THE SOUTHEAST COAST
Now tranquil and picture-perfect, this was once the noisy home of fishermen, smugglers and lawbreakers seeking sanctuary.

GILDED & GLOWING
It was the world's first portrait museum when it opened 120 years ago, and now after a stunning two-year restoration, Edinburgh's National Portrait Gallery is arguably the world's finest.

SCOTTISH PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Far more than competitors striving to make the perfect furrow, this is a weekend of bucolic entertainment and spectacle like no other.

BONNIE DUNDEE
The spirit of enterprise that created this town of "jam, jute and journalism," now makes everything from street art to the humble bar lunch a distinctly Dundee experience.

THE ARTISTS' TOWN
For more than a century, artists have been inspired by Kirkcudbright's striking palette of natural and manmade beauty.