Unmatched in its romantic resonance, Scotland's remote landscape offers tales of courage and savagery, of loyalty and treachery--legends set against a panorama of wild beauty.

Callanish Standing Stones
Photo © Joanne Mackenzie-Winters
The Internet Guide to Scotland

Scotch whisky dates back to the 15th century and probably long before that. Not to be confused with "whiskey" as it is spelled in the United states.

Old Scotch Whisky Distillery

 

Traditional Scottish cuisine is based on local produce - oats for porridge and oatcake biscuits (bannocks), salted, or smoked meat and game.

Shortbread

 

Scotland's rich heritage of music and dancing has aroused worldwide interest for many years. Fortunately, the development of Scottish music in the last 300 years has been exceedingly well documented.

Pipper

 

Scotland has so much to offer, it's sometimes difficult to know where to start!

Eilean Castle

 

She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.

Marie Stuart - Queen of Scots

 

No country offers better or richer facilities for tracking ancestors than Scotland.

Street in Old Scotland

 

In old Scotland, the Kelpie is a treacherous water devil who lurks in lakes and rivers. It usually assumes the shape of a young horse. When a tired traveler stops by a lake to rest or to have a drink, he would see a horse, apparently peacefully grazing. When he mounts the horse, the Kelpie dives into the water, but besides wet clothes, the rider gets away unharmed.