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Welcome to Travel Scotland

[H2] Scotland's best holiday travel site.

Holiday Cottages in Scotland | Scotland Tours | Scotland Guide
If you're looking for ideas on what to do or where to visit for your holidays in Scotland you have come to the right place. TravelScotland brings you the best Scottish hotels and guesthouses, tours and itineraries, self catering holiday cottages and apartments, activities, guided tours and even mountain walks - all in all the perfect holiday destination whether you are single, couple or family group.
Scotland Travel allows to you to build a wonderful Scottish holiday. Book accommodation online, day trips and tours around Scotland. You can combine hotels and itineraries to make your ideal trip.
Travel Scotland is packed full of useful travel information which will help you plan or dream in detail about a holiday in Scotland. Our Guide to Scotland is the most detailed scottish guide online and will help you decide what to see and do before you arrive.
Travel Scotland is not a tourist board or a multinational. We live in Scotland and want to share with you the special beauty and excitement of our land. We are here to help make your Scottish journey the journey of a lifetime. Find out more about Scotland's History.
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Travel Scotland offers Holiday Cottages in Scotland for rent, hotel and guesthouse accommodation in Scotland, minibus and coach tours as well as self driven itineraries.
We can show availability for most of the different products we offer as well as being able to create bespoke packages for you. If you are looking for help with group or party bookings, please contact us directly for advice and help with placing reservations. plus for a romantic break at any time of year see our  Top 10 Romantic Cottages in Scotland.

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[H1] Holiday Cottages in Scotland

[H2] Self Catering Holiday Homes

Our portfolio of Self catering holiday cottages, houses and apartments for rent across Scotland must be the most comprehensive anywhere. As many as 2000 Scottish self catering cottages are available for you to rent for week long holidays or short lets across Scotland. You can browse the Scotland cottages directory or you can use our fast map availability search which displays all available self catering accommodation in Scotland for your specified dates. You can zoom in these interactive maps to find what is available.   We have a wide range of hand picked holiday cottages ranging from  luxury Scottish castles to budget accommodation options including country cottages to cater to every budget. We choose all the properties after individually inspecting them to ensure the best holiday experience for you.
We have also categorised self catering holiday cottages based on  other criteria such as being pet friendly, having hot tubs, wifi, etc, which are listed  below! Call us or choose from the personalised list of self catering holiday cottages in Scotland to find your dream holiday home today!

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A wide range of affordable and luxury apartments in Edinburgh.

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Glasgow offers a slew of interesting choices in self catering properties.

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Read more on our cottages on Scotland's Inner Hebrides - Skye, Mull, Tiree, Rum and Colonsay.

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To make your holidays truly enjoyable and hassle free we have listed some of the most popular self catering options and holiday cottages around the Scottish Highlands.

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[H2] Top Cottages in all Scotland

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Windyhill Self Catering Cottage in Achiltibuie - Sleeps 6

Wonderful luxury self catering cottage with amazing views over the Summer Isles - fantastic living space. Now with a hot tub!

Sleeps: 6

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Hillview Cottage, Cairngorms - with Hot Tub, sleeps 14

Self Catering cottage with fantastic living space, hot tub, wi-fi and loads to do in the area. Sleeps 12.

Sleeps: 14

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[H1] Tours of Scotland

Enjoy the extraordinary landscape on one of our Scotland tours.
This is our selection of guided coach and self-drive tours packages of Scotland.
We have Scottish coach and bus tours with durations of 1 to 13 days; we also have a range of self-drive itineraries in the Scottish Highlands and Islands where we provide the accommodation (and car if required) and you do the rest.
To help you choose more easily, we have created some categories that show when different tours depart and from which city.
Our extended Scotland tour packages are displayed under their departure city with most being available from Edinburgh. We have packages from 2-13 days on luxury coaches which are also listed under our Scotland Tour Holidays below
We have a list of Driving Tours of Scotland where we provide the schedule and book all your accommodation and you do the driving and the  enjoying of Scotland. These tours are of varying durations from 4 days through to a complete fortnight.

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[H2] Top 10 Scottish Tours

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The One Day Loch Ness Tour from Edinburgh

This is our most popular day trip the Highlands covering Loch Ness and Glencoe and taking in some of the most dramatic scenery of the Scottish Highlands. Visit Glencoe and perhaps a cruise on Loch Ness cruise and visit to Urquhart Castle. Runs 360 days a year.

