Great Britain

What Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is to the Germans, Robert Burns is to the Scots. Burns is perhaps even more revered and celebrated in Scotland than Goethe is in Germany. He is the Scottish national poet, but also the poet of the common people. He spent his rather short life largely in the south of …

The south-west of Scotland is known as Burns County because the Scottish national poet spent his life here. The area on the coast of the Irish Sea is full of historically significant places. A cultural tour of southern Scotland could include an overnight stay in a historic and stylish hotel. The Friars Carse Country House …