8 U.K. Luxury Hotels for the Canadian Traveller in 2021
Green list luxe.
Now that Canadian travellers to the United Kingdom are no longer required to quarantine upon arrival on the isles, many will again head across the pond.
Scotland
The Serene Silence of Northern Scotland
The essence of the Scottish outdoors.
It is an emotional landscape that presents a vision of our own turmoil, but also the effects of light, of walking in the world and observing.
V&A Dundee, Scotland
The Kengo Kuma–designed landmark opens.
Bringing together nature and architecture, Kengo Kuma’s vision of the first design museum in Scotland has been realized with the opening of the V&A Dundee.
Edinburgh’s Scotch Whisky Experience
The world’s largest unopened private whisky collection.
There are a few pilgrimages all appreciators of fine whisky should make in their time.
Scotland’s Iconic Gleneagles Hotel
A Scottish playground.
Since opening in 1924, the iconic Gleneagles estate has earned a certain pedigree within the canon of Scotland’s destinations—albeit without the pomp and circumstance one might imagine.
Should Auld Acquaintance
Discovering the woman behind Robbie Burns.
A captivating lyrical portrait of Jean Armour.
The Scottish Isles
Exploring the Inner Hebrides.
Just as famous paintings rarely greet visitors at gallery entrances, stellar destinations are rarely quick to reveal themselves at first blush. But all things great—truly great—take some getting to. Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum houses an apt exhibit of the first instance; the country in which it lives is the second.
Balvenie Whisky Distillery
Masters of malt.
The craft of whisky making has not changed much in the Balvenie’s production during the past century, and the distillery is one of the last in Scotland to boast in-house floor maltings that use locally hand-cut peat.
Art in Edinburgh
Artists examine the commons.
Scotland may have been dominating headlines as of late for its political referendum, but its art scene is well worth some ink as well, particularly in its capital city. As cultures become increasingly global, art that examines them assumes a new, multi-layered relevance.
