Claudia Martin is a travel writer who has contributed to many guide books and magazines. She is also the author of books on history, geography and culture for adults and young people. She lives in London, UK.

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• IntroductionEdinburgh Empress of the North Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town Hogmanay Fireworks Military Tattoo Dugald Stewart Monument Nelson Monument Waverley Station East Princes Street Gardens National Gallery of Scotland Scottish Parliament Building National Monument of Scotland St Giles’ Cathedral Scott Monument, Princes Street Gardens City Chambers, Royal Mile Old College, University of Edinburgh The Royal Mile Tavern, Statue of David Hume Palace of Holyroodhouse The Quadrangle Kilts Tartans Twill Circus Lane The Vennel Tolbooth Tavern Statue of Greyfriars Bobby New Calton Burial Ground Old Calton Burial Ground Canongate Kirkyard Canongate Kirk and Salisbury Crags Arthur’s Seat Newhaven Harbour Leith Forth Bridge Queensferry CrossingThe Highlands: Mountains and Lochs Praying Hands of Mary Glenfinnan Viaduct, Inverness-shire Neptune’s Staircase, Caledonian Canal Caledonian Canal and Ben Nevis Three Sisters of Glen Coe Torren Lochan Buachaille Etive Mòr Loch Rannoch Folly The Wee Hoose, Loch Shin Loch Shiel Loch Cluanie Mallaig Harbour Arisaig Plockton Dornie Avoch Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe Castle Stalker, Loch Laich Ardvreck Castle, Loch Assynt Eilean Donan Castle Inveraray Castle, Argyll and Bute Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire An Teallach Scots pine, Lairig Ghru Pass Cairngorms National Park Waterfall at Glen Feshie Red deer stag, Loch Arkaig Reindeer, Ben Macdui Loch Arklet Loch an Eilein Loch Eilt Stac Pollaidh Loch Katrine Ardnamurchan Lighthouse Cromarty Lighthouse Loch Linnhe Loch Leven Loch Lochy Loch Maree Luss Pier, Loch Lomond Loch NessThe Islands: Ancient Worlds Red deer stag, Blue Pool Cabbage palms, Arran Goat Fell, Arran Brodick Bay, Arran The Twelve Apostles, Catacol, Arran Machrie Moor, Arran Giant’s Grave, Arran Lochranza Castle, Arran Millport Bay, Great Cumbrae Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay Lagavulin Distillery, Islay Oronsay Priory, Oronsay Kiloran Beach, Colonsay Seil, Slate Islands Baile Mòr, Iona Iona Abbey, Iona Staffa Tobermory, Mull Duart Castle, Mull Laig Bay, Eigg, Small Isles Port Mòr, Muck, Small Isles Sligachan Bridge, Skye The Cleat, Skye Old Man of Storr, Skye Mealt Falls and Kilt Rock, Skye Neist Point, Skye Portree, Skye Kisimul Castle, Barra Eriskay South Uist Cleits, St Kilda Summit view from Clisham, Harris Callanish Stones, Lewis Skara Brae, Mainland, Orkney Highland Park Distillery, Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Auskerry Lighthouse, Auskerry, Orkney St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney Bressay, Shetland Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland Atlantic puffins, Isle of May National Nature Reserve Harbour seal, South Uist White-tailed eagle, SkyeGlasgow: Dear Green Place River Clyde Tradeston Bridge, River Clyde Clyde Arc, River Clyde SEC Armadillo and SSE Hydro Glasgow Science Centre The Glenlee and Riverside Museum Finnieston Crane McLennan Arch, Glasgow Green South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Statues, George Square Glasgow City Chambers, George Square Ashton Lane, West End Barrowland Ballroom, East End Princes Square, Buchanan Street Central Station Buchanan Street Hutcheson Street and Hutchesons’ Hall Interior, Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Cathedral, Cathedral Square University of Glasgow House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park The Willow Tea Rooms Glasgow School of Art Queen’s Cross Church Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Gallery of Modern Art Pollok House Knot Garden People’s Palace and Winter Gardens Linn Park Ha’penny Bridge Glasgow NecropolisVillages, Towns and Burghs: Industry and Innovation Mercat Cross, Castlegate, Aberdeen Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothia Fort George, Inverness-shire River Ness, Inverness Stirling Castle, Stirling Balvenie Castle, Dufftown, Moray Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown Statue of William and Elizabeth Grant The Law, Dundee Statue of Desperate Dan and Dawg, High St, Dundee McManus Galleries, Dundee Victoria and Albert Museum, Dundee North Carr lightship, Victoria Dock, Dundee Harbour, Aberdeen Melrose Abbey, Melrose, Scottish Borders Jedburgh Abbey, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders New Bridge, Ayr, Ayrshire St Matthew’s Church, Perth, Perth and Kinross Anchor Mill, Paisley, Renfrewshire New Lanark, Lanarkshire Old Course, St Andrews Links, Fife Undergraduates, St Andrews, Fife East Sands, St Andrews Crail, Fife Lobster creels, Crail St Monans, Fife St Abbs, Berwickshire Chatelherault, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk The Kelpies, The Helix, Falkirk Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty Oil refinery, Grangemouth, Falkirk Inveraray, Argyll and Bute Duncansby Stacks, John O’Groats