Scotland this weekend

I’m headed to Scotland tomorrow for four days of fun. I’m headed to a fiddle festival and a concert in Glenuig, but other than that plans are pretty open. So do you have any tips on things I should see in Southern Scotland this weekend?

Update: I got these tips from friends on Facebook

  • I would recommend Edinburgh castle – well worth taking the guided tour & also Loch Lomond, breathtaking! Have fun.
  • Just walk around Edinburgh and party with the punk rock kids at night.

    -1 for Loch tours – generally boring if kinda pretty.

  • Culzean Castle (pronounced something like Cullane) is the Kennedy family seat. It now belongs to the national trust. It isn’t near Glenuig, but it is in the south of Scotland, south of Ayr.
  • Unfortunatly we are out of thew tourist season now and many of the attractions are now closed (better to visit in the spring/summer time.) I’d have suggested Drumlanrig castle, home of Bonnie Prince Charlie (working estate) but its closed now until 2nd April, in terms of land access (walks) there are no public rights of way in Scotland, its now Grouse shooting season so access to land is a problem, but there may be tourist attractions open within the cities.
  • If you hit Edinburgh, definitely hike up Aurthur’s Seat, which you may have already done, but is awesome. Skip the trail and scramble up the side. Much more fun that way.

    Also, see if you can shoot some grouse. And drink scotch. Lots of it.

  • i highly reccommend scotland’s best indian restaurant note: this is a joke as I went to Scotland’s best Indian restaurant with this friend. It was indeed delicious.
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One Response to “Scotland this weekend”

  1. Αngelina says:

    Hello!!I am from Greece and i like Scotland!It has a lot of green fields and the people are very friendly.I think that Inverness is the most beautiful city!try to visit Inverness!!!It has a big river,green and a castle!Also there are a low cost pub named Johny Foxes!DELICIOUS PLATES!

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