Puffin Watching: Isle of Staffa, Scotland

A trip to Scotland’s West Coast should include a visit to the beautiful Isle of Mull – a peaceful island home to the Tobermory Distillery. Tobermory itself is a quaint little village situated on a fishing harbor that is lined with brightly colored buildings. It’s a terrific village where you could very easily waste away [...]

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Friday Travel Photo: Highland Cow in Scotland

Today’s Friday Travel Photo features a highland cow in the Scottish Highlands. These highland cattle – known as hairy coos in Scotland - are native to the Highlands of Scotland and are identifiable by their long hair and big horns. They’re rugged animals and can survive the wet, cold, and windy winters of the Highlands. [...]

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Friday Travel Photo: Loch Ness, Scotland

Today’s Friday Travel Photo takes you Loch Ness in Scotland’s Highlands. Loch Ness is 23 miles long and 755 feet deep at its deepest point – so deep, that all the water in England and Wales would still not be enough to fill it. If you’re visiting Edinburgh, consider getting out of the city on a [...]

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Monday Escape: Tobermory, Isle of Mull

Today’s Monday Escape brings you to the small fishing village of Tobermory on Scotland’s Isle of Mull. The village just asks to be featured on Scottish postcards with brightly colored buildings surrounding a small harbor. It is a working fishing village which was founded in 1788 and well worth a visit if you’re traveling around [...]

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Day Tripping from Edinburgh

Today’s guest post was submitted by Nicole Graham. Nicole has a passion for Scotland that is probably unsurpassed by few. Nicole has also written a great post about her hometown and favorite city in the world, Edinburgh – read about her perspective of Scotland’s capital here. Many people often come to Scotland for a city [...]

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