American Reacts to the 10 BEST Places to Visit In Scotland

[@johnavery3941]

In Scotland we have a Law called the "right to roam" so you can pretty much go whereever you like on someone elses land. The trust part is you leave it as you find it.

[@WeeMac538]

I hope we can retain this, but friends in Aviemore have had massive clean up jobs to do on the Rothiemurchus Estate and Cairngorm National Park due to people camping and leaving mountains of trash behind. I find this infuriating! We believe in the right to roam but not the right to destroy our beautiful country. They need to impose extremely heavy fines to stop this from happening, and it's not the Scots doing this!

[@geoffpriestley7001]

@@WeeMac538 loch lomond and lead hills has the same burnt patches of grass every where and beer cans thrown in the bushes

[@rickb.4168]

It’s actually a law in Great Britain, famously protested on Kinder Scout in the North West of England. With people like Ewan MacColl. His song ‘The Manchester rambler’

[@MG-bs5mr]

@@rickb.4168 tbf Scotland has gone one stage further with the land reform act

[@garyhyndman1105]

Take only memories and leave only footprints.

[@lornamaker3312]

The secret to us having such lush colours is the rain. Nobody likes the rain but when you see what it does, it makes you appreciate it more. Love living in SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@alanaw27]

I do too.

[@iriscollins7583]

There is no O in the latter part of Edinburgh. It's a U.

[@valeriehooper6128]

Yes we have we have brownie Sunday or we have cheesecake alright thank you

[@bazza426]

same From Dundee but yeah it rains a lot hahaha

[@Scot-land]

Amen

[@katlouwen3152]

Originally from Australia, I visited Edinburgh for 4 days in 2017. I knew straight away that I had to live in this amazing country. 3 years later I permanently relocated to the Scottish highlands. Best decision I’ve ever made.

[@kikibee2745]

@@OneTrueScotsmanI am from Edinburgh but there is nothing more stunning that the Highlands 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💙

[@elainespeirs7800]

Thanks fir choosing to be a Scot

[@beccatimps]

The train was running on this line long before Harry Potter existed, it was the inspiration for the Hogwarts Express and used in the films. (Edit) The castle is run by a charity and you pay to go inside. Most castles and stately homes in the UK are open to paying visitors.

[@alanaw27]

Even Royal Castles and Palaces can be visited.

[@weescottishguy8950]

Iv been on it twice Fort William to Mallaig. Im originally from Inveraray but now in Perth and west coast is the most beautiful part

[@grapeman63]

This guy seems to have spent his entire road trip of Scotland on the Isle of Skye. There are many beautiful places in Scotland that are not on Skye! The best way to see them is on foot. I would recommend the East Highland Way between Fort William and Aviemore (the West Highland Way gets a bit crowded) or, if you really want to be alone, the Cape Wrath Trail. As a narrator, he should really work on his pronunciation. He apologised for mispronouncing a few names but seriously mangled all of them!

[@johncroyfindlay]

There are lots of memes about the typical American tourist route in Scotland simply showing a line between Edinburgh and Skye. Nothing else. Just bad research. European tourists seem to "get it" a bit more, though, venturing further afield and finding remote places to visit other than just Skye.

[@Dizmol]

100% mangled indeed

[@clovermark39]

He did mangle all names. Very frustrating.

[@WJWatt]

Skye has featured in many films, Eilean Donan Castle was in the film Highlander, and a James Bond film,

[@pixadavid]

Yeah, Skye is beautiful., Possibly my favourite part of Scotland, but it is perhaps 'overdone' by tourists. The last couple of times I've visited I've been a bit disturbed by how many tourists there were, not good for the local housing market either. Of course I was also a tourist so can't really complain, even if I am Scottish. But there's lots of beauty in the rest of the Highlands, so worth travelling a bit wider instead of just joining a huge queue around the old man of Storr etc.

[@alexandrafalcon8476]

Hello Tyler. I am an American who’s lived in Scotland the past 22 years after marrying the most beautiful wonderful Scotsman god ever created. I can in all honesty say Scotland is as beautiful and magical as you could imagine. The highlands are as created by the ice age with huge boulders and rugged land. The wildlife are majestic especially in the snow you can see thousands of deer dotting the hill sides and moving here was the first time in my life I saw complete darkness standing outside and heard complete silence except for the soft breeze and cracking of ice on tree branches. The air is so clean. The history and folklore is where the magic is like on Hogmanay (new years day) a ginger (red) haired person can not enter your house until a dark haired person passes the threshold or you’ll have bad luck. Most have lost those beliefs sadly as are the Gaelic speakers far and few now. If you get the chance to come to Scotland especially around Christmas Inverness and Edinburgh are truly magical and the people are so welcoming (no matter the season)

[@alexisorr1594]

Thank you from everyone here in your home Scotland 🙏👍

[@liamfeely]

I didn't marry you lol

[@alexisorr1594]

@@liamfeely 🤣🤣👌

[@Anastasia-oy2zp]

Sounds great … I’d love to move to Scotland from boring over regulated 90% landlocked Germany but I can’t anymore because of brexit … that’s a bummer

[@alexisorr1594]

Hi ! You can come and stay for 6 months as part of the agreement, even better is Ireland 🇮🇪 is part of the European Union and it’s just a boat ride over to Bonnie Scotland or a plane ✈️ is less than an hour 🤗🤗

[@lindylou7853]

Holidays in Scotland - memories of my mum cooking sausages on a camp stove in the rain holding up an umbrella over the frying pan. Meanwhile, dad’s reading the paper inside the car. We hadn’t booked a room for the night and it was getting dark when we came across a scruffy sign for a B&B. Down a long, narrow winding road, it was a manse for the local church and it was filled with antiques and old-fashioned wallpaper. Breakfast was sausages, bacon, black pudding, haggis, eggs, fried bread, fried home-grown tomatoes and it was very cheap! Just a small thing, but it has its own private beach - acres of white sand and nobody for miles. Even my dad ran along the beach - with his trousers rolled up.

