Archive for the ‘Scotland’ Category

Fortune Favours the Brave – Academy Award for Scotland-Set Film

Disney•Pixar’s box-office smash hit “Brave” has won Best Animated Feature at this year’s 85th Academy Awards®, after previously scooping the same title at this year’s Golden Globes and BAFTAs. VisitScotland, Scotland’s national tourism organisation, teamed up with The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East & Africa to promote Scottish tourism around the Disney•Pixar film. This marked [...]

February 25, 2013 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
Posted in: Scotland

Small Ponies Mark Big Celebrations for Year of Natural Scotland

Scotland’s outstanding natural beauty will be celebrated this year as the country showcases the best of its historic landscapes, natural playgrounds and fascinating wildlife as part of the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. With a spotlight on events and new attractions, this year’s highlights include Up Helly Aa; Europe’s largest annual Viking fire festival in Shetland [...]

January 24, 2013 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Active Britain – A Natural Gym

As the London 2012 Olympic Games start to wind down, athletes are already back training and gearing up for more competitions around the world. Britain’s Olympians have done very well on the podium this year, which may be thanks to the fantastic natural landscapes that make Britain like a natural gym.

August 8, 2012 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
Posted in: England, Scotland, Wales

BikeHike Adventures Challenges Goal-Oriented Travellers to Bike Scotland Coast to Coast

Vancouver, B.C. – In an effort to combine adventure with a goal, BikeHike Adventures has served up another point-to-point biking holiday. Challenge-oriented vacationers will ride clear across Scotland from Aberdeen in the east to Ardnamurchan in the west. Departing September 2012, the ride is the ultimate pairing of beauty and endurance.

July 25, 2012 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Year of Creative Scotland 2012 Celebrations Continue

Five Scottish communities have been awarded the title of Scotland’s most creative places, as part of the Year of Creative Scotland 2012, a year-long celebration of Scotland’s cultural and creative strengths. Winners include the Wigtown Book Festival, West Kilbride’s Craft Town Scotland initiative, and the already world renowned town of St Andrews.

February 7, 2012 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Drive It Home Campaign to Showcase Scottish Golf at its Best

Scotland’s top golf courses have joined forces with Scotland’s national tourist board to give golf fans a once in a lifetime opportunity to play on a host of world-renowned golf courses, including the home of the 2014 Ryder Cup, Gleneagles.

February 2, 2012 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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10 interesting facts about Robert Burns – Scotland’s Best-Loved Son

Burns’ Night is celebrated on the anniversary of The Bard’s birth, the 25th January, every year, and is commemorated on various nights throughout the lead-up to this historic day, with music, dancing, poetry, haggis, and whisky, meaning there is a perfect way for everyone to celebrate Burns’ Night.            

January 24, 2012 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Grab a Scottish Glen

‘Grab a Glen’ with VisitScotland this autumn and experience some of the active adventures, unique walking and spectacular glens that Scotland has to offer.

August 29, 2011 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Celebrate Harry Potter’s Grand Finale at Home in Scotland

This month sees the release of the final film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. It is easy to see how Scotland may have been the inspiration for many of the locations featured in JK Rowling’s world famous wizardry books and the subsequent films. VisitScotland has highlighted some of the [...]

July 6, 2011 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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Might you be a Proud Scot like Russell Crowe? VisitScotland launches Free Ancestral Credits Promotion to Research your Roots

Film star Russell Crowe visited Scotland, the land of his mother’s roots, last month. The star had always believed his mother’s family, whose surname is Wemyss, had Scottish roots but the star has now confirmed this by tracing back several generations to the east coast of Scotland. Crowe said, “I’ve always been proud of my [...]

July 6, 2011 ¡ admin ¡ Comments Closed
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