Stirling Travel Blogs

I finally got lazy today and broke down and paid for a hop on/hop off bus around Stirling, mostly because I wanted to see three sites, and two of them were outside of town on either end of one another.  I started out this morning, avoiding my friend from last night (see previous entry), and go…

back in stirling. this was part of the the tour. which is good cuz, we did not have time the other day. Stirling Castle is a castle in Stirling, one of the largest and most important, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland and indeed Western Europe. The Castle sits atop the Castle Hill,…

A weekend trip to Scottish highlands with flatmates and rented car:)

While the name Haggis may put some people off (if you don't know what it is, check out one of my later posts), I had heard many great things about this tour company.  It was very well organized and we were off on your tour in no time.  Our first stop, not too far outside of Edinburgh, was…

Due to the fact that there wound up being no meet-up today (and due to only getting five hours sleep in order to be up in time for breakfast in my hotel), I decided to spend one last day sightseeing in another town in Scotland…Stirling. Stirling is home of two of the greatest (only?) military vi…

My arrival in London and a few pics from Scotland so far.

I managed to have enough funds to hire a car during my time in Scotland, so to make things easier i hired a car so i could nip around and visit relatives much easier.Today though, i made a trip up to Stirling, which only takes about 45 minutes. It was here i visited the Wallace Monument and Stirlin…

I've always wanted to travel to Scotland, especially because my husband's ancestorial heritage is from Scotland, in the northwest. Absolutley beautiful, the castles, the lochs, the abbeys, the people and the rocky coastlines. We even experienced a Highland game while traversing about. A must see.

As we have to take the plane in Edinburgh to get home we decided to make an overnight stop in Stirling before getting to Edinburgh. After less than an hour driving we arrived at the castle of Stirling but the entrance fee of 8.50 GBP per person would blow our low budget. We paid the fee for the par…

the first long stop was in stirling, where we listened to the william wallace story and overlooked the area surrounding the hill there. the wallace monument from the picture was clearly done after the braveheart movie and left a bit of a cheesy flavor to the place :)

The National Wallace Monument (generally known as the Wallace Monument) is a tower standing on the summit of Abbey Craig, a hilltop near Stirling in Scotland. It commemorates William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero. The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign which accompani…

From the highlands of Scotland to the port city of Liverpool and from the enchanting county of Kent to the suave capital city of London...

In hindsight,  I reckon this trip taught me an important lesson - plan before you go. Oh, and while you're at it, plan by YOURSELF! My friend told me that I must visit Stirling, the word "Braveheart" being repeated again and again. Being a Hollywood junkie, I could instantly recognise lots of …

A trip encompassing mainland Scotland, with a visit to Skye. A beautiful and rugged country, slightly gentled by rain and whiskey!

Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh, Highlands tour(Glen Coe, Loch Ness, Inverness)