With its good looks and epic festivals, Edinburgh gets most of the love – but Scotland has alternatives if you’ve already been to its glorious capital.
With its good looks and epic festivals, Edinburgh gets most of the love – and the bulk of the tourists – but Scotland has alternative city breaks if you’ve already been to its glorious capital. Blessed with absorbing history and culture, enticing boltholes, food and drink, these cities also have beautiful diversions on their doorsteps, from loch-carved national parks to rustic island escapes.
While increasingly bike friendly, Glasgow is walkable, also boasting the world’s third-oldest subway plus suburban railway lines. One brings you to Pollok Country Park, where Highland cattle graze and the revamped Burrell Collection displays more than 9000 eclectic objects, from Babylonian relics to Rodin sculptures. Gifted to the city by a Glaswegian shipping magnate, it won the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023.
Although Stirling is popular with Edinburgh and Glasgow day-trippers, it warrants a longer stay, with sightseeing possibilities scattering the compact centre and picturesque outskirts.
At the Aberdeen Maritime Museum, you’ll discover how the North Sea has been the city’s lifeblood, from yesteryear’s fishing and shipbuilding to the offshore oil and gas discovered in the 1960s. Take in the sea air and vistas from the five-kilometre promenade that skirts the city’s sandy beaches, wedged between two rivers, the Don and the Dee. By the former, you’ll find Old Aberdeen, a quaint student enclave with a 12th-century cathedral, cobbled lanes and ivy-clad university buildings.
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