Scotland

• 1 Lands of a Scottish legend
  "Wallace made Scotland; he is Scotland: he is the symbol of all that is best  and purest and truest and most heroic in our national life." with these words, R.B. Cunninghame Graham, the...

• 2 Time for tea - and cakes, too!
  Quite simply, tea is our national drink, classless and timeless, and every day we drink 165 million cups of it. But 'tea' isn't just a drink: even the cricket commentators appreciate a slice of cake with...

• 3 Super ideas for Valentine's getaways
  A touch of nostalgia
 On the Devon coast, the privately owned Burgh Island – actually only separated from the mainland at high tide – is the site of Burgh Island Hotel. This fine art-deco...

• 4 The best of British
  There are lots of places of cultural and natural heritage around the British Isles that UNESCO considers to have outstanding universal value. They range from the great megalithic blocks of Stonehenge and...

• 5 Five-star train-spotting!
  The Blue Train  Ranked among the very best hotels in the world, not only for the luxury and exclusivity of the accommodation and the quality of the service, but also for the chance to travel back...

• 6 Edinburgh – even better in summer
  Scotland's second most populous city lies about fifty miles north of the English border, between the Firth of Forth and the Pentland Hills. With its fine castle perched high on a rocky crag, the medieval...

• 7 Which summer festival will you choose?
  Veranos de la Villa – Madrid's Summer in the city One of the year's top diary dates in the Spanish capital. Dance, theatre, zarzuela (Spanish operetta) and concerts are all performed on stages...

• 8 Ten places in the lives of the royal couple
  Notting Hill, London
 Do you remember the photos of the late Princess Diana with William the schoolboy on his first day at school? He was dressed in the long dark socks and short trousers of a typical...

• 9 Spas fit for a future queen
  Spa by ESPA, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland  
 This fine hotel with its award-winning spa is close to St Andrews, where Kate Middleton and Prince William met when they were students. For just £135...

• 10 Spend the night with a ghost in Scotland
  

• 11 Spoil yourself with a luxury train tour of the Highlands
  Of the few named trains still in service around the globe, the Royal Scotsman is one of the elite group operating in old Europe. It may not be surrounded by quite the aura of legend that encompasses the...

• 12 'Impressionist gardens' on display in Edinburgh
  If you ask someone which artist they think of in connection with gardens, the chances are that the name they'd give would be that of Impressionist master, Claude Monet. And, indeed, many of Monet's works...

• 13 A welcome in the hillsides of Braemar
  Each year, through from spring through to autumn, villages and towns across Scotland hold competitions with demonstrations of skill, strength and endurance that have their origins in clan gatherings going...