[@Madders23]

Thankyou for that. It sounds like you have some wonderful memories.

[@lindylou7853]

@the hand Ulster fry?

[@daviel6595]

Square sausage potato scones nice

[@calumbutter6124]

You somehow forgot to mention the plague of midges.

[@roguerebel6297]

@@calumbutter6124 midges are only in the height of summer, they all die out soon after

[@KukLuv]

My Country is beautiful I'm proud to be Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃

[@bicnarok]

How can anyone be proud of being randomly born on a spot of land with an imaginary border?

[@Minabelina]

I remember visiting Scotland for the first time when I was 11 (live in England, sorry, lol) and it (literally) took my breath away even as a child. It's beautiful there.

[@anneg5720]

Why you sorry for living in England? You should be proud, england is a beautiful place with beautiful people. With love from scotland 💖 xxx

[@Paul-hl8yg]

@@anneg5720 Agree, our whole British isles are beautiful 👍

[@WeeMac538]

I'm a Scot but absolutely love Devon and Cornwall. Perhaps because they are Celtic regions of England, but I think more because of the topography. They are very like Scotland!

[@Paul-hl8yg]

I'm English & know that my grandmothers side were English & my grandfathers side Scottish. So i have some Scottish ancestry. Its amazing how our bloodlines inter mingle through these isles. Scotland is stunning, as is parts of England, Wales & Ireland. We are so lucky to live on such beautiful islands.

[@Minabelina]

I was only joking 😁 I've been all over the UK, and it is beautiful. And my grandfather was Scottish, a Campbell from Glasgow. I'm very proud of my mixed heritage.

[@lordylou1]

The Glenfinnan Viaduct and train wasn't kept after filming Harry Potter. It was there long before Harry Potter was filmed.

[@anneg5720]

😂😂😂 As if harry Potter was that important 🤣😬

[@alicemilne1444]

@@anneg5720 Harry Potter is not important as such. It is mainly a social phenomenon that will be mostly forgotten in a hundred years. But as far as filming locations are concerned, the Harry Potter franchise brought the Glenfinnan Viaduct and the Jacobite Steam Train world attention. Visually, that is. Most people have absolutely no idea of the historical significance of Glenfinnan or the Jacobites.

[@leohickey4953]

It's not easy to get the perfect photograph when you're on a train crossing the viaduct, but the guard does give you a warning that it's coming up so you can get your camera or phone ready. Regular trains cross it, not just the steam train.

[@margaretmckay-os1sz]

The Glenfinnan Viaduct was built at the end of the 19th Century, long before Harry Potter was even thought of.

[@nikkiscotland8860]

As a Scottish person I find it so sad that people have never seen what we see every day

[@simondummer3954]

Tragic

[@ianmclaughlin4043]

Some people who live here don't realise it's their either thank god a got intae fishin 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@Malc180s]

Junkies shitting on your front door step? Aye, tis indeed magical.

[@CallumBootland]

You probably live in Coatbridge or something mate would not want to see that everyday😂

[@nikkiscotland8860]

@@CallumBootland I live on North coast house surrounded by fields with cows, sheep, horses, the mountains behind me and sea out front.

[@sandrallewelyn4896]

I'm English but Scotland is my spiritual home. So beautiful and very welcoming people

[@alexisorr1594]

This is the first time I’ve used this sentence “I’m absolutely gushing with pride” thank you for reminding us what we have in this very small part of this planet 🌍 ❤

[@Arcadia61]

I visited twice and have seen most of these places and much, much more. Crossed over to some of the Orkney Islands as well. Some of the most beautiful, scenic locations I've ever visited. Looking forward to another visit soon. Such friendly, helpful people too. Even though Scotland is such a different country to mine (an island in the Mediterranean that's dry, arid and hot for several months of the year) I felt right at home the minute I landed.

[@eddihaskell]

I'm American and I used to live in the U.K. (London of course, I worked there) and Glasgow has incredibly fun nightlife. Seriously. I had more fun there than anywhere else. This applies for just about anyone. I think its a huge underrated destination.

[@traceyoneill8627]

Yeah you get a great night out in Glasgow

[@cuttinaboot]

Definitely love a party in Glasgow

[@wboyle9721]

Glasgow is best if you ever leave Glasgow it never leaves you

[@gilly9430]

I’m a weegie , it is great! 😂

[@kathleen4558]

I'm Scottish and started touring it two years ago ..... it's overwhelming in places just how beautiful it is. I'll never holiday abroad again 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@INSA.NEL.Y]

im scottish and i really want to tour, i live in the "schemes" near glasgow so i dont see much apart from the downside you know 😭 do you have any recommendations of places to visit/explore :))

[@kathleen4558]

@@INSA.NEL.Y Glencoe ..... it's out of this world. You'll soon be hooked seeing what we have on "our doorstep" You can see white sandy beached up at the very top of Scotland, its weird we have those places 😂

[@jimbrown4456]

Unfortunately minimum wage doesn't let you see too much 😢

[@redfog42]

​@jimbrown4456 check out the coach tours. It's really worth saving up for to visit Scotland. We did it for Orkney a few years ago. Would deffo do it again if we went back.

[@sapien82]

I want to go tae every town and city and every island of Scotland before I die, ive knocked off a fair few in my 41 years but still plenty to do.

