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. During the mid-18th to mid-20th centuries, Aberdeen’s buildings incorporated locally quarried grey granite, whose mica deposits sparkle like silver. The city has a long, sandy coastline. [...]
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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