Scotland Castles
So, you have decided that you need a whimsical vacation roaming ancient paths and historical castles. It is good for you to visit a beautiful far off land and dream. What better place to dream than while touring on of many Scotland castles. What types of Scotland castles do you want to see?
Castle Ruins
If you enjoy exploring crumbling historical buildings and imagining how it looked long ago than you will love visiting Scotland’s castles. It has been said that there is a castle ruin on every hillock. This might be an exaggeration, but there are a lot of ruined castes to hike around.
Castle Tour
If you love antiques and lovingly restored buildings than aim for the castles that have been restored, cared for, and are open to tours. The tour guides will fill your head with history and legends of the keep you are exploring. Many of these castles are museums, so they will have all sorts of local antiques and artifacts to see.
Castle Hotels
The ultimate Scotland castle vacation involves at least on night sleeping in a castle. Depending on your budget you can find all sorts of restored castles with accommodations. You can stay anywhere from a five star resort type hotel to a more modest type castle hotel. You can even find castles to rent out in its entirety for your group.
Haunted Castles
Halloween might be over, but spirits are still floating though the halls of some of Scotland’s castle. Whether you believe in ghosts or not it is interesting to hear the legends and find out if something will make you believe.
Above photo of Eilean Donan Castle Scotland by conner 395