Tips & Tricks
Gleneagles (Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire) — for those who are addicted to the game of golf, Gleneagles offers the chance to play on the world’s finest courses. Located an hour northwest of Edinbergh (via routes A90 and M90), this is a world-famous golf resort and host of the Ryder Cup in 2014. Gleneagles is home to […]
Royal Troon Championship Golf Course (Craigend Road, Troon, Ayrshire) – located 1 ½ hours (78 miles) southwest of Edinburgh, Royal Troon lies at the southern end of that beautiful stretch of Ayrshire coastline where golf was played long before the Troon Golf Club was founded in 1878. The Club became Royal in its centenary year […]
Musselburgh Racecourse (Linkfield Road, Musselburgh, East Lothian) — located in Musselburgh by the River Esk, 6 miles from Edinburgh, the horse racecourse is an award-winning 5 star attraction and is the ideal location for a day at the races. The course is 2 km long and there’s even a 9-hole golf course in the middle. […]
Malt Whisky Trail — Follow the world-famous Malt Whisky Trail through Speyside to seven working distilleries, including a fascinating cooperage and a historic distillery. From Benromach to Dallas Dhu, a perfect time capsule of whisky-making; from Glen Moray to Strathisla, home and heart of Chivas Regal; from the Glen Grant distillery to the Speyside Cooperage […]
St. Andrews Links Old Course (Pilmour House, St. Andrews, Fife) — this is perhaps the most famous golf complex in the world and the most regularly used for the Open Championship. Golf has been played here in some form or other since 1400. There is a total of seven courses on the premises. For more […]
Edinburgh Mela (Leith Links, Edinburgh) – held annually in late August, the Edinburgh Mela (held at Leith Links, a public park within the docks district of Edinburgh) seeks to embrace all its diverse communities and cultures, providing a showcase and development opportunities for artists from within those groups, working alongside artists of national and international […]