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Month: March 2019

Diana Gabaldon takes her own Outlander tour

Diana Gabaldon takes her own Outlander tour

BEST-SELLING author Diana Gabaldon got to experience the Outlander effect for herself when she hit the tourist trail of the show’s top locations. Outlander news from Private tours Edinburgh The US writer stunned fans of the Jacobite telly phenomenon at the weekend as she turned up at Culross in Fife and nearby Falkland Palace. Diana relaxed in Culross Palace gardens, used as fictional Castle Leoch herb garden in series It was almost like a surprise royal visit as gobsmacked tourists…

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Outlander Diana Gabaldon award for boosting Scottish tourism

Outlander Diana Gabaldon award for boosting Scottish tourism

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has received an award for boosting Scottish tourism through her fantasy saga and creating the ” Outlander effect “ Outlander news from Private tours Edinburgh . The US writer, 67, received an International Contribution to Scottish Tourism award at the Scottish Thistle awards. It comes as VisitScotland published a paper detailing how sites used in the TV adaptation have seen visitors soar. The report says that set-jetting is a growing trend in Scotland, partly due to…

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Historic Mary Queen of Scots documents found

Historic Mary Queen of Scots documents found

Some important documents signed by Mary Queen of Scots have just been found at Museum of Edinburgh . They were gifted to the museum in 1920 and then ‘lost’ until recent work by curators to inventory and restore them. They are handwritten, dated numbered and signed and reveal some interesting facts about Edinburgh in the 16th century. Mary Queen of Scots tours from Private tours Edinburgh There are permits for London salt sellers allowing them to operate in Edinburgh and…

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Sam Heughan shares about his early years before Outlander

Sam Heughan shares about his early years before Outlander

Sam Heughan ( Jamie Fraser ) shares about his early years before Outlander “When I was a child I was lucky to get taken to a lot of live shows by my parents, then I moved to Edinburgh as a young teenager. They had a free ticket scheme for previews at the Lyceum Theatre and we would regularly attend. It was a great insight into the acting world as sometimes things would go wrong and you’d see “behind the curtain”…

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The Outlander effect continues to boost tourist numbers

The Outlander effect continues to boost tourist numbers

The “Outlander effect” continues , telling us what we already know , that Outlander has provided a major boost to the economy in Scotland . Visitor numbers to Scotland’s attractions increased for the fifth year in a row. Outlander news from Private tours Edinburgh   The two top sites – the National Museum of Scotland and Edinburgh Castle – each attracted more than two million visits, only the second time any visitor attraction in Scotland has surpassed the two million…

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