# Hidden Scotland

> An independent guide and magazine about Scotland, founded in 2016; the printed magazine since 2020. Places worth the journey, where to stay, walks and days out, and the stories behind them. Each place's page says when its details were last checked. How we work: https://hiddenscotland.com/editorial-policy

## What is here

- [Places](https://hiddenscotland.com/places): things to see and do, restaurants, cafés and shops across Scotland.
- [Places to stay](https://hiddenscotland.com/stay): cottages, cabins, hotels and bothies we would send a friend to.
- [Destinations](https://hiddenscotland.com/destinations): the regions of Scotland, each with its own guide.
- [Walks](https://hiddenscotland.com/do/walks): routes with the distance, the climb, parking and when to go.
- [Munros](https://hiddenscotland.com/munros): every Munro, with what to know before you climb it.
- [Itineraries](https://hiddenscotland.com/itineraries): days and trips, planned end to end.
- [Days out](https://hiddenscotland.com/days-out): a day from the town you are in.
- [Events](https://hiddenscotland.com/events): what is on across Scotland.
- [Collections](https://hiddenscotland.com/collections): edited lists, such as beaches, castles and places to eat.
- [Golf](https://hiddenscotland.com/golf) and [whisky](https://hiddenscotland.com/whisky): courses and distilleries to visit.
- [The journal](https://hiddenscotland.com/read/articles): long-form writing about Scottish places, food, history and folklore.
- [News](https://hiddenscotland.com/news): what is new and opening in Scotland.
- [The magazine](https://hiddenscotland.com/magazine): printed twice a year, and every back issue.
- [Writers](https://hiddenscotland.com/authors): the people who write for us.

## Regions

- [Aberdeen](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/aberdeen) — Granite city on the North Sea
- [Aberdeenshire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/aberdeenshire) — Castle country, a quiet dramatic coast
- [Angus](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/angus) — Red cliffs, Pictish stones and five quiet glens
- [Argyll and Bute](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/argyll-and-bute) — Sea lochs, ferries and whisky
- [Ayrshire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/ayrshire) — Long sands and links on the Clyde
- [Cairngorms](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/cairngorms) — High plateaus and ancient pinewoods
- [Caithness](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/caithness) — Big skies and sea cliffs at the top
- [Dumfries and Galloway](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/dumfries-and-galloway) — The forgotten southwest, dark skies
- [Dundee](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/dundee) — Design, jute and a wide silver river
- [Easter Ross](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/easter-ross) — Quiet farmland and distilleries
- [Edinburgh](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/edinburgh) — Castle, closes and a festival every August
- [Fife](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/fife) — St Andrews and the East Neuk
- [Glasgow](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/glasgow) — Victorian swagger and people who talk to anyone
- [Inverness-shire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/inverness-shire) — The Highland capital and the road north
- [Isle of Arran](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/isle-of-arran) — Scotland in miniature
- [Isle of Skye](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/isle-of-skye) — The Cuillin at one end, the Quiraing at the other, and weather all the way between
- [Loch Lomond](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/loch-lomond-the-trossachs) — The bonnie banks, an hour from Glasgow
- [Lochaber](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/lochaber) — Ben Nevis, Glencoe and the west
- [Lothian](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/lothian) — Castles, beaches and the Lammermuirs
- [Morayshire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/morayshire) — Whisky’s home turf and dolphin water
- [Orkney](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/orkney) — Neolithic sites older than Stonehenge
- [Outer Hebrides](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/outer-hebrides) — White sand, and weather with a mind of its own
- [Perthshire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/perthshire) — Big trees, salmon rivers, quietly grand
- [Ross and Cromarty](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/ross-and-cromarty) — Remote mountains and fine coastline
- [Scottish Borders](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/borders) — Rolling hills and abbey ruins
- [Shetland Islands](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/shetland) — Closer to Bergen than to Edinburgh, and it shows
- [Stirlingshire](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/stirlingshire) — Where the Lowlands meet the Highlands
- [Sutherland](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/sutherland) — Empty, ancient and astonishing
- [Wester Ross](https://hiddenscotland.com/region/wester-ross) — Torridon, Applecross, Loch Maree

## Contact

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