Life on the Edge of the World: Tours of Scotland

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The Outer Hebrides have long been renowned for the quality of its food - from the tastiest salmon to unbeatable black pudding, freshly-caught scallops to locally reared beef - the choice is great and so is the taste. Not only food, but white sandy beaches, castles, ancient monuments (older than Stonehenge) and superb scenery, truly, “the edge of the world!”  The Outer Hebrides is one of the most amazing locations to visit. Where the sea laps up against the sky.  LET US TAKE YOU THERE on a specially designed tour programme.  The museums, galleries & exhibitions in the Outer Hebrides display key local artefacts and tell the story of these islands of Celtic and Norse influence that have been inhabited for over 6,000 years. There are Golf Courses to rest your ability on the isles. Some must visits; Hebridean Smokehouse. The pristine clean waters that surround our shores support all the salmon and sea trout we use to make special peat and beechwood smoked products, the small local inshore fishing fleet land the very best scallops to smoke with locally cut peat.   Kisimul Castle (Caisteal Chiosmuil, ‘castle of the rock of the small bay’)  was the residence of the chief of the Macneils of Barra, who claimed descent from the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages. Tradition tells of the Macneils settling in Barra in the 11th century, but it was only in 1427 that Gilleonan Macneil comes on record as the first lord.  At 5000 years old, Calanais circle of standing stones have witnessed countless changes in the people and the landscape around them. There are at least a dozen sites of interest around Calanais. The main stone complex contains around 50 stones in a cross-shaped setting. The impressive inner circle comprising 13 stones, the tallest of which is 4m high, and a small chambered cairn. Dun Carloway Broch on Lewis is one of Britain’s best-preserved Iron Age forts, while North Uist’s Barpa Langass is an impressively preserved chambered cairn.  The Bosta Iron Age House on Bernera is a painstaking reconstruction of an Iron Age village that was uncovered by chance following a storm in the 1990s. Cruise to St Kilda - the remote archipelago of St Kilda has fascinated explorers, naturalists and adventurers, keen to discover for themselves its unique history, landscape and wildlife. World Heritage Site.