[@beccatimps]

There are some great videos by Midwest Americans from their trip to England, Scotland and Wales earlier this year, showing places in much more detail.

[@lizbignell7813]

Magenta Otter Travels also has some great videos.

[@alicemilne1444]

Their videos are really great, I can recommend them. But in Scotland they only visited Edinburgh and Glasgow.

[@orwellboy1958]

Did you see their last post? They are taking a break from KZbin.

[@marilynmcgregor7810]

Try and pronouse Edinburgh try Ed in bur ra

[@marilynmcgregor7810]

Can you please get someone who can pronounce words properly

[@gdok6088]

Found a solution to the midges in Scotland years ago on a family trip. We used Jungle Formula but not the spray - we used the roll on - for arms, legs, neck, face with maybe a top up of the spray on clothing. As we stood and looked at each other there was a midge free halo around all of us! It worked a treat & was less wasteful and more effective than using the aerosol spray alone. Scotland is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@anneg5720]

Jungle formula has been around for years, there's always been solutions. Its just us scots usually just deal with it and moan like heck afterwards 😂😂😂

[@hiz1507]

You should've gone for the native solution. Expose your bare arms and legs and run around a wooded area, preferably one with a stream or pond, in the evening for several hours. You'll have so many bites that, after two days of itchy hell, you'll develop a life long tolerance to Scottish midge bites and never notice another one again. It'll even give you something instead of sheep to count on that first itchy night - I got into triple digits before I gave up and that was just my lower legs. 😂😂

[@barbh0]

They have made a special spray called Smidge which is excellent or you can use Bog Myrtle soap and body lotion from the Highland Soap Company. Midges love me and both have proven effective.

[@paulmcgarrigle5531]

Small tip for midges,use Avon oh so soft spray, work's alot better than any jungle formula,and yes I'm Scottish.

[@gdok6088]

@@paulmcgarrigle5531 Thanks for the tip - you Scots will certainly know for sure.

[@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885]

I'm portuguese and have been in Scotland once (working trip) and fell in love with this part of the world... I stayed in a beautiful little hotel called (I think) Inn on the Loch (near Dundee) and it was so magical with all its rooms facing a lake and the first night at 3 in the morning I was staring at that lake hoping to see some creature raising from the water.... I only saw a swan with her 6 or 7 little ones going around... That's a place I would like to go back one day!

[@John1873--]

Haste ye back! ✌🏻

[@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885]

@@John1873-- Yes. I must go back... and the correct name of the place is Lodge on the Loch...

[@RandomRyan1911]

Damn you speak better English than a lot of the people here, glad you enjoyed your stay.

[@cammymoodie2836]

@@mariaarmindapinheirobarbar4885 Lodge on the Loch is located in Loch lomond did some work their a while ago

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@cammymoodie2836 There's more than 1 Lodge on the Loch in Scotland as there are Inn's on the Loch.

[@christopherwoolnough2160]

Just one comment but very important. These 10 best places are a representative sample. I could give you another 100. None of which would included in someone else’s list. Beautiful! , 🥰

[@DB-stuff]

Indeed, concentrated on well known places , lots of other stunning places.

[@Marina_-_-]

I am not from Scotland but there is a very simple explanation to your "why is everything sooo green" question - a LOT of rain. He was there in August if I am not mistaken and I think Americans don't realize the temperatures are quite low compared to many places in the US and it rains frequently. ☔

[@gavinhall6040]

The UK is green all over and one of the biggest first memories from talking to many of the wartime US GI's was they couldn't believe how green and lush the land was.

[@hiz1507]

August is usually pretty warm and everything is starting to dry out. If you want to see it really green, you need to go in May or June.

[@scottirvine121]

August is one of the driest months haha, there's less intense sun normally that's why

[@rozhunter7645]

Are you insinuating that it rains a lot in Scotland? 🤣🤣🤣 Who am I kidding sitting here watching the rain pour in Scotland 🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@Marina_-_-]

@@scottirvine121 well, the point was that I have noticed on so many channels that the Americans are surprised to see how green everything is in the "northern countries" in general so my point was that it rains a lot and the temperatures are much lower which I see they don't realize.

[@callycatus]

I can vouch for just how Beautiful it is.. it's magical

[@wanderingfool6312]

The u-shaped valleys are typically formed by glaciers, in this case at the time of the previous ice age. The rock fields are probably glacial erratics, left behind as the ice melted.

[@tozmom615]

I live in the northwest highlands, north of the Isle of Skye, near Ullapool. It is very nice. Lots of beautiful scenery. You might recognise that first scene (the old man of Storr) from Alien; Prometheus.

[@elizabethmair2948]

Sunset at Ullapool is so breathtaking.

[@speleokeir]

