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Hello, and welcome to Undiscovered Scotland, the ultimate online guide to Scotland. The site is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory, and aims to show you what the country is really like. We also offer website design, maintenance and hosting services.
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You can navigate the site using clickable maps like the one on this page or the drop down menus. There are other resources to help you, including the Alphabetical Index, the Site Index, the Accommodation Index, the Late Availability listings page, the Search boxes on most pages (usually below a clickable map), the Site Information section, the What's On? and What's New? pages and Scotfax. In addition we have collections of links to resources such as Tour Operators and Walking and Climbing. Or simply visit a random feature page.
Accommodation can be accessed via the "Accommodation" menu at the top of many pages, including this one, or using the "See and Stay" menus at the top of many other pages.
Header Slides
Today's header slides are a view of Arniston House, an exceptionally fine Palladian mansion south of Edinburgh; and the sweeping vista over Bettyhill in the far north of Sutherland.
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In Focus
3½ miles south-east of Coldstream lies the
English village of Branxton. On 9 September 1513, one of the most important events in
Scottish history took place here when Scottish and
English armies met at the Battle of Flodden. The
outcome was a catastrophe for Scotland. The Scots lost some 10,000 men from an army of some 25,000.
The dead included King James IV, alongside a what
was in effect a whole generation of the Scottish nobility. (
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On This Day
9 September 1543: Mary is crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, at the age of nine months.
9 September 1758: The birth in Edinburgh of Alexander Nasmyth, the landscape and portrait painter who has often been called "father of Scottish landscape painting".
9 September 1978: Hugh MacDiarmid, considered by many to be the most important Scottish poet of the 20th Century, dies at his home in Biggar.
9 September 1951: The death of Andrew Blain Baird, who in 1910, while working as a blacksmith in Rothesay, made the first flight by an entirely Scottish designed and built aeroplane.
Featured Book
Hide and Seek by Ken Lussey (26 May 2023).
A fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle and more widely across Scotland during World War Two. It’s April 1943. Medical student
Helen Erickson is followed from London to her aunt’s farm in Perthshire. What do her pursuers want? Meanwhile Monique Dubois is
attending a secret meeting at Stirling Castle when an old adversary is murdered in a chilling echo of a dark episode in the castle’s
history. Bob Sutherland and the MI11 team are called in and discover that almost everyone who knew the victim had a motive.
Then Helen disappears.
Read our full review.
Scottish Resources
- Sykes Holiday Cottages, providing a great choice of self-catering accommodation throughout Scotland.
- Cottages & Castles A fabulous selection of self-catering properties for your perfect Scottish escape.
- Wedding, family and other photography in central Scotland and beyond by Carolyn Henry Photography.
- Apartments at Turnberry Luxury self-catering accommodation overlooking Ayrshire's beautiful coastline.
- Floral interior design trends for modern homes. Buy your flowers from myglobalflowers.com
- Holidaycottages.co.uk offer over 750 hand-picked holiday cottages in wonderful locations across Scotland.
- Arachnid Press Independent Scottish Publisher. Our latest book is the murder mystery Bridge of Sighs.
- For a great choice of holiday cottages across the UK visit Countrycottagesonline.com
- Springbok Properties buy houses across Scotland directly from owners who need a fast, certain sale.
- First Mortgage Scotland's leading mortgage advisors, providing fee-free and impartial mortgage advice.
- Luxury self-drive Land Rover tours with Celtic Routes - scenic routes, handpicked hotels.
- Simply Owners Scotland - Book Scottish self-catering cottages direct with owners for the best rates.
- Blind Summit Independent whisky bottlers & blenders. Creative, hands-on whisky makers based in Leith.
- Cottage Gems A fabulous collection of luxury, stylish and 5 star holiday properties in the UK and Ireland.
- Scot Mountain Holidays Walking, biking and adventure holidays in Scotland plus family run lodge.
- Hebridean Princess Small ship luxury cruises throughout the Highlands and Islands.
