- March 12, 2019This blog is really to advise potential travellers about booking trips in 2019 and 2020. If you are just…
- March 9, 2019Stirling Castle, and the town itself, played an important role in the 13th and 14th century Wars of Independence; near…
- February 25, 2019This little village is a true “hidden gem”. At Ireland and Scotland Luxury Tours we love the reaction of our…
- July 6, 2016North of Duns, the low-lying Lammermuir Hills, with their extensive grouse moors, rolling farmland and wooded valleys, run east to…
- July 3, 2016There are the remains of the third largest 13th century castle in Ireland: a quadrangular court with cylindrical angle-towers, a…
- March 7, 2016Narrow Water Castle at the bottle-neck of the Newry Water which runs into Carlingford Lough was built after the restoration…
- December 7, 2015Loughside, mid-way up the western shore is Sketrick Castle. This large, four storey tower house guarded the causeway to Sketrick…
- July 29, 2014This 15th-century castle is the mecca of first-time visitors to Ireland, who hope to win the gift of eloquence by…
- July 22, 2014The Scottish National Trust’s flagship property, magnificent Culzean is one of the most impressive of Scotland’s great stately homes. The…
- April 1, 2014Once a freebooters’ stronghold, on a tongue of land that projects into Sheep Haven, Doe Castle dates from the early…