Scotland: A beginner's guide
Scotland is one of Europe's most visually - and culturally - absorbing destinations.
Edinburgh, Scotland
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$18m restoration: Scotland's only surviving Mackintosh-designed tearoom
Visionary architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh's restored tearoom is a living (and dining) work of art.
The surprising destination where gin is the new whisky
Scotland has been won over by a genius idea - gin.
The wild island where George Orwell wrote 1984
Black storms crash in from the North Atlantic and in summer 14 degrees with showers is a balmy day.
Emirates revamps its complimentary spirits selection
When the next Emirates A380 takes off from Sydney it will be sloshing around with some of the finest whiskies on the planet.
Scotland's newest attraction holds one of Australia's biggest controversies
The budgie smuggler stars in an exhibit in Dundee, a city emerging as a serious arts and food hub.
A Scottish isle's unique connection to Australia
The story of Mull, much like the story of modern Scotland itself, is a tale of departures.
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Scotland comes in three shades: luminous green of its rolling hills and wild snow-capped mountains, grey for its history-dense castles, walls and houses, and red for its traditional kilts and its bloody, mind-blowing past. If that doesn't tempt, visit its outlying islands, experience Scottish pride and its legacies; its bizarre cuisine, single-malt whisky, music festivals, and hairy coos. Do we need to go on?