As others have mentioned the reason why it's so green is rain, rain and more rain!😁 Britain has very diverse landscapes in a relatively small area. There are a number of reasons for this: - We're an island with hills and mountains. Where different environments meet you get more variety e.g. coast line, dunes and beaches, floodplains, wetlands, woodland, hills and mountains. - We have a very diverse geology with lots of different rock types in a small area which in turn affects the terrain, hydrology, soils and vegetation. - During the ice age Scotland and the North were covered in ice. The U-shaped valleys you noticed were carved out by glaciers. The Lake District is the same. - Four different weather systems meet over the UK. The Atlantic system, which is the prevalent one, is warm (relatively) and wet, The Artic system (cold and wet), the Siberian system (cold and dry) and the Saharan system (hot and dry). This is why the weather can vary so much and we get 'four seasons in one day'. - The Gulf Stream: This is a current of warm water which comes all the way from the Mexican Gulf and keeps the British Isles much warmer than they would otherwise be, especially in winter. We're actually at the same latitude as Churchhill in Canada which has the biggest population of polar bears in the world. Without the gulf stream we'd be ice-locked in winter. Worryingly there are signs that climate change is weakening the Gulf Stream. If it fails completely the British Isles will get much colder despite the world getting warmer overall. - Our countryside/scenery has been massively influenced by man. Britain was originally covered in woodland, the majority of which has been cleared. Moorland for example is all man made and would revert if it wasn't maintained. Drainage systems have reduced wetlands and the amount of fog, etc - The west of the country has significantly higher rainfall than the East and tends to be more hilly and rugged. For this reason many of the most beautiful parts of Britain are on the West Coast: The Hebrides and West coast of Scotland, the Lake District, Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire, Devon and Cornwall. There are beautiful parts in the East, too, Northumbria and the Norfolk broads for instance, but West is best!😀 All of the west coast was originally temperate rainforest (deciduous woods where all the moisture encourages lots of moss, ferns, lichens and liverworts. 99% of this has gone, though there are still small patches if you know where to look. - Midges: If visiting Scotland during midge season (most of the summer) prepare to be eaten alive, especially around water. If you've ever been attacked by a swarm of mosquitos midges are twice as bad. Pack lots of insect repellent and consider buying a hat with mesh (like a beekeeper). They don't like citrus much so lemon soap, etc helps too.

[@valerieshores8076]

I absolutely love Scotland, it’s so beautiful

[@Smudgie33]

We did a trip on the steam train over the viaduct for my 10th wedding anniversary. Spent a week in Edinburgh for our 1st wedding anniversary and now vacation twice a year, 2 weeks each time in the Scottish Highlands. We love it so much we’re hoping to move up there in the next 2 years.

[@Squi-Rell]

I'm Scottish, and it is a pet peev when city names are mispronounced. Pronunciation corrections for our American cousins. Glasgow "Glaz-go" Edinburgh "Edin-burrah" The "Hogwarts Express" is actually a real train called "The Jacobite" which is still operating as a passenger train today.

[@bleumarin1968]

i feel for you, am French and his way of pronouncing Edinburgh hurts my ears so badly

[@andrewmorton9327]

Also it’s not Loch Fee-nan, it’s Loch Finn-ann with the emphasis on Finn. Incredible how managed to mispronounce every place name.

[@francescarose1453]

​@@bleumarin1968Scotland always had a close link with France. The link we had was called the 'Auld Alliance'. Mary Queen of Scots' mother was Mary of Guise. My name is a derivation of du Ros and apparently my first ancestor in Scotland was a Steward to the Monarchy, in the 9th Century. We still use quite a few French words today as many French lived in Edinburgh in the 15th Century. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@bleumarin1968]

@@francescarose1453 also we have the same enemies 😉😉

[@shammylevva]

@@andrewmorton9327 I couldn't watch past the first 8 minutes due to this. I came to the comments to see if it would get better. Thanks for confirming it didn't saves me watching to the end.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

You mentioned that Scotland is somehow a largely unknown, mystical place for those from the US. I didn't find that to be the case while I lived in CA and VA. I attended several self-styled Highland "Gatherings" in SoCal, heard lots of pipe bands, notably at big police force events, such as funerals for officers killed on duty, and even attended Burns Night dinners in Boston, Pittsburg, DC, and Seattle. Scotland seems to be better known than Wales, and have more cultural events year-round than Ireland, which seems limited just to St Patrick's Day.

[@poisonrose1705]

When I was spending time with relatives in Scotland the majority of tourists we came across were Californians. It seems to be trendy to visit Scotland among Californians.

[@hl6876]

The Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland are great too, with lots of stone age villages you can visit, the Viking influence is eveywhere to be seen and the wildlife is amazing

[@Jubilee1989]

You made a few comments about "U-Shaped valley" and "those rocks look like they've been dragged on one side": might be worth looking up how these are formed over time as these are the left over remnants from the Ice Age, when glaciers were making their mark across the UK. :)

[@hiz1507]

Plus they are still slowly rebounding after being compressed by the weight of those ice sheets and glaciers so the whole landmass is gradually getting higher.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland were once part of the same mountains as the American Appalachian Mountains. Though we are talking millions of years ago.

[@patriciafergus6231]

One of the most awesome drives is through The Glencoe Pass in the Highlands. You feel so small.

[@joyceharkin3641]

I have driven this road many, many times and it never fails to thrill me.

[@jemmajames6719]

All the Uk has really beautiful areas, the first thing you notice when you fly back to the UK is how green our island is.

[@thomasmoore5949]

The ‘uk’ is your ‘island’ is it? This is about Scotland. It’s not an island. This is not about you.

[@marcwarren5985]

@@thomasmoore5949 stop being bitter, you muppet

[@jemmajames6719]

@@thomasmoore5949 Are you ok?

[@clownofthetimes6727]

@@thomasmoore5949 SNP by any chance?

[@honestg]

Yeah Jemma, the UK has some wonderful places that everyone can embrace 👍 Landscape, sights and history up here is phenomenal, if you can overcome the dreaded 'midges'. 🐝 🤣

[@macflod]

I grew up in the highlands and hebrides (islands to west of Scotland). I got to be honest, i barely noticed how beautiful the scenery was except the beaches on hebrides, on rare sunny days they were amazing. After i moved away i started to notice the beauty on my visits back. Now i returned and I really appreciate it, even the less spectacular areas are still lovely.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

You asked if there were spots only the locals know and, of course, there are. But there's one place that I've never seen any American react to. It's called Skara Brae and it's a 'stone age' village, still intact. The houses are all built of rock, so is the furniture; they had indoor toilets(!!) and each house is connected to each other by passages which meant in the stormy, nasty weather no-one needed to go outside to visit Neighbours - or to go to the loo. If you just type in Skara Brae on your search engine you'll find heaps of photos & video. If this video took your breath away, Skara Brae will rock your world!!

[@TerryD15]

I live in England and have visited Edinburgh several times and a couple o years ago had the privilege of working in the city for over a year and can vouch for the fact that it is magical. Northern England including the Lake district and the Yorkshire dDales have just as lovely and breathtaking scenery.

[@eaglerider-1]

I’m Scottish. West Coast Railways run a daily steam train service from Fort William to Mallaig during the summer. That’s the steam train you saw in the video running across the Glenfinnan Viaduct. Man, the scenery along the route is amazing!! 84 miles of totally unspoilt wilderness where there are no roads. I love that day trip. If you ever come to Scotland - do it!

[@moirabaker458]

Scotland....where you can experience all 4 seasons in 1 day!

[@frasmilne]

Four seasons in an hour!!!

[@oliveranthony5914]

​@@frasmilne 😂😂😂

[@bill5974]

Scotland is on my doorstep (Northumberland (which is magnificent in its own right)) and it is amezzin. My grandad was Scottish (Aberdeen) and almost everyone in my community feels some affinity with the lands north of the border.

[@northscot9862]

We like our southern cousins, I would stop at Newcastle all the best. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@PeterHyder]

Depending on what map and when you were looking at it Northumberland probably has closer roots to Holyrood than Westminster. Definitely get on well with our southern northern cousins.

[@joyceharkin3641]

I am lucky enough to live on the west coast of Scotland and I love it, but if I had to move to England, it would have to be Northumberland. Love it (and will be there in August/September).

[@kerrydevlin]

I have to tell you it was really lovely to see my country through your eyes! It made me think I should appreciate my amazing country more. Thanks.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@tozmom615]

There’s a replica trebuchet on the flat grassland next to castle Urquhart, near Drumnadrochit, on Loch Ness.

[@douglasmcclelland]

I live in the UK and have only recently visited Edinburgh and it is an amazing city, the architecture, history and the castle is a must see

[@barbara-annperry5941]

Try Ayrshire the heart of Scotland. Loudoun Hill just outside Darvel is famous for battles from William Wallace and Robert the Bruce as well as the Covenanters. It's a rural area with lots of history.

[@Angela-AScottishView]

Yes you can visit whenever you wanna go more or less! It’s called right to roam in Scotland. Im from Edinburgh, and all my American friends, have all stated they feel like they’re in a fairytale book, while here. We have one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and the Scots are very proud of our country.

[@traceyoneill8627]

I'm scottish but just visited the Isle of Skye for the 1st time recently .. was blown away with the beauty and loved the fact that the sheep and cows just roam whereever, seen a massive cow saunter into someone's garden 😀 . This guys seemed to concentrate his holiday on Skye . Great video but his pronounceations left a lot to be desired

[@jamielyallleathan]

I am 22 years old and proud to be Scottish, I love my country, I respect my country and only those who visit Scotland can say how wonderful and fantastic it is! Not being a supporter of the British Monarchy but respecting the late Queen Elizabeth II, just the fact that it is one of the places that Her Majesty loved makes me proud! The Scots welcome everyone with open hugs, with respect, love and affection, we just hope you enjoy what we have to offer!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Well said laddie.

[@brian9731]

Eileen Donan Castle is privately owned but was (possibly still is) open to the public. It was a major location for the making of the film Highlander back in the 80s with the famous score by Queen.

[@evelynproulx1853]

It reminded me of Dunguaire Castle in Kinvarra, Ireland.

[@reinhard8053]

And it is a rather modern rebuild (1912) as the old castle was destroyed centuries ago. It was open in 2019 and is a very popular tourist destination.

[@daz3743]

I'm lucky to live about an hour's drive from Edinburgh so I'm often there and it is beautiful. Eileen donan is great and yes it's manned and you can pay to visit it. However there's so many beautiful castles in Scotland. Id recommend culzean castle as well then head to the top and past the Highlands up to findhorn etc. That is magical

[@jaggedittlegirl]

Did you ever go down to the front of the castle when the tide was out?

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

even as a person from south the border......i wish he could pronounce edinburgh !!

[@carteremma]

Not just that, but Hollyrood (sounds like rude at the end not rod) and Loch Lomond was butchered. Also the video creator thinking Scotland would be flat baffles me.

[@angussoutter7824]

😂😂😂

[@AhrimanThorn]

I lived in Scotland for many years. I lived just a few miles down the road from Glenfinnan, so I used to regularly get the train over the viaduct. It’s a great view from up there and in the summer the driver stops briefly in the middle so tourists can take photos. I also lived for a good few years in a valley much like the one you admired near the end. The house was reached by a mile long forestry track and it was the only house at the end of that track. We had a generator for electricity which was only needed for a few hours each evening, and the water came from a burn (Stream) that came down the mountain behind the house. Yes, there are people in the touristy places but I could walk in the mountains near my home for an entire day and not see another human being. (Lots of sheep though) Those hills and lochs in the video are beautiful when lit by sunlight, but when they're dark and stormy (As they often are) they're even more spectacular.

