SCOTLAND: THE LAND OF LEGENDS
It we travel all over Scotland, we can see that it consists of three main Parts, Lowlands, Uplands and Highlands with their Grampian Mountains, where th. tallest mountain peak, Ben Nevis, is located.
You are sure to enjoy the beauty of the Scottish varied landscape; the hills, covered with purple heather, its beautiful lