A Guide to Scotland
Capital:
Edinburgh
Population:
5,062,011
Currency:
British pound (GBP)
Religions:
Presbyterian Church of Scotland, other Presbyterian churches, Anglicans, Catholics
Government:
constitutional monarchy
Languages:
English, Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000)
Climate:
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast
Phone Code:
44
Festivals in Scotland
Common Ridings - Hawick [article]Edinburgh Festival Fringe [article]
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival [snippet]
Imaginate - Children's International Theatre Festival [snippet]
Hogmanay [photo gallery]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe [photo gallery]
Highland Games [video]
Edinburgh Military Tattoo [video]
Rockness [web site]
Dundee International Guitar Festival [web site]
Check out more Scotland festivals
Scotland Hostels and Budget Hotels
Scotland Hotels
An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Scotland.
Scotland Flights
British Airways (Scotland) - British Airways flys to over 100 countries worldwide and has extensive trans-Atlantic and European flight networks
An Aussie in London has scoured the web for airlines that fly to Scotland. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to British Airways) through to airline sites that feature flights to Scotland.
Scotland Tours
Tours in ScotlandEuropean Train Travel
Car Hire in Scotland
easyCar - easyCar is one of the easy Group of companies owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet. easyCar is now represented in over 60 countries with 2,400 rental locations and access to a fleet of some 400,000 cars and like easyJet you'll have to go a long, long way to find a cheaper rate on or off the web.
Further Scotland Resources
Check out more Scotland web sites
