This summer for your holiday why not support tourism here in the UK, there are many great places to discover and nowhere more so than Scotland, with so many sights, sounds and tastes to explore you will probably find yourself coming back time and time again.
Getting to Scotland is easy you can get direct flights to Glasgow or Edinburgh from many UK airports, you can travel up there by train on the East Coast and West Coast Mainlines and you can also easily travel by car. If you travel by air or by rail you can hire a car to explore what Scotland has to offer or if you wish to get some exercise and want to explore harder to reach places you can also hire bikes to get around on.
Scotland is split up into 14 regions, each offering their own taste of Scotland:
1. Shetland
2. Orkney
3. The Outer Hebrides
4. Highlands & Moray
5. Aberdeen City & Shire
6. Angus & Dundee
7. Perthshire
8. Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling & Trossachs
9. The Kingdom of Fife
10. Edinburgh & the Lothian’s
11. Glasgow & the Clyde Valley
12. Ayrshire & Arran
13. Dumfries & Galloway
14. Scottish Borders
Over the summer there are many events and festivals held all around Scotland which offer an insight into the local history, some of these include:
Edinburgh International Film Festival – 16 June 2010 to 27 June 2010
Isle of Gigha Music Festival – 25 June 2010 to 28 June 2010
Scottish Traditional Boat Festival – 26 June 2010 to 27 June 2010
Tarbert Seafood Festival – 2 July 2010 to 5 July 2010
The Open Championship – 11 July 2010 to 18 July 2010
Hebridean Celtic Festival – 14 July 2010 to 17 July 2010
Inveraray Highland Games – 20 July 2010 to 21 July 2010
Wickerman Festival – 23 July 2010 to 24 July 2010
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – 6 August 2010 to 30 August 2010
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo – 6 August 2010 to 28 August 2010
So all you have to do now is decide where you want to go in Scotland, whether you want to enjoy what the 14 Scottish Regions have to offer, or whether you want to take part in some of the many events that will be taking place this summer.
Flower of Scotland
Picture courtesy of foxypar4
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