These remote and rocky islands off Scotland’s western coast offer visitors an ethereal beauty that goes perfectly with a splash of local whisky. These remote and rocky islands off Scotland’s western ...

Known for hilltop castles, abundant rainfall, and rolling green valleys speckled with flocks of sheep, Scotland far exceeds its classic clichés. From the Highlands to the islands, Scotland is an ...

For its 25th anniversary, the Scottish new music group (although its output delves a bit further back in time than that description might suggest) had commissioned a brand new chamber opera from ...

ALTHOUGH not entirely the anomaly in this year's Edinburgh International Festival that it first appeared – German composer Hans Zender's "Composed Interpretation" of Schubert's Winterreise takes some ...

The singing bowl rings out. It’s a deep, otherworldly sound that you feel within your soul. Then the music, or, rather, let’s call it a ‘soundscape’, slowly creeps out of the speakers to wash over you ...

National Geographic Traveler Executive Editor Norie Quintos just got back from cycling the length of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands over four days on a small-group bicycle tour—and posting photos ...

White sand beaches probably aren’t first thing that come to mind when thinking of Scotland. That honor probably belongs to golf, or whisky. But this is a country full of surprises, and even if the ...

In Stornoway, the biggest town in Scotland's Outer Hebrides islands, a yellow van sits on a narrow, one-way street. The Gaelic word leabharlann is painted on the front, back and sides, with its ...

An isolated archipelago may seem an unlikely golf destination, but both history and location have made it just that. The eighth hole of the Askernish Golf Club on South Uist, an island in Scotland’s ...

For its 25th anniversary, the Scottish new music group (although its output delves a bit further back in time than that description might suggest) had commissioned a brand new chamber opera from ...