Prices From: £49
Days: Every Day

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Loch Lomond, Trossachs & Stirling Castle Day Tour from Edinburgh

This one day tour from Edinburgh takes you to Loch Lomond, the Trossachs National Park and Stirling Castle, and introduces you to the land and legends of Scottish heroes William Wallace and Rob Roy. Runs everyday, all year.

Prices From: £39
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Every Day

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Whisky, Woodland & Wallace Day Tour from Edinburgh

Explore the Wallace Monument, Perthshire’s scenic glens and Scotland’s oldest distillery at Glenturret (Est. 1775).  Visit the Taste Experience Bar and enjoy a dram of the Black Grouse Alpha edition.  Take a woodland walk at The Hermitage and enjoy a visit to picturesque South Queensferry with spectacular views of the Forth Bridges. Runs Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays all year.

Prices From: £34
Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday

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Loch Ness, Glencoe & Highlands Day Tour from Glasgow

One of our most popular full day tours from Glasgow taking in some of the most dramatic scenery of the Scottish Highlands. Visit Glencoe and enjoy options for a Loch Ness cruise and visit to Urquhart Castle. Runs daily throughout the year.

Prices From: £38
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Every Day

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2 Day Eilean Donan, Loch Ness & Highlands Tour

Visit the iconic Eilean Donan Castle, see Glencoe & Rannoch and journey down Loch Ness with an overnight stay in Fort William. Departs Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays all year.

Prices From: £85
Days: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

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3 Day Skye Tour from Glasgow

A great 3 day tour that focuses on the Isle of Skye with 2 nights in Portree. Highlights include Glencoe, Dunvegan Castle, Eilean Donan Castle, Old Man of Storr & lots else. Tour size max 16 in luxury minicoach. Tour runs daily all year round.

Prices From: £135
Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

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4 Day Best of Highlands Coach Tour depart Glasgow

This popular four day tour, which includes a trip to Skye, will give you real insight into the nature and beauty of the Scottish Highlands. This tour takes you through the variety of Scotland's moods and landscapes, covering the country roads from the far west to the far north. It's the perfect introduction to the beauty of Scotland! The tour runs Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from April to October.

Prices From: £455
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday

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2 Day Eilean Donan, Ness & Highlands Tour from Glasgow

A favourite 2 day minicoach tour that leaves Glasgow on Wednesdays and Saturdays all year: experience a dramatic Scottish landscape, rich in history and natural beauty and enjoy an overnight stay in the Highland town of Fort William.

Prices From: £99
Days: Wednesday, Saturday

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2 Day Loch Ness & Highlands Tour

2 day tour from Edinburgh that visits Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Loch Ness, Culloden & Highland Perthshire with an overnight stay in Inverness. Tour runs every Monday and Thursday all year.

Prices From: £78
Days: Monday, Thursday

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3 Day Skye Experience Tour inc Accomm

In 3 days we'll show you Glencoe, Eilean Donan Castle, the Isle of Skye, The Cuillin Hills, Loch Ness, Inverness, Culloden Moor and more.  This tour runs 2 days a week throughout the year, plus everyday through the Summer. 2 nights accommodation is included in the ticket price.

Prices From: £235
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Every Day

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Edinburgh Tattoo Day Tour

A day tour of Highlands + Tattoo at the end, with visits to a distillery (inc dram), mountains of Perthshire. At the end of the day enjoy an evening at the world famous Edinburgh Militatry Tattoo. Runs 5th-27th August NOT Sundays.

Prices From: £115
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

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Roam Around Scotland 8 Day Car Tour

This very popular 8 day car tour of Scotland provides visitors with the best of Scotland with visits to the west coast islands of Mull, Iona and Skye, plus the stunning Highlands of Scotland. Now available all year!

Prices From: £325
Days: Every Day

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8 Day Pet Friendly Scotland Car Tour

A fantastic 8 day round trip of Scotland, staying in pet friendly accommodation. This tour is available from April to October. Simply choose the day you want to start the trip and we book it all the hotels for you! First Pet stay free!

Prices From: £432
Days: Every Day

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Taste of Scotland 4 Day Car Tour

This 4 day car tour will provide you with a real taste of Scotland and the delights on offer. With a choice of accommodation in 3 beautiful areas of Scotland including Oban, Loch Ness and beautiful Perthshire, it'll make you want to come back for more! Now available all year!

