Aberdeen and the Northeast Features

Aberdeen and the Northeast Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Aberdeen and the Northeast
  

  Glorious castles: With more than 75 castles, some Victorian and others dating back to the 13th century, this area has everything from ravaged... Read more

• Which Castle Is Right for You?
  

  We admit it—there are almost too many castles in this part of Scotland. Since it's nearly impossible to see all of them, we've noted the... Read more

• Language and the Scots
  

  "Much," said Doctor Johnson,"may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young." This quote sums up, even today, the attitude of some English... Read more

• Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Retreat
  

  Some credit Sir Walter Scott with having opened up Scotland for tourism through his poems and novels. But it was probably Queen Victoria (1819-1901)... Read more

• Whisky, the Water of Life
  

  Conjured from an innocuous mix of malted barley, water, and yeast, malt whisky is for many synonymous with Scotland. Clans produced whisky for... Read more