With a cliff-top castle, Scotland’s main maritime museum, a world heritage site, Robert Burn’s birthplace and the Isle of Arran, this area offers exceptional variety.
Isle of Arran With its distinctive mountainous profile a feature of the western horizon, the Isle of Arran has drawn generations of holidaymakers down the Clyde. More...
Robert Burns Country Scotland embraces its national poet in a different way to any other literary figure. In Ayrshire there are a large number of places associated with Burns, including his birthplace cottage.
Castles From cliff-top Culzean, to Bothwell, in a beautiful setting by a bend in the River Clyde, and Brodick with its garden on the Isle of Arran, there is no shortage of superb castles.
Model Village New Lanark’s importance as the site of a unique social experiment in workers’ welfare has been acknowledged by its World Heritage status.
Museums Discover the role of the River Clyde in Scotland’s shipbuilding and maritime story; or make the connection between a Middle Eastern fertility symbol and the Paisley shawl.
Speciality Shops Porcelain on Arran, lace makers in Ayr, even safety pins welded into animal shapes near Kilmarnock, plus furniture makers, glass-painters, jewellers. Lots to choose from here.
Festivals & Events Music festivals (especially strong here), agricultural shows, art exhibitions, concerts and ceilidhs – a wide ranging and stimulating programme is on offer.
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