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Scotland : Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye is the biggest of Scotland's islands (now linked to the mainland by a bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh), a 50-mile-long s...

Deep, dark and narrow, Loch Ness stretches for 23 miles between Inverness and Fort Augustus. Its bitterly cold waters have been extensive...

The 'bonnie banks' and 'bonnie braes' of Loch Lomond have long been Glasgow's rural retreat. The main tourist focus i...

With a population around 1½ times that of Edinburgh, and a radically different history rooted in industry and trade rather than politics ...

Edinburgh is a city that just begs to be explored. From the imposing castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the Royal Yacht Britannia, ...

Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri; www.eryri-npa.gov.uk ) was founded in 1951 (making it Wales’ first national park). Aro...

The capital of Wales since only 1955, Cardiff has embraced its new role with vigour, emerging as one of Britain's leading urban cent...

Nowhere in northern England says 'medieval' quite like York, a city of extraordinary historical wealth that has lost little of i...

Abounding with exquisite architecture, oozing history and tradition, and renowned for its quirky rituals, Cambridge is a university town...