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Scotland has an overwhelming abundance of natural beauty, hundreds of castles stand proud from its long and turbulent past, and an innate flair for enterprise and travel has endowed the nation with artistic treasures from around the world. The culture remains vibrant today, and there’s much to celebrate. Here’s a distillation of Scotland’s best.
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Excellent attraction - well worth a visit as long as you dont get scared easily or mind participating in the various exhibits - I got picked to perform an autopsy and take part in a witches trial - all good fun.
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Charlotte Square (see Edinburgh) plays host to this annual showcase of literary talent, bringing together the best-selling and most critically acclaimed authors for readings, debates and signing sessions.
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The greatest extravaganza of music, drama, dance and opera on the planet. The Festival lays on the world’s most prestigious performers, while the thousand-show Fringe brings the unknown and avantegarde. The massive spectacle of the castle’s Military Tattoo is a swelling moment of national pride and vitality – a highly charged affair.
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Established in 1947, the festival now comprises four categories: world premieres, young British talent, film study and a major restrospective.
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A rival to Glasgow’s, this is the capital’s own festival of cool music (late Jul/early Aug).
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Successfully combining education with entertainment in venues right across the city. The programme includes exhibitions of the latest scientific advances and demonstrations of tomorow’s gadgets, as well as a platform for serious debate.
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Monthly events in Overtures Functin suite.
Next event 21st July - African Live Music & Wine Night. £22pp
Details contact julia@livenation.co.uk
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One of the world’s great zoos, particularly noted for its marvellous penguin colony. Well over 1,000 animals can be seen here, including such fascinating and endangered species as red pandas, tigers, white rhinos, ring-tailed lemurs and poison-arrow frogs (see Edinburgh Zoo) .
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You have to go to Antarctica to find a larger gathering of outdoor penguins. Here, in an underwater gallery, you can watch 150 cavort in the pool. The other highlights are the walkways over a re-creation of the African plains, where you can look down upon zebras, oryxes and ostriches (with a stunning, if rather mismatched, view of Edinburgh in the background), as well as marmosets and other miniature monkeys of the Magic Forest. But it’s the penguins that steal the show.
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fantastic place with loads of animals great day out with the penguin walk!
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