Edinburgh International Festival 2011 in Scotland One of the great cultural events of the month of August in Europe is undoubtedly the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland. During its dates of celebration in this year 2011, from August 12 to September 4, the Scottish capital becomes the venue for important concerts of classical music, opera, jazz, and dance and theater shows.
Read MoreBatteries in the walls of the medieval castle of Stirling in Scotland Rating: *** Very Recommended In case you are preparing a car trip through Scotland, one of the must-see tours is Stirling, in the Lowlands Scottish Halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow you will find Stirling on a hill, in territories that were often protagonists of the history of Scotland during the Middle Ages.
Read MoreBlair Castle in the Highlands of Scotland Highland Do you know that in the Blair Castle, in the Highlands of Scotland, the Highlanders of Atholl, a private army that still maintains the right that Queen Victoria granted to her Clan of the Atholl? Blair Castle is located in the Scottish Highlands, halfway between Edinburgh and Loch Ness, very close to the beautiful holiday village of Pitlochry.
Read MoreIn the context of the Edinburgh International Festival, which is held every August in the capital of Scotland, the Royal Military Tattoo is undoubtedly the spectacle that generates the greatest attraction among visitors at that time in the medieval city. Since 1950, in the great enclosure that is installed in front of the entrance of the Castle of Edinburgh, the great show of military bands of bagpipes and drums known as Military Tattoo takes place.
Read MoreThe Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland Do you know that The Hub, the gothic-style building of the medieval city of Edinburgh, in Scotland, has a supermodern interior design, which has nothing to do with a historic building? Edinburgh is a city that stands out for the large number of medieval buildings it preserves, including churches and Gothic architectural towers.
Read MorePrinces Street Gardens in the new city of Edinburgh - Scotland If the Royal Mile is the main hub of the medieval city of Edinburgh, which runs along Castle Hill, the new city, at the foot of the hill, It has its main artery on Princes Street. In addition to an important commercial street, the gardens that occupy the south side of Princes Street always have a great atmosphere promoted by the excellent views from the medieval city.
Read MoreIn the GUIDES TRAVEL TO ENGLAND and SCOTLAND blog I have included the four ten-minute videos each in which an interesting documentary is divided that presents the most interesting visits we can make on our trip to Edinburgh, in Scotland. In this documentary we will see images of the modern city of Edinburgh, in the area of Queen Street, or the street and parks of Princes Street, and also of the medieval city, of the various monuments of the Royal Mile, such as the St Giles Cathedral , Edinburgh Castle or the Palace of Holyroodhouse, or the medieval houses Gladstones Land and John Knox House.
Read MoreIsle of Skye in the Highlands - Scotland Rating: *** Highly Recommended When we plan to take a tour of Scotland, we are looking to enjoy beautiful landscapes of mountains and lakes. On our route by car, the Isle of Skye becomes one of the must-see places where we can find those characteristic landscapes of the Scottish Highlands.
Read MorePanoramic views of the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral - Scotland Rating: *** Highly recommended On a trip to Scotland, a highly recommended visit is St Andrews, a small medieval town that is not too far from Edinburgh, an hour and a half away by car to the northeast. On this visit we can walk through the streets of a town of medieval origin with a historical university tradition, and which in the past was the ecclesiastical center of Scotland.
Read MoreInterior fortification in Edinburgh Castle - Scotland Rating: *** Highly Recommended One of the must-see tours on our trip to Edinburgh in Scotland is the medieval castle. With its impressive location on a rocky hill, it is situated in the upper part of the Royal Mile, the main street of the historic medieval city.
Read MoreWe returned to the local roads with its consequences: “watch out for the bikes that leave on your left, with the Ambassadore that pass you on the right, with the buses that you are facing, occupying your entire lane, with the slow ox-drawn cars , with the children dressed in uniform who fight on the shoulder while they go to school, with the goats, with the cows, with the dogs, with the highlights that seem brought from the Himalayas by some mythological monkey, with the potholes and patches of your lane… ”Today we are waiting for a stop halfway much more attractive than the other days we stopped at any stand next to the road, yes, with irons where to cook the huge dosas, our breakfast mototrip star. Read More
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