Dumfries and Galloway Travel Guide - Scotland

Dumfries is the final resting–place of Scotland's most distinguished poet, Robert Burns. His life is celebrated throughout the town in several buildings – Burns House, Burns Mausoleum, the Globe Inn and The Robert Burns Centre.

This is the land of the Border Reiver's, cattle rustlers who used the vast landscape and hidden glens to hide their stolen cattle. They are commemorated in the annual Riding of the Marshes, an event, which takes place in several towns near the border.

The spectacular and wide-ranging country attracts a variety of wildlife, including 200 feet cliffs that make a haven for many types of birds. Miles and miles of walks and treks through nature reserves and forest parks, with riverside ambling, Clifftop walks and serious trekking like the 212 mile Southern Upland Way, over high moors and sheltered glens and along rugged coastline, with plenty of sandy beaches.

Cycle ways, thirty two golf courses, five renowned salmon fishing rivers, horse riding and a large variety of watersports including canoeing, yachting, windsurfing, powerboating and water–skiing on the lochs and coast attract sporting enthusiasts from all over.
Castles, stately homes, museums, ancient chambered cairns and standing stones, charming villages and places of interest, make the area a diverse and historical feast.

Many an amorous couple whose consent is not granted from their parents, escape to be married at the Blacksmith's Shop in Gretna Green.

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