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Hello, and welcome to Undiscovered Scotland, the ultimate online guide to Scotland. The site is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory, and aims to show you what the country is really like. We also offer website design, maintenance and hosting services.

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You can navigate the site using clickable maps like the one on this page or the drop down menus. There are other resources to help you, including the Alphabetical Index, the Site Index, the Accommodation Index, the Late Availability listings page, the Search boxes on most pages (usually below a clickable map), the Site Information section, the What's On? and What's New? pages and Scotfax. In addition we have collections of links to resources such as Tour Operators and Campervan and Motorhome Hire. Or simply visit a random feature page.

Accommodation can be accessed via the "Accommodation" menu at the top of many pages, including this one, or using the "See and Stay" menus at the top of many other pages.

Header Slides

Today's header slides are of Millport and its harbour on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde; and a view of Lochinch Castle, the castle to which Castle Kennedy Gardens belong, in Dumfries & Galloway.

Clickable Map of Scotland

Clickable Map of Scotland

In Focus

Glen Etive Most drivers heading north across Rannoch Moor towards Glen Coe find their attention drawn to the rocky pyramid of the north end of Buachaille Etive Mor. As a result many overlook the nearby junction from which a single track road leads south down Glen Etive. Glen Etive is a magnet for climbers and hillwalkers. But others explore the glen simply because its 14 mile cul-de-sac is one of the most beautiful detours in the North-West Highlands. ( More ...)

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On This Day

16 October 1430: The birth of the future King James II.

16 October 1774: The early death in Edinburgh of Robert Fergusson, one of Scotland's greatest poets and the man who Robert Burns acknowledged as his inspiration.

16 October 1939: The first German aircraft to be shot down over Britain in WWII is attacked by RAF fighters over the River Forth.

16 October 1995: The Skye Bridge is opened to traffic.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bridge of Sighs by Ken Lussey (14 July 2026). A fast-paced contemporary murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. In a chilling echo of an event five decades earlier, a light aircraft takes off from a small Scottish airfield and doesn’t return. Meanwhile, someone is trying to prevent the development of the of the Sutherland Viking Haven near Kylesku. Who? And are they also damaging the vehicles of irresponsible users of the North Coast 500? Events take a very sinister turn when a body is found in a burned-out shop in Inverness. And then there’s another killing.
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Scottish Resources

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