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Edinburgh’s Other Castle – Craigmillar

April 5, 2012

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Edinburgh Castle, sitting high on its rock dominates the city; an icon of the nation and the top tourist attraction in Britain outside London. But, Edinburgh has another castle, less well known, less frequented but also steeped in the rich and often bloody history of Scotland: Craigmillar Castle. Craigmillar sits on a rocky outcrop about [...]

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Outlandish Adventures

February 7, 2011

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Our Outlandish Adventure tour is an eight-day romp based on the hugely successful Outlander Books series written by Diana Gabaldon. In it we combine fiction with fact as we draw the traveler back in time to the world of the Jacobite Rebellions of the 18th century, and walk in the footsteps of our heroes, Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser. The tour weaves its way from the turrets and towers of Edinburgh to the wild Highlands, and visits the key places found in the books – a time-travelling quest that shows how modern Scotland was born amid the blood and romance of the Jacobite Civil Wars

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