Prices From: £144
Days: Every Day

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Loch Lomond, Trossachs & Stirling Castle Day Tour from Glasgow

Discover Loch Lomond, the Trossachs National Park and Stirling Castle. Enjoy a cruise across Loch Lomond, explore the pretty village of Luss and end the day with a visit to Stirling Castle. Runs Monday & Thursdays all year. Returns Glasgow 18:00. Probablt the perfect tour if you want to get out but don't want the monster Loch Ness Odyssey.

Prices From: £36
Days: Monday, Thursday

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3 Day Isle of Skye Minicoach Tour from Edinburgh

3 days to explore the drama and beauty of the Highlands and the Isle of Skye. Includes 2 nights in the picturesque harbour town of Portree in B&B.  Runs Daily. B&B Accommodation INCLUDED. Early Booking Required!!

Prices From: £249
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Every Day

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6 Day Outer Hebrides & Skye Adventure Minicoach Tour

A magnificent adventure to the Outer Hebridean Islands of Lewis and Harris, home to pre-historic stone circles of Callanish and the famous white sandy beaches of Harris, and the magical Isle of Skye. Your tour will also include Ullapool and the Cairngorms. Accommodation INCLUDED. Departs Tuesday & Sundays May to September.

Prices From: £495
Days: Tuesday, Sunday

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[H1] The Guide to Scotland

The TravelScotland website has a definitive Scotland guide right here and it is all fully searchable! So wherever you are going and whatever you are looking for you can find it thanks to us. Click on Scotland Guide in the menu at the top to do a little exploring on your own.

You can also see these represented on a map of Scotland here Every nook and cranny of Scotland is explored in the guide with recommendations of places to visit and things not to miss as well as accommodation, travel and eating out advice. Whether you want to live it up in one of the big cities or get away from it all in the great outdoors you can get all the information and travel tips you need on TravelScotland.

If you are planning a tour in Scotland, looking for inspiration or just finding out more about the country why not take a trip with the Guide to Scotland today?

About the navigation: every page has a navigation bar at the top which works from left to right. The left dropdown leads to all the main section, the middle is specific to each location and the right hand is further elaborations

The best holidays in Scotland are not, as most people assume, spent among the lochs and glens but on Scotland's Best Beaches

Looking for a self catering cottage? well this is probably the best site to find what you are looking for.

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Who Writes the Guide to Scotland

The Travel Scotland Guide is written by a range of writers around Scotland. We welcome locals improving the guide by rewriting, adding to or balancing our own comments. All you need to do is give yourself a login and away you go... It could not be much easier in our opinion. If you really are keen to do something writing, but are confused, give us a call and we will try to help

[H1] Edinburgh Military Tattoo Packages

2019 Tattoo Packages now available
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is one of the world's foremost celebrations of military history and pageant and remembers Scotland extraordinary contribution to British history as well as inviting bands from across the world to celebrate their skill and esprit de corps. We off a selection of Edinburgh Military Tattoo Short Breaks that combine hotel accommodation with Tattoo tickets and are the easiest way to enjoy the Tattoo if you are not living nearby.--readmore--
For 2019, Edinburgh's spectacular and world-renowned Royal Military Tattoo takes place between 2nd - 24th August 2019.
The 2019 Tattoo, which is the 70th consecutive tattoo in Edinburgh will feature, amongst others, the New Zealand Army Band and Lochiel Marching Drill Team, His Majesty The King's Guard from Norway, the Imps Motorcycle Display Team alongside the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces Band and Drill Team as well as the Massed Pipes and Drums of the Scottish Division. In all 1200 performers will feature in 2019 from as far afield as Scandinavia, the Middle East, North America, Europe and the Antipodes. Amongst the British army bands taking part will be The Band of The Household Cavalry, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Royal Regiment of Scotland and The Royal Irish Regiment. The spectacle closes with the  Lone Piper, playing high on the Castle battlements above the parade ground, whose haunting lament, The Flowers of the Forest, originally recalls the dead of Flodden Field but is today a lament for the many soldiers in armies around the world who give their today for our tomorrow.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is Scotland's biggest and best-selling spectacle, the most popular annual event on the Scottish calendar, attracting an international audience each year of some 217,000 people. We offer 2 and 3 night packages to the Tattoo that combine your accommodation and tickets to the Tattoo.

