Central & Fife
With Scotland's former capital at Dunfermline and the site of two great English defeats, at the hands of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, at Stirling this region is central to Scottish history. Just north of Glasgow, the national park of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs gives a taste of the highlands and lochs Scotland is famous for. The ancient university town of St Andrews, birthplace and home of golf, is beautifully preserved and a good place to explore the pretty fishing villages along the Fife coast.
Loch Lomond & Trossachs
Stirling & Bannockburn
Falkirk
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Dunfermline
St. Andrews & Fife
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2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