[@assi2424]

I'm blessed to have been born in my stunning country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 this is only a small part of Scotland shown its non stop stunning views in the Highlands and we call valleys * Glens* I'm sure anyone visiting will not be disappointed and we're friendly people us Scots 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@susansykes6855]

My Grandma was born in Scotland (Peebles) and loved visiting family there. Its such a beautiful place

[@paulbriggs5238]

really enjoying your reactions, honesty and thirst for knowledge 🙂

[@markstevens6538]

we got a thing called the National Trust and English Heritage Charities that buy up historical sites, do the upkeep on buildings etc, they are mostly open to the public for an entrance fee, you can also become a member of the National Trust for a yearly fee that grants you discount on entrance fees

[@angussoutter7824]

Two fun facts we have wild palm trees on the west coast of Scotland in two areas and the most northerly sub tropical garden in the world 😊

[@barbadosantigua1]

Yes we have palm trees here on the Isle of Bute

[@tacfoley4443]

The gardens of Inverewe.

[@abergreg]

The landscapes of the Highlands and the Hebrides is often breathtaking.

[@symbolicdoom]

Laughing at that original video - wish I had the confidence to make a "Top 10 places to visit" in a different country video without bothering to learn how any of the place names are pronounced

[@stephycal]

Seriously. He couldn't even get Loch Lomond right?

[@allano937]

Was there anywhere he pronounced correctly? These were not even our hardest places to get correct. I wonder how he would do with towns and villages like Auchtermuchty :)

[@alicemilne1444]

@@allano937 Even my French mother got Auchtermuchty right, though she did struggle at times with the "uchty" bit and tended to use a French "r" instead of the "ch" there. She could blast you with a fine Drumnadrochit or Ballachulish, though, because she did try to learn Gaelic too. She drank her uisge-beatha from a quaich she made herself (she studied silversmithing at Duncan of Jordanston as a mature student) :D But then, she actually lived in Scotland rather than visiting. I do think visitors should ask the locals how to pronounce things before making such videos.

[@michaelleiper]

@@allano937 Arthur's Seat was pronounced correctly, unlike Edinburgh, Glasgow, Holyrood, Loch, Lomond, etc. etc.

[@alisonmarshall45]

He got them all wrong!

[@gwendahughes6253]

Im from Wales I love Scotland it so beautiful as is Wales of course love your reaction to UK

[@jemmajames6719]

All the UK has beautiful and not so beautiful areas, we are so lucky.

[@anneg5720]

Lake district is beautiful too 💖

[@gwendahughes6253]

@@anneg5720 I have never been i believe it it is i have seen on telly if I was young I would have a camper van and travel all around

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Wales is bonnie land, with very bonnie girls & the best national anthem ever written.

[@rozhunter7645]

Hogwarts is in Scotland in one of the books Dufftown is mentioned which actually exists, a lot of the scenery was filmed in Scotland. Parts are very remote. The population is about 5.454 million, I love living in Scotland

[@bobbell4461]

Visit the sout of Scotland, Burns Country, Floors Castle near Kelso and Langholm (my home town) for its Common Riding on the last Friday of July.

[@marcwarren5985]

The secret to enjoying the true beauty of Scotland, is to avoid the tourist locations. Ive spent years working around Scotland and ive had some of the best interactions and seen the best sights. Im English from Liverpool.

[@georgejob2156]

Scouse mate ,tops people!

[@marybarnes8698]

You could say the same about England if people went to nature they would probably never wish to leave I know Scotland have been numerous times of course I am English too but I do live just below the border so I also have Scottish in me along with Irish but I know myself as English and most of my life I have toured our country and never really found anything else to match it, rain yes but rain makes our land green and lush.

[@martinmcelroy3322]

I visited the Eilan donan in 1985 when the had just finnished filming the origonal Highlander movie . We drove there from the Seven Sisters and there is atour the Castle. What happened after that in Glen Coe later that day was stuff of legend.

[@1903Zippy]

Everyone should visit Scotland at some point in their life. Its a stunningly beautiful country. I should know, I live here. ;0)

[@stevenwallace9666]

We have a massive fault line that runs from East to West from Fort William to Inverness, which gives us these incredible valleys and mountains along it

[@kikibee2745]

I’m from Edinburgh, I love this city -I live at Abbeyhill and in the morning’s when I’m getting my “10 minutes of peace & quiet” before the kids are up for school I sit with my coffee looking out my kitchen window at “Arthur’s Seat” it’s beautiful 🤩 especially when there is some fog 🌫️ still covering the top it’s even more beautiful & if I’m up really early and I get to see the sunrise 🌅 over Arthur’s seat …. Our city has so much , it’ is stunning but because we are so used to it all we tend to not appreciate it as much ( well I didn’t when I was younger - now that I’m almost 40 I love taking long walks around all the ancient grave yards & taking a nice slow walk up the Royal Mile …. People say “when you are walking in Edinburgh look up” I used to hear this when I was younger and think “why thee f would I be looking UP when I’m walking?!” Now I’m older I now know what folk meant by “Look up in Edinburgh” because when you are walking and you do look up you see rows upon rows of beautiful old fashioned chimney roof tops with all the stunning back grounds behind it ( it’s hard to explain it I would physically need to show you 😂) anyway thank you for doing this video we are very proud of our beautiful country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤ ❤ …. Sending you loads of love & hugs from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@duncanliath]

born in Edinburgh 70+ years ago. Early years of my life, lived in Arthur St at foot of Arthur Seat. Many happy memories of playing there wi' my cousons from the Dummydykes and family visits to old cinema that used to be at Abbeyhill!

[@maureennewman905]

Arthur’s Seat my most favourite place , loved it when I was young ,in later years when I was living in England I took my boys there plenty of times

[@jgreen5820]

Britain used to have a lot of red squirrels, but the grey squirrel from America was introduced, which is bigger and spread disease (squirrel pox) to our native red squirrels. There was some culling of grey squirrels and red squirrels have been re introduced to some areas mainly in Scotland but also northern England - the grey squirrel population is being kept under control, with some areas now clear of them and red squirrels reintroduced and protected. Both types of squirrels are cute, but red squirrels are particularly cute and the majority of red squirrels now in the UK are mostly in Scotland, particularly pine forests.