The 2019 Tattoo (2nd-24th August 2019) will be the 70th extravaganza to be staged at the Scottish capital's ancient Castle - a spectacular and inspiring backcloth for this remarkable and internationally acclaimed event. With innovative production, heart-stopping sound, imaginative graphics, state-of-the-art lighting and specially commissioned fireworks, the 90-minute show is set to captivate a large cosmopolitan audience.
The line-up of nearly 1200 performers includes hundreds of musicians, pipers, drummers, singers and dancers.
A huge audience favourite is once again expected to be the traditional and poignant close of the evening's proceedings when the Lone Piper high on the Castle ramparts plays a haunting lament, before the colourful, cosmopolitan cast march off the Esplanade to the strains of famous  pipe melody, The Black Bear.

[H4] Other information about the Edinburgh Military Tattoo:

Doors open 45 minutes before Tattoo performance.
Performances on Monday to Friday start at 21:00 with two performances on Saturday starting at 19:30 and 22:30 with extended fireworks after the late performance.
Duration of Military Tattoo programme: 1.5 hours. (100 minutes)
Subject to appropriate weather conditions, all performances conclude with a fireworks display. Performances on Saturday at 10.30pm conclude with an extended fireworks display.
Tattoo runs Monday to Saturday: there is no SUNDAY performance.
Children of 3 and under admitted free of charge provided they sit on an adults lap.
Children of 4 and above pay full price for tickets
Wheelchair spaces located at the front of Sections 1-5 and 12-17 (£25.00 each Monday to Thursday and £29.00 Friday and Saturday) and at the top of Section 10 facing the Castle (£66.00 Monday to Thursday and £70.00 Friday and Saturday). Prices include the admission of your able bodied attendant).
The management reserve the right of admission.
In the event of any part of the performance being cancelled through inclement weather, tickets are not valid for any other performance and money will not be refunded. No performance has ever been cancelled.

[H3] Seats Available in Tattoo Packages:

All our seats are allocated in the mid tier seats. Most of them are in Areas 3,4,5,12,13,14 although we may have some seats in 2 & 15. The areas in quetion are all coloured YELLOW in the diagram of the arena below.
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[H2] Our 2019 Tattoo Packages

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Edinburgh Tattoo Day Tour

A day tour of Highlands + Tattoo at the end, with visits to a distillery (inc dram), mountains of Perthshire. At the end of the day enjoy an evening at the world famous Edinburgh Militatry Tattoo. Runs 5th-27th August NOT Sundays.

Prices From: £115
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

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Edinburgh Tattoo 2019 at Leonardo Murrayfield Hotel

2 night break in Edinburgh staying at Leonardo Murrayfield Hotel. Available between 2nd - 24th August 2019. Package includes mid-range tickets and city tour.

Prices From: £290
Days: Every Day

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Edinburgh Tattoo 2019 Cairn Hotel Package

2 night Tattoo break in Edinburgh staying at 2/3 star Cairn Hotel on Windsor Street near Calton Hill.  Packages available between 2nd - 24th August 2019.  Package includes 2 nights + tattoo tickets.

Prices From: £300
Days: Every Day

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Edinburgh Tattoo 2019 Holiday Inn West Package

2 night break in Edinburgh staying at the Holiday Inn City West. Available between 2nd - 24th August 2019 including weekends. Three mid-tier tickets included in package. Package can (sometimes) be configured for one night. Perfect for couple & child.

Prices From: £220
Days: Every Day

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Edinburgh Tattoo 2019 Motel 1 Glasgow Package

2 night Tattoo break in Glasgow staying at "hip" Motel One in central Glasgow. Packages available between 2nd - 24th August 2019.

Prices From: £345
Days: Every Day

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Edinburgh Tattoo Braids Hill Break

2 night Tattoo break in Edinburgh staying at Braid Hills Hotel on the SW outskirts of Edinburgh.  Packages available Tues, Thurs. Saturday.  Package includes 2 nights B&B + 1 dinner + Lower tier tattoo tickets.

Prices From: £235
Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

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Edinburgh Tattoo Motel 1 Edinburgh Royal Package

2 night Tattoo break in Edinburgh staying at "hip" budget Motel One in Edinburgh Old Town. Packages available between 2nd - 24th August 2019.

