Ten unmissable stops for your next Scotland adventure

From the Royal Mile to the Trossachs, these are the destinations that capture Scotland's wild beauty and storied past.

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A seven day road trip through the Welsh Marches, Britain's forgotten borderland

Wessex, from Alfred the Great to Thomas Hardy country

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Inside Balmoral Castle, the Highland retreat that gave the royals a taste of freedom

Facts about Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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Inside Balmoral Castle, the Highland retreat that gave the royals a taste of freedom

The 50,000-acre Scottish estate offered Queen Elizabeth something Buckingham Palace never could, real privacy.

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Wessex, from Alfred the Great to Thomas Hardy country

Two very different kingdoms share one name in England's storied southwest.

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A seven day road trip through the Welsh Marches, Britain's forgotten borderland

From Chepstow's castle to Chester's Roman walls, this route traces the ancient boundary between England and Wales through castles, cathedrals and countryside.

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Fife’s secret bunker - how Scotland planned for nuclear war

Aspiring travel writers are invariably advised to avoid the clichéd opening: “This well-kept secret” but, in this particular instance, it is 100 percent appropriate.

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Scotland's mysterious Rosslyn Chapel

Long the focus of folklore and legend, including Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, what about an email from Mary Magdalene? Why not?!

History

Who were the Druids? A history of Druidism in Britain

Our knowledge of Druidism is often full of misconceptions, here's everything you need to know about the history of Druidism and Druids in Britain

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All the white horses - the history of Britain's chalk hillsides

From honoring King George to artistic expression here's everything you need to know about Britain's incredible white chalk horses and walkers or warriors.

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