Central Scotland
Scotland's cradle
Central Scotland is Scotland's doorstep region, providing the transition between the Lowlands to the south and the Highlands to the north and west.
This pretty much gives the region a full range of Scottish attractions – from castles and battlefields, to abbeys, beaches, wildlife reserves and venerable golf courses – all of which help make Central Scotland a destination in itself.
As an area of transition it was also long of great strategic importance and so the site of several great battles. This is where Robert the Bruce and William Wallace made stands and where Highlanders later clashed against Lowlanders during the Jacobite risings.