Dundee may be best known for its jute, jam and journalism, but this compact city actually grew around its harbour from the 13th century onwards.

Rising from the flat plains of the Galloway coast, a few miles from Dumfries, Criffel’s rolling prospect is a conspicuous sight throughout much of the region’s eastern side.

Galloway Forest Park is often described as the Highlands of the Lowlands. But while its rocky slopes, high hills and remote glens share some Highland attributes, it has a character of its own. This is a landscape in which John [...]

The Eildon Hills may not be the highest hills in the Scottish Borders, but make no mistake: they are steep.

Aberdeen, Scotland’s third-largest city, is bound by the great rivers of the Don and the Dee.

Cairnsmore of Fleet, at 711m/ 2,333ft, is the highest point along the Galloway coast and provides a stunning vantage point and a window on the wilder, remoter upland areas of Galloway.

Lochnagar is one of the truly classic British mountain walks, its renowned brooding cliffs never failing to take the breath away.

The Falls of Foyers are a mustsee on any visit to Loch Ness. Robert Burns, visiting the area on the then newly built military Wade road, called the Falls a “horrid cauldron”.

The 17 miles between the Ayrshire towns of Troon and Ardrossan are what simple, stress-free coastal walking should be all about.

Glasgow and Edinburgh may get more visitors, but it’s Stirling that can arguably claim Scotland’s greatest historical monuments within its confines and I am not just talking about Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument.