Scotland's two best wild swimming spots crowned as warmer weather forecast Just in time for the warmer weather forecast later this week, travel experts have named the two best wild swimming spots in Scotland for a refreshing spring dip. 04/16/2024 - 10:38 pm | View Link
Record-breaking season looms as cruise holidays boom Forth Ports has revealed it is set for a record-breaking number of cruise ship calls at its facilities on Scotland’s east coast this year. 04/16/2024 - 12:29 pm | View Link
Crisis summit needed to tackle festival funding – Labour S cottish Labour are calling on SNP ministers to convene a crisis summit to discuss the future of Scotland’s arts and culture festivals. The party echoed calls from the chief executive of the ... 04/15/2024 - 12:01 pm | View Link
Totally Instagrammable: Scotland’s most photogenic destinations A new study reveals that Edinburgh Castle is the most Instagrammable destination in Scotland, with a total of 723 165 posts featuring its hashtag. Private Tours Scotland analysed Instagram data for 30 ... 04/14/2024 - 8:23 am | View Link
History of iconic Outlander set location just 30 minutes from Edinburgh One of the iconic set locations used in the popular series Outlander is often visited by fans of the show, and it sits only a 30 minute drive from Edinburgh's city centre. 04/13/2024 - 6:21 am | View Link
There are so many fun ways to enjoy the great outdoors in Colorado, but it’s not always easy to share. It can be alarming to have a mountain biker or horseback rider suddenly interrupt your saunter on a trail (and vice versa).
So here’s a small list of Front Range trails that are exclusively for hikers (not counting the occasional dog or adventure cat).
Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
My birthday is close to Memorial Day weekend every year, and I like to take advantage of the long weekend by checking a town off of my Colorado travel list.
In years past, my friends and I have soaked up the San Juan Mountain views in the warmth of the Pagosa hot springs and gone whitewater rafting in Class 4 rapids down the Royal Gorge in Cañon City.
A bill that would have quadrupled property taxes for thousands of short-term rentals in Colorado is set to be significantly watered down next week, according to the bill’s sponsor.
Since Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, proposed the bill in the fall, AirBnB, VRBO and other short-term rental owners have rallied against the idea, saying it would devastate the tourism economy that ski towns rely on.
Senate Bill 33 proposed classifying any property used as a short-term rental for more than 90 days per year as a lodging property beginning in 2026.
After an unusually gray winter, the days are brightening once again, and the extra light has me itching for adventure — which is exactly the thing I don’t have time for at this busy stage of middle life. Some days I’m crunched at every joint by work deadlines, teenage drama, morning carpools, trips to Costco (where does all that food go in two days, anyway?), social obligations, yardwork, PTA meetings … life!
Maybe there’s hope.
A deal for the state of Colorado to purchase the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park that inspired Stephen King’s “The Shining” is officially on the table.
The Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority stepped up with a plan to buy the haunted hotel after a deal to sell the Stanley to an Arizona nonprofit fell through, said CECFA Executive Director Mark Heller.
Heller said the authority hopes to wrap up the sale in the coming months, securing the government agency as the owner of the hotel and borrower of the bonds that will help finance 60 new rooms, a fresh restaurant and the construction of the Stanley Film Center.
Instead of selling the hotel to Arizona’s Community Finance Corporation and taking ownership after the nonprofit paid back the bonds, CECFA will create a subsidiary and become the borrower of the bonds directly instead.
Sam Kemmis | NerdWallet
First it was Ubers. Then it was Wendy’s hamburgers (except the fast food chain clarified it was technically dynamic pricing, not surge pricing). But now, the real deal — surge pricing — is targeting your checked bags.
JetBlue quietly (sneakily?) introduced “peak” and “off-peak” pricing to its checked bag fees on March 22, a fact the world was alerted to because my editor happened to check the JetBlue website.