Once the first stopping place of the many paddle steamers cruising up Loch Lomond, Balmaha is situated on the south-east side of the loch, less accessible than the west side, which takes the road going north from Glasgow. The sailors may head for any one of...
This is one of our favourite places in all of Ireland. At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we stay at Sheen Falls Lodge and our clients fall in love with the place. Kenmare’s two main roads are wide and spacious which is unusual in Ireland. This is because...
The coast on this stretch of land between Lossiemouth and Hopeman is generally low and flat, with miles of fine sand at the seashore. Post-Ice Age glacial release created cliffs of red sandstone between sixty and a hundred feet high. The sea has worked at...
These are three small islands 30 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean off the West coast of Ireland. The islands are known as Inishmore, Inishmaan, and Inisheer. The first inhabitants of these islands are thought to have arrived during the late Bronze age. There is plenty of evidence...
This town is a real hidden gem for any tours of Ireland. A monastery was founded in the 9th century and two granite crosses from around that time have survived. Another survivor is a 12th century Romanesque doorway (though the modern church behind it is not great...
Fidra is one of a quartet of small volcanic rocks projecting from the Firth of Forth off the Lothian coast; the others are Lamb, Craigleith and Bass Rock. Together they contribute to the sense, when in the Lothians, of being close to country, sea and...
By Giorgio Galeotti - Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link On any tours of Ireland, you will think about the East coast. The likes of Wicklow and Wexford are worth seeing but often you have limited time. Waterford was once very popular for the crystal factory alone. But now...
If you are seriously considering a tour of Ireland, or a tour of Scotland, start planning now! It has come to our attention that the choice hotels are booking up already. The right hotel, in the right location, with the right room, with the right staff, can...
County Wicklow, with its moorland wastes and bare granite hills, has real beauty. With its lovely valley, wooded glen, and smoking waterfall, it’s worth seeing on any tours of Ireland. Much of the coastland is low, being a drift coloured plain, fringed from Wicklow to near Greystones...
Not, as the name might suggest, situated in the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, but in Knapdale, Loch Stornoway is barely deserving of the title of loch at all. It is little more than a sandy bay on the west of the tongue...