Did you know that one in five overseas visitors to the UK are inspired to visit by images they have seen on film and tv? Well, if you love film and tv, you’ll love Scotland. With dramatic scenery, unspoilt wilderness, and fantastic architecture, Scotland is fast...

Sometimes it’s enlightening to choose just one aspect of an area, one striking feature, and explore it from that angle. This week, we’re getting a different slant on Stirlingshire by exploring it through towers: specifically, the Clackmannanshire Tower Trail. The...

In Stirling’s old town, within the historic building of Cowane’s Hospital, local entrepreneur Sara MacMillan runs John Cowane’s Coffee Shop as part of her award-winning baking business Sprinkle Happiness – another one of our Stirling ‘local heroes’. We spoke to Sara...

Follies are extravagant buildings that often serve no purpose other than ornament. Some pretend to be something else, such as Chinese temples, Egyptian pyramids, or even ruins, while others were created to represent moral virtues or provide construction work for the...

There is something captivating about waterfalls, especially when in full spate after hard rains. Dramatic and romantic, there are some stunning waterfalls to be seen in Stirlingshire. As the weather breaks up at the end of summer, waterfalls, in contrast, are reaching...

From time to time in our blogs, we'll be looking at some 'Local Heroes': exceptional local businesses that are worth a visit during your stay in Stirling. First up is the 'Loving Food Truck': if you’re in Stirling over the holidays and are looking for a brand-new food...

For those who like to get outdoors on holiday, there’s nothing quite like Scotland’s country parks. Not only do you get a natural landscape, but you get facilities too, so even the youngest or oldest nature-lover in your party can enjoy the fresh air, enhanced with...

Nothing puts you in holiday mood like messing about on the water. Boats slow life down, make us appreciate our surroundings, or get us to secret places we might not otherwise see. For this week’s blog, we look at three great little boat trips not far from Stirling...

We’ve put together a list of some of the best summer family days out there are in Stirling (without even mentioning the Castle and the Wallace Monument!). If you are in Stirling with kids in the summer holidays, you will be looking for a mix of ‘big day out’ and...

If you've just arrived in Stirling for a holiday, you may not be aware that the weekend of 27, 28 and 29 June will arguably be the most important moment in Stirling’s calendar for many years to come – it's Stirling's Big Weekend. Over these three days, the city will...