[@duncancallum]

When i was home in Edinburgh for the first time in years i saw a Grey Squirrel i thought it looked ugly compared to our Red Squirells.

[@kirstiecurling335]

There are red squirrels down as far as the northern outskirts of Falkirk and in Clackmannanshire up to the Highlands and also in Dumfries and Galloway. I love squirrels, they are so mischievous

[@clairemcdonald5554]

I’m from Newcastle England and all my childhood holidays were in Scotland. Loads of memories of climbing and swimming in lochs best memories I have

[@3SeveredHeads]

The 1st time i went to Scotland i was amazed how different i felt! It just made me feel relaxed, like stepping into another world...been a few times & it has the same effect everytime...couldnt even say why lol btw Ive had really hot weather each time...i had to buy cooler clothes as was told to bring jumpers etc!! Was stunning...even saw a sea plane land & take off from the loch nearby....and children were playing/swimming in the loch...i adore Scotland...Wales is quite beautiful too. Each part of the uk has its own unique attractions....an yes i guess we are lucky to be able to get to places easily....as for interesting town sights u shud look up the underground streets in Edingburgh...called vaults (eg: Mary King's Close)...literally whole streets underground! 🤟🏼👻

[@kirstiecurling335]

The airport in Barra is basically the beach, the plane timetable is dictated by tide times. The plane to Barra is an amazing experience if you get the chance

[@UnknownUser-rb9pd]

The grass is grassy grass because it rains here.... a lot ! Some places get three to four times as much rain as Seattle. Some of my favourite places in Scotland.... Glen Affric, Luskentyre beach on Harris, Torridon, Stac Pollaidh and Inverpolly nature reserve, Glen Coe but there are many more. And as Scotland invented Golf there are 500 courses in a relatively small country. There are also about 500 stone circles in Scotland including a famous one at Callanais (Callanish) on the Isle of Lewis. A good movie to see Scotland's scenery is the first Highlander movie which was shot in various locations including Glen Coe and Skye. The mountains shown are fairly popular and quite climbable. His pronunciations of place names are mostly wrong.

[@pinxieflutterfly]

I live in Scotland in the Highlands and none of this scenery is fake it's all very real and very beautiful, I have mountains like this on one side of me and a huge loch on the other, the grass is very green because of the rainfall we have here but even then it still remains beautiful, I would recommend everyone to come here at some point in their life

[@JohnResalb]

Yes, I've been to nearly every country in Europe, mostly with Interail (one ticket, go wherever the mood takes you), although not just on one trip.

[@kumasenlac5504]

5:09 The Gaelic name for the Old Man of Storr suggests that it wasn't his thumb...

[@duncanliath]

🤣🤣🤣

[@scottgarvie7694]

I’ve traveled all over the world and seen some incredible sights but the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are right up there with some of the most beautiful places. The West coast especially.

[@lucabrasi3964]

Yes!

[@DoomsdayR3sistance]

All the landmarks have names because most of Britain has been inhabited for thousands of years. For castles in both England and Scotland, look em up online, you can book a visit in advance to visit Eilean Donan Castle. There are many castles which operate tours these days, it's not uncommon for school trips to go some of them. In England I remember having a school trip to Warwick Castle. Generally people aren't gunna try and chip off a part of a castle, that could easily land you in trouble after all, these are protected buildings. People aren't going to stand around and let you do that.

[@rickb.4168]

The “mountain like this one” looks to be ‘buachaille etive mor’ near Glen Coe famous for the Curved Ridge ascent of it. 😊

[@monza1002000]

J k Rowland wrote some of Harry Potter while Scotland. She also wrote some, and drew inspiration from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The Dursley name came from a small town in Gloucestershire

[@Valhalla88888]

She lives in Edinburgh and married a Scottish doctor

[@KayHerbert-z2v]

My ancestors are the Clan Macrae, and are Contables of the castle Eilean Donan so we visited every time we visited family in gorgeous Plockton.

[@scotch_mist]

What often adds greatly to time to drive a distance in Scotland is the roads. In the north there is a lot of single track windy roads with passing places to let cars pass the other way.

[@jamesguitar7384]

Yes that's part of why it's nice . other European countries have old narrow roads too .

[@jasonsmart3482]

j K Rowling is English but lives/lived in Edinburgh for a long time. Was in Edinburgh a few weeks ago, was visiting my brother who lives in Stirling. We went to HMS Britannia which was the Queens yacht! Scotland is indeed a beautiful country and yes its rains hence the green green grass.

[@touchstoneaf]

Also the Eileen Donan Castle has been used in about 700 movies, I'm surprised you didn't recognize it. I'm sure other people have mentioned it by now, but there are stone circles all over the British Isles and large portions of Brittany in France as well, some other parts of Europe too. They're leftovers of ancient Celtic megalithic stone structures.

[@PamDuthie]

The distance is short but some of the drives are epic so you need way more than a few days

[@alisongrant5864]

I'm Scottish and think the most beautiful castle is Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven. It's well worth a visit.

[@Pumpherstonsmith]

Definitely Tynecastle in Edinburgh.

[@PaulBrammer-y8k]

We were at Edinburgh castle for the ringing in of the year 2000. And believe me it was a night to remember.

