The tour starts at Cochrane Street in the city center and makes a splashdown into the River Clyde at Renfrew to continue the trip afloat. The company behind the unusual city tours, Glasgow-Ducks , adapted the idea from similar tours in Boston and Sydney. Escapes More country estates in Scotland are offering greater access to their land. The estate encompasses some of the most spectacular scenery in the Grampian Highlands and is a mecca for walkers on the Speyside Way which passes through it. There are two castles and several battle sites, prehistoric remains and ski slopes and Nordic ski trails.
Visitors can take self-guided driving tours through the estate.
A real taste of the great outdoors is on offer for clients of the Highland Farm Experience, a three-day package on Borlum Farm overlooking Loch Ness and close to the villages of Drumnadrochit and Fort Augustus. Borlum is still a working farm with traditional Highland livestock and clients can volunteer for collecting free range eggs or bottle feeding orphan lambs. Another new concept in accommodations has opened in Glasgow. The Glasgow Euro Hostel , the first of its kind in Scotland, offers 386 budget beds in the city center. Two new hotels have recently opened in or near St. Andrews in the Kingdom of Fife.