Prices From: £345
Days: Every Day

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2019 Tattoo Packages now available
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo is one of the world's foremost celebrations of military history and pageant and remembers Scotland extraordinary contribution to British history as well as inviting bands from across the world to celebrate their skill and esprit de corps. We off a selection of Edinburgh Military Tattoo Short Breaks that combine hotel accommodation with Tattoo tickets and are the easiest way to enjoy the Tattoo if you are not living nearby.--readmore--
For 2019, Edinburgh's spectacular and world-renowned Royal Military Tattoo takes place between 2nd - 24th August 2019.
The 2019 Tattoo, which is the 70th consecutive tattoo in Edinburgh will feature, amongst others, the New Zealand Army Band and Lochiel Marching Drill Team, His Majesty The King's Guard from Norway, the Imps Motorcycle Display Team alongside the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces Band and Drill Team as well as the Massed Pipes and Drums of the Scottish Division. In all 1200 performers will feature in 2019 from as far afield as Scandinavia, the Middle East, North America, Europe and the Antipodes. Amongst the British army bands taking part will be The Band of The Household Cavalry, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Royal Regiment of Scotland and The Royal Irish Regiment. The spectacle closes with the  Lone Piper, playing high on the Castle battlements above the parade ground, whose haunting lament, The Flowers of the Forest, originally recalls the dead of Flodden Field but is today a lament for the many soldiers in armies around the world who give their today for our tomorrow.
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is Scotland's biggest and best-selling spectacle, the most popular annual event on the Scottish calendar, attracting an international audience each year of some 217,000 people. We offer 2 and 3 night packages to the Tattoo that combine your accommodation and tickets to the Tattoo.

The 2019 Tattoo (2nd-24th August 2019) will be the 70th extravaganza to be staged at the Scottish capital's ancient Castle - a spectacular and inspiring backcloth for this remarkable and internationally acclaimed event. With innovative production, heart-stopping sound, imaginative graphics, state-of-the-art lighting and specially commissioned fireworks, the 90-minute show is set to captivate a large cosmopolitan audience.
The line-up of nearly 1200 performers includes hundreds of musicians, pipers, drummers, singers and dancers.
A huge audience favourite is once again expected to be the traditional and poignant close of the evening's proceedings when the Lone Piper high on the Castle ramparts plays a haunting lament, before the colourful, cosmopolitan cast march off the Esplanade to the strains of famous  pipe melody, The Black Bear.

[H4] Other information about the Edinburgh Military Tattoo:

Doors open 45 minutes before Tattoo performance.
Performances on Monday to Friday start at 21:00 with two performances on Saturday starting at 19:30 and 22:30 with extended fireworks after the late performance.
Duration of Military Tattoo programme: 1.5 hours. (100 minutes)
Subject to appropriate weather conditions, all performances conclude with a fireworks display. Performances on Saturday at 10.30pm conclude with an extended fireworks display.
Tattoo runs Monday to Saturday: there is no SUNDAY performance.
Children of 3 and under admitted free of charge provided they sit on an adults lap.
Children of 4 and above pay full price for tickets
Wheelchair spaces located at the front of Sections 1-5 and 12-17 (£25.00 each Monday to Thursday and £29.00 Friday and Saturday) and at the top of Section 10 facing the Castle (£66.00 Monday to Thursday and £70.00 Friday and Saturday). Prices include the admission of your able bodied attendant).
The management reserve the right of admission.
In the event of any part of the performance being cancelled through inclement weather, tickets are not valid for any other performance and money will not be refunded. No performance has ever been cancelled.

[H3] Seats Available in Tattoo Packages:

All our seats are allocated in the mid tier seats. Most of them are in Areas 3,4,5,12,13,14 although we may have some seats in 2 & 15. The areas in quetion are all coloured YELLOW in the diagram of the arena below.
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History of Scotland

Our ongoing history of Scotland that chronicles the events in Scotland over the past million years with a special focus on the last thousand as you might expect. We have also digitised a copy of Patrick Tytler's  History of Scotland which is an eccentric but wonderfully written history of the the mediaeval years in Scotland. The project of chronicling Scotland's history is ongoing, as is the process of organising and structuring and linking the pages together.

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Subcategories

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History Timeline
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A series of articles that chronicles Scotland's history through the ages right up to the present day. Articles provide a summary overview of our history and also link to useful and interesting external resources for even more information.

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Scotland in the 21st Century
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An ongoing series of articles that explore Scotland in the 21st century with a particular interest in the changing economic and social and political landscape of the country.

