Tour Scotland Photograph Fife Arms Hotel Braemar

Tour Scotland photograph of the Fife Arms Hotel in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Fife Arms hotel is a significant landmark in the scenic village famed for the Braemar Gathering annual highland games, the Cairngorms National Park and its Royal Deeside connections.



Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village is situated in the Scottish Highlands at the upper end of the historic Earldom of Mar or literally the Braes o' Mar. King Malcolm III with his first Queen came to the area in around 1059, and according to legend held a great gathering at the original settlement of Doldencha, situated under the present day graveyard. These days an annual Highland Games Gathering is held at Braemar on the first Saturday in September and is traditionally attended by the British Royal Family who visit from nearby Balmoral Castle

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Tour Scotland Photograph Royal Lochnagar Whisky Distillery

Tour Scotland photograph of Royal Lochnagar Whisky Distillery near Balmoral Castle, Scotland. A single malt Scotch whisky distillery based on the Balmoral Estate on Royal Deeside, in the Highlands whisky producing area of Scotland. It is close to the mountain Lochnagar. The first Lochnagar distillery was burnt down in suspicious circumstances in 1824 and a replacement again burnt down in 1841. In 1845 John Begg built the " new " Lochnagar. The distillery was awarded its Royal Warrant in 1848 when John Begg invited Prince Albert to visit the distillery from the nearby Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s residence in the Highlands. The next day the distillery was visited by Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children. Today Royal Lochnagar is owned by Diageo, and the distillery produces a relatively small amount of whisky, most of which is used in Johnnie Walker black and blue label.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Gelder Shiel Lodge

Tour Scotland photograph of Gelder Shiel Lodge near Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The Gelder Shiel is one of the Royal bothies, lying on the Balmoral Estate on the northern flanks of Lochnagar. Bothies are small cottages or huts that are left open for anyone walking in the hills to make use of for overnight shelter.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sign For Cairngorms National Park

Tour Scotland photograph of the sign for Cairngorms National Park in Glenshee, Perthshire in the Highlands of Scotland. Cairngorms National Park was officially established as a park in 2003. At 1,467 square miles, it is Britain’s largest National Park and located within the heart of the Scottish Highlands. The park has a large upland plateau, and is categorised as a “ protected landscape ” which allows for limited development within its borders. The park is home to reindeer, ospreys, eagles, wildcats, red squirrels, and boasts an extensive array of activities that range from hiking, skiing, and traditional villages. The Cairngorms National Park is truly a thrilling land of adventure and discovery, and it also boasts natural wonders containing, mountains and gorges, forests and rivers, and within the park you will wonder in the delight of ancient highland communities and whisky distilleries.



Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of a small group walking tour to the Cairngorms in the Highlands of Scotland. The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain of the same name, Cairn Gorm. The Cairngorms feature the highest, coldest and snowiest plateaux in the British Isles and are home to five of the six highest mountains in Scotland including; Ben Macdhui, Braeriach, Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine, Cairn Gorm. These mountains are all Munros, and there are a further 13 mountains with this categorisation across the area, of which another five are among the twenty highest peaks in the country.

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Tour Scotland Video Walking Tour Of The Region Surrounding Ullapool Highlands

Tour Scotland wee travel video of photographs of a small group walking tour of the region surrounding Ullapool on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Wester Ross, Highlands of Scotland. The area surrounding Ullapool is dominated by rugged mountains, and especially by Bheinn Ghobblach to the west, An Teallach to the south west, Beinn Dearg to the south east close to the head of Loch Broom, and Ben Mhòr na Còigich to the north. An Teallach is a massive mountain which dominates the area and consists of Torridonian sandstone, which is layered nearly horizontally. It is an easy climb but is several miles from the nearest road, so a long trek is needed before the ascent begins.

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