Tag: castles
With Season 5 just around the corner, perhaps now is a good time to refresh your memories of Claire and Jamie with a Rabbies Outlander Tour in Scotland. Fancy …
The main street of Edinburgh is called the Royal Mile, so named for the two structures at either end. At the top of the street is Edinburgh Castle; at …
They could be museums or galleries or grand homes opened for public tours. Happily for travelers, they’re hotels. But that’s not what makes Spain’s paradores special. The eclectic collection …
Are you a fan of visiting filming locations? Scotland is full of them! Locations for Harry Potter are quite famous. There’s another which might top even those. Doune Castle …
Although I’ve been backpacking around the world for nearly four years, I’ve come to consider the capital of Scotland as my home base. Edinburgh is not only a city …
Dublin is a fine place to visit and explore. On any trip to Ireland, though, you owe it to yourself to see a bit of the rest of the …
Abandoned castles in ruins, citadel castles on mountaintops, city center castles turned into hotels: you can find a whole range of glorious historic buildings in the Alentejo region …
Story and photos by Bruce Northam The first gift I gave my mom was a dandelion bouquet. When she turned 80, I brought her to Ireland. It was a …
What do you picture when you hear the word “castle”? Fanciful ones with narrow turrets like Cinderella would live in? Vertical walls of stone on an island in a …
