While each of the four nations that comprise the United Kingdom boast mountain regions of their own, Scotland’s high places are the highest, most extensive and the most spectacular. The country’s ...

Beaches, Natural Wonders, Free, Parks and Gardens, Neighborhood/Area, Hiking, Recreation If you only had time to visit one part of the Scottish Highlands, let it be the Isle of Skye. Located on the ...

If you really want to take in the full spectrum of the Highlands' geographical grandeur, make time for its beaches. Some of the beaches feature waters so clear and sands so white they resemble the ...

Driving into the Scottish Highlands, I was prepared for a weekend of whiskey and castles, bagpipes and thick brogues. (You know, the stuff of Scotch commercials.) I was right on the first two counts, ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

As rewilding accelerates around the world, the global movement's first dedicated centre has opened in the Scottish Highlands. If you cut down a rowan tree, should you ask permission from the sìthean, ...

Something like the Vermont of the U.K., the Highlands are a region of grand, sprawling landscapes, warm, unpretentious people and cozy luxury. An ancient region with a rich and complex history, ...

I had always wanted to visit the Scottish highlands. And boy did they very much exceeded my expectations. There is something quite magical about the Scottish Highlands – the extreme and ridiculously ...

In the banks of the River Forss, in the rugged northern Scotland town of Thurso, Caithness County, wee Anne Mackenzie, manager of the Forss House Hotel for more than 25 years, famously keeps “near ...

If you cut down a rowan tree, should you ask permission from the sìthean, or fairies? Yes. Does a scarab-shaped woodland dor beetle squeak when you pick it up? Yes. Does each of the 18 letters in the ...