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Scotland in the Twentieth Century
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Scotland in the Nineteenth Century
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The nineteenth century is the era when Scotland moved towards the modern era in the central belt with the growth of the cities and their industrialisation. the scottish highlands became the seat for a new romantic image of scotland that remains resonant today.
[H2] Ninteenth Century Scottish History Timeline

1800 Rich ironstone discovered in the Monklands area
1800 Robert Owen takes over at New Lanark
1802 Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border published
1803 Telford begins the Caledonian Canal
1806 Appointed Clerk to the Court of Session
1808 Marmion published
1810 Lady of the Lake published
1811 Scott buys Abbotsford
1811 Scots settle Red River in Manitoba
1811 John Rennie builds Waterloo Bridge in London
1812 Henry Bell launches the Comet on the Clyde
1814 Waverley written
1815 John Loudon McAdam develops his surfaced roads
1816 Old Mortality published
1819 The Radical War
1819 Queen Victoria born
1819 Ivanhoe published
1820 1820s - Start of fall in kelp prices sparks off widespread emigration
1823 Robert Napier builds his first marine steam engine
1823 Reduction of whisky duty makes commercial sales viable
1826 Charlotte dies. Scott suffers financial collapse
1827 John Brown born
1828 James Neilson invents hot blast method of iron smelting
1828 Burke and Hare tried
1830 Glasgow's population reaches 200,000
1830 1830s - Beginning of failure of potato crops
1831 New patent whisky still helps large scale production
1832 Reform Act introduced
1832 Firsy books on tartan published
1834 First iron shipyard opened by Tod and MacGregor at Meadowside on the Clyde
1834 Veto Act introduced
1837 Victoria takes the throne
1842 Ministers meet at the Edinburgh Convocation
1842 She and Albert visit Scotland for the first time
1843 The Disruption
1844 Lewis bought by Sir James Matheson
1846 Robert Lister first uses ether as an anaesthetic
1846 Thomas Cook organises first Scottish tour
1847 James Young Simpson discovers chloroform
1847 Lease offered on Balmoral
1848 Victoria first meets John Brown
1848 The Queen first attends the Braemar Gathering
1850 1850s - Clearances end when virtually everyone is evicted
1850 Highland Estate Building. A period during which the scenery and romantic stories of and about the Highlands of Scotland led to a rapid expansion of travelling and sport. In order to facilitate this, many houses and estates were built. The tracks built for stalking are often still in use today and can be useful for hill approaches. This period of ?Balmoralism? (named after Queen Victoria?s Highland Castle) was made easier by the ?clearances?, when crofters were displaced to make way for more profitable sheep.
1851 Paraffin Young patents his shale oil extraction process
1852 Victoria and Albert buy Balmoral
1856 James Keir Hardie born
1856 Hugh Thomas Munro born in London. Munro born in London, at 27 Eaton Place. The eldest of a family of nine. His collecting habit starts early, with butterflies, birds? eggs, shells, fossils and so on. Goes to school in Crieff, Perthshire.
1860 Glasgow's population reaches nearly 400,000
1860 Joseph Lister begins his practical work on antiseptic surgery
1860 Invention of breech loading shotgun makes Highland hunting easier
1861 Prince Albert dies
1863 Railway from Perth to Inverness completed
1866 Gossip about an illicit relationship spreads
1866 He starts work in the mines
1873 Munro in Germany. Munro goes to Stuttgart to learn German. Starts climbing in the Alps.