[@hea2811]

Lovely reaction. Scotland has been voted the most beautiful country in the world on a number of occasions. The population is around 5.5million, so there’s certainly plenty of open space to freely roam! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@roguegargoyle914]

I travel all over the world with my job and I am thankful for my homeland every time I get back home, there is nowhere like Scotland.

[@misskam8393]

Scotland.....the place where umbrellas go to die. Not for the faint hearted our weather, but the landscape is breathtaking 😍

[@taxidude]

That train is the only regularly scheduled steam locomotive on a UK mainline railway. They call it The Jacobite from the days of Bonnie Prince Charlie. It runs from Fort William to Mallaig and as mentioned below was running long before Harry Potter. The film has made it so popular that you have to book well in advance nowadays to be assured of a seat.

[@COATES77241]

Thank you. My grandparents were from Isle of Skye and Edinborough. Been all over North America but never overseas. I appreciated THIS video so much! Stuart from Canada.

[@alicemilne1444]

Slight spelling correction. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh. The "borough" spelling is found sometimes in more southerly parts of England and sometimes in North America, but never in Scotland.

[@rebeccarose3]

@@alicemilne1444 if they spell it borough its wrong lmao

[@alicemilne1444]

@@rebeccarose3 Have you ever been in Peterborough?

[@rebeccarose3]

@@alicemilne1444 im talking about "edinborough"

[@alicemilne1444]

@@rebeccarose3 See my original comment.

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

Eileen Donan is at the village of Dornie. Small entrance fee and wonderful to see. (My own full name is on the parchment family tree at 1413 AD so very proud of that!)

[@alisoncauser2955]

If you loved this you'll love the Edinburgh tattoo, it's a military event held inside the castle. We'll worth a watch.

[@marjian6991]

I agree. I live about 40 minutes from Edinburgh and we go to the Tattoo every two years. It's certainly worth a visit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💕

[@alisonscott1469]

Tyler thankyou for reacting to my country. I’m from the wast of Scotland. I’m 51 minutes from the city of Glasgow and an hour away from Scotlands capital city Edinburgh. Ive also been on the train that goes over the glenfinnan viaduct. The castle from the 13th centaur y was used in the tv show Outlander and you can visit all the castles some are ruins and some are owned by people. a you have to visit sometime. I go wild swimming in the lochs and fairy pools in Scotland. Edinburgh is a city on top of a city there is old Edinburgh and newer more modern Edinburgh. The fairy rocks are used in Outlander too but are called the stones and in the series are used to time travel. Take care and stay safe Ryan. 😘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@chrisy8989]

They also used the castle in the film "Highlander".

[@kris662]

More than welcome to visit our beautiful country. Like everywhere else there's issues but we as a people are trying to solve them and make peoples lives better

[@stevenirvine8608]

This video is just a very small part of some parts of our country the history is amazing, well worth a visit.

[@timglennon6814]

He should have gone to those mountains in Scotland in winter when the snow falls. It gets very cold in the Highlands of Scotland.

[@jeanbrown8295]

I have travelled in Scotland,and it is truly beautiful,the Scottish islands are also awesome

[@Kantami]

There's so many places in Scotland that are breathtakingly beautiful, sadly most Scottish people don't notice or appreciate these places. When I was growing up all the other weans around me would insult me because I would go on holiday without leaving the country whilst they were heading to Spain or something, but I love that my father held the belief that we should see our home country before going abroad because my childhood involved adventures in lush forests whilst my friends would visit a hotel in Spain and only leave for an hour or two to visit a beach before going back to the hotel. They never knew the beauty that was Glencoe, Aviemore, and the Bens(Mountains) and valleys. My personal favourite place though is Drumnadrochit which is a wee place in the banks of Loch Ness.

[@audreymcgready4329]

Come to our beautiful Scotland and see our many islands and castles and scenery. Yes we have mountains called the munro's. And seriously go up to Glen Coe.

[@KernowWarrior]

Stone circles are amongst the oldest surviving structures in Scotland. They were built during the Bronze Age, roughly 4,000 years ago.

[@angussoutter7824]

Only 3,700 years before America was discovered by Europeans

[@suzierennie2751]

I'm Scottish and loved your video....the grass is very green cause it rains alot

[@johncroyfindlay]

A Scot and resident of Edinburgh here. It's definitely a very beautiful city. Arguably the most picturesque in the U.K. It would have been nice if the presenter had pronounced ANY of the place names in the video remotely correctly, though. Edinboro?! That seems to be the default mispronunciation. Sometimes Americans even pronounce it Edinburg, like in Pittsburgh. It's either Edinbra' or Edinburu. Those are really the only acceptable versions that won't have the locals rolling their eyes. How hard can it be? ;-) And the concentration on the Isle of Skye is common, too. It's beautiful but the whole north west coast of Scotland is equally stunning. Have a look at NC500 roadtrip videos, of which there are literally tens of thousands.

[@donmongoose]

For sure. I get Americans pronouncing the H in places like Birmingham, but how end up with Edinboro is beyond me. One of the benefits of going to see Isle of Skye is that there's some cracking chippies in Kyle of Lochalsh

[@johncroyfindlay]

@@donmongoose The pie shop in Lochinver. (The Lochinver Larder) Yum. :-)

[@johncroyfindlay]

This is a good video introducing the NC500. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j53PaK2jnJdlqas

[@amac2573]

A lot of Americans seem to have quite a difficulty pronouncing Edinburgh. While I can understand people mispronouncing Scottish Gaelic names of places, I wish they would try to ask and learn from local people from these areas.

[@donmongoose]

@@johncroyfindlay Have to check that out next time I'm up there, usually if I'm doing the NW coast I spend so much time around Skye I don't have the time to go further north than Ullapool after before having to head back to where I'm staying.