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Top 10 Best of the Rest

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1. Scottish Seabird Centre

Remote cameras relay live action from the Bass Rock’s 100,000 gannets. Take time for a boat trip around the headland too.
2. Abbotsford House

Wonderfully eccentric collection of weaponry and historical bric-a-brac, collected by the great novelist Sir Walter Scott and displayed in his dream home.
3. Traquair House

A romantic chateau, this is Scotland’s oldest continually inhabited house (900 years) and a former pleasure ground for kings.
4. Burns National Heritage Park

Comprising a museum and the writer’s cottage, this place of pilgrimage celebrates the life and genius of Scotland’s national poet.
5. Manderston House

The swansong of the great classical house, this family home stands in sumptuous gardens and has the only silver staircase in the world.
6. Scott’s View

Sir Walter Scott’s favourite view of the River Tweed and Eildon Hills. Out of habit, his horse stopped here during Scott’s funeral procession.
7. Galloway Forest Park

Area of superb loch, forest and hill scenery. Take a picnic to the Bruce’s Stone or have a day out on foot or on bikes.
8. St Abb’s Head

A national nature reserve on dramatic cliffs packed with birds. Don’t miss the characterful town of St Abbs, with its excellent fishery museum.
9. Wigtown

Pretty market town that has become Scotland’s “book town”, full of all sorts of literary specialities and events.
10. Creetown Gemrock Museum

A thrilling collection of precious stones, crystals, minerals and fossils in a gem of a village.