1875 Munro returns to London. Back in London, Munro studies business methods and enjoys the social life. He has a good ear for music and becomes an expert dancer. Goes to Europe as Aide-de-Camp to General the Honourable W. Fielding. Several years later develops pleurisy.
1877 Large scale (six-inch) field survey of Scotland completed by O.S. The O.S. complete the six-inch maps, the basis for the one-inch series to follow.
1878 Matheson dies
1879 Hardie joins the Lanarkshire Miners' Union
1880 Moves to Ayrshire
1880 Railway reaches Tyndrum. The Oban Railway Line reaches Tyndrum, making it easier to reach many mountainous areas.
1880 Munro in S. Africa. To improve his health, Munro goes to S. Africa, as Private Secretary to Sir George Colley, Governor of Natal. When the Basuto War breaks out volunteers for active service and carries despatches as a member of an irregular cavalry corps, Landrey's Horse. At end of war returns home to London, bringing with him Basuto and Zulu curios, antelope heads, a black boy, and a monkey.
1882 Highland Land League formed
1883 O.S. one-inch maps cover most of Scotland. Growth of walking clubs. In the 3rd quarter of this century, at least a dozen walking and rambling clubs were formed in the Lowlands of Scotland.
1884 William Hesketh Lever makes his first trip to the Hebrides
1884 Early listing of Scottish Mountains. Third Edition of 'The Highland Sportsman and Tourist' (Robert Hall) - Lists 236 heights of 3000ft or more. But it is not known for certain whether Munro saw this, or other early lists.
1885 Munro tries politics. Munro, now living mainly at the family home in Forfarshire, at Lindertis, stands as Conservative candidate for Kirkcaldy Burghs. And gets heavily defeated. Continues to explore the Scottish hills.
1888 Fights and loses Mid Lanark by-election
1888 Scottish Labour Party formed
1889 Formation of Scottish Mountaineering Club. March 1889, Glasgow. The SMC is constituted after correspondence in the ?Glasgow Herald? discussing the possibility of forming a ?Scottish Alpine Club?. There was already in Scotland a small nucleus of active and experienced mountaineers, but contact between them was spare. The SMC begin a Journal in 1890, initially published three times a year, and including a serially published guide to the Scottish Mountains. The first Editor, J.G. Stott, commissions Munro to draw up a list of Scottish mountains. Munro has to date climbed 42 tops.
1891 An Comunn Gaidhealach - the Gaelic Society - founded to promote the Gaelic language
1891 Munro?s Tables Published The famous tables are published for the first time in September, 1891, in the sixth issue of Volume 1 of the SMC Journal. They include 538 tops which exceed 3,000 feet in height; 283 are deemed to be separate mountains. Munro completed the list in five months of very hard work, using many field notes collected before and during its compilation. In a note to the Tables, Munro admits that he did not foresee the amount of work which would be required. Munro is 35.
1892 Hardie elected as MP for West Ham South
1892 Munro becomes 3rd President of SMC. As President he entertains his fellow members on Club Meets by playing the flute. He does not drink tea.
1892 Marries general's daughter. Travels widely. He continues, while in Scotland, to work on the Tables, as he is not completely happy with the first edition. 1893 He dies at Abbotsford
1893 John Brown dies
1893 Independent Labour Party formed
1894 West Highland Railway reaches Fort William
1894 Scottish Labour Party wound up
1895 Hardie loses West Ham
1897 Victoria celebrates her Diamond Jubilee

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[H2] Eighteenth Century Scotland Chronology of Key Events

1700 Scots population of Ulster now about 100,000. Less than 14 per cent of land of Ireland owned by Catholics
1700 second expedition flees Darien
1701 New English war with France begins
1701 James VII dies
1702  William of Orange dies, to be succeeded by Queen Anne
1702 King William dies
1702 First discussions between commissioners about union begin
1702 King William of Orange dies. Mary's sister Anne becomes Queen
1703 Talks collapse. Anne calls for fresh Scottish elections
1703 New Scottish parliament meets
1703 Scots parliament passes Act of Security
1705 English pass the Alien Act
1705 Scots parliament agrees Queen Anne can appoint its commissioners to negotiate for union
1706 Negotiations between commissioners start
1706 Estates meet to discuss deal drawn up by commissioners
1706 Riots break out in the town as a protest against merger with England
1707 Power moves from Edinburgh to Westminster after Treaty of Union
1707 Act of Union
1707 Estates pass act agreeing to Articles of Union
1707 Estates adjourned
1707 Act of Union passed
1707 Act of Union comes into effect
1708 Scottish Privy Council abolished. First Jacobite invasion beaten off
1712 Rob Roy runs off with Montrose's money and becomes an outlaw
1712 Patronage Act introduced
1713 English malt tax forces Scottish boycott of parliament. Lords vote to dissolve the union narrowly fails
1714 Queen Anne dies
1715 Earl of Mar raises standard of the Stewart Pretender, James VIII and III, and quickly seizes Perth
1715 battle of Sheriffmuir
1715 James lands at Peterhead
1715 He takes part in the battle of Sheriffmuir, ostensibly on the Jacobite side
1716 James leaves again for France
1719 Alexander Monro, appointed Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University
1720 Prince Charles Edward Stewart born in Rome
1722 Argyll brings about a reconciliation between Rob Roy and Montrose
1726 Rob Roy pardoned while in Newgate Prison awaiting transportation to Barbados
1726 Wade appointed Commander in Chief of Scotland with orders to pacify the Highlands
1726 Plans for new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary drawn up
1733 Original secession
1734 Rob Roy dies
1739 Wade's major road building programme in the Highlands completed
1740 War between Britain and France begins
1744 Proposed French invasion of Scotland called off
1745 Charles arrives in Scotland to start his campaign
1745 the Jacobites take Perth and Edinburgh
1745 Carlisle falls, followed by Lancaster, Preston and Manchester
1745 6 December 1745: Prince begins retreat from Derby
1745 25 December: Jacobites enter Glasgow
1745 Prince reaches Derby
1745 Charles wins the Battle of Prestonpans
1745 Charles's standard raised at Glenfinnan
1746 3 January 1746: Charles and his army leave Glasgow
1746 18 February: Jacobites take Inverness
1746 14 April: Cumberland arrives at Nairn
1746 April 1746 - Battle of Culloden
1746 September 1746 - Charles catches a boat to France
1746 June 1746 - Flora MacDonald smuggles Charles to Skye
1746 Defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden
1746 End of last Jacobite rebellion
1746 16 April: Battle of Culloden
1746 5 March: Fort Augustus falls to the Prince
1746 17 January: Battle of Falkirk
1748 Wade dies and is buried in Westminster Abbey
1750 Charles secretly returns to London
1752 Plans for a New Town are drawn up
1753 his daughter Charlotte born to Clementina Walkenshaw
1755 first Scottish census completed
1759 Nor' Loch drained
1759 Robert Burns born in Alloway
1760 Beginning of introduction of sheep to the Highlands
1760 Carron ironworks begins operation
1761 Second secession
1765 James Watt invents the separate condenser steam engine
1766 Charles's father, the Old Pretender, dies
1766 Burns family move to Mount Oliphant
1767 Work on New Town begun
1768 First Encyclopaedia Britannica published
1769 Ascent of Ben More. Ben More, Crianlarich, was climbed in 1769 by a group of astronomers, seeking to observe a transit of the planet Venus.
1769 Ascent of Ben More. Ben More, Crianlarich, was climbed in 1769 by a group of astronomers, seeking to observe a transit of the planet Venus.
1770 Height of tobacco trade with America
1770 1770s - Demand for wool increases
1771 Walter Scott born in Edinburgh
1771 Early Ascents of Ben Nevis. In 1771, the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis was made, by the botanist James Robertson, then collecting specimens. He was followed three years later by John Williams, who was on the lookout for commercial mineral deposits. In 1787, a third recorded ascent was made by a Lieutenant Walker and party. This ascent seems to have had no other purpose other than curiosity, and what is interesting is that it seems likely that in the three years between these two latter ascents, many had made the laborious climb to the summit for pleasure, as some 30 small cairns were found by Walker on the summit plateau.
1772 Charles marries Louisa, Princess of Stolberg
1772 North Bridge completed
1774 Flora MacDonald emigrates to America
1774 Schiehallion use to ?weigh? the Earth. The Astronomer Royal, the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne (so unflatteringly portrayed in the recent television adaptation of ?Longitude?), spends four months on Schiehallion making observations relating to the density of the earth.
1775 American Revolution begins
1776 Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nations
1777 Family move again to Lochlea
1777 Returns from a childhood in the Borders
1780 Founds bachelors Club in Tarbolton
1780 Glasgow's population reaches more than 40,000
1783 Robert and his brother lease farm at Mossgiel
1783 Emigration begins after American War of Independence
1784 Robert's father dies
1786 Robert changes the spelling of his surname from Burness to Burns
1786 Apprenticed to his father's law fi
1786 Kilmarnock Edition of his work published
1787 Consolidates his position in Edinburgh society and publishes Edinburgh Edition
1788 Charles dies in Rome
1788 Marries Jean Armour, moves to Ellisland and joins Excise Service
1790 Death of Flora MacDonald
1791 Robert Adam designs Charlotte Square
1791 Gives up Ellisland and moves to Dumfries
1791 Ordnance Survey founded. Following the second ill-fated Jacobite rebellion in 1745, Cumberland?s Deputy Quartermaster General, Lieutenant-General Watson, decided that a map of the Highlands was required. An infantry detachment, under the direction of William Roy, wa