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Five European castles to stay in

castle, France

Sleep in comfort behind stone walls in strongholds large and small, including a Scottish tower house, a French chateau and a Tuscan hamlet.
Read more… 22 March 2013

Ancient stones of the Scottish isles

Hebrides, Scotland, Callanish Stones, Isle of Lewis

Fought over for hundreds of years, the more than 500 islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides off Scotland’s west coast are a traveller’s paradise cloaked in mist and rain.
04 March 2013

Worldwide Weird

Up Helly Aa, Shetland’s festival of fire

Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad

During this combustible holiday, costumed men carry nearly 1,000 torches through Lerwick, Scotland, in a procession that ends with the burning of a Viking-style ship.
Read more… 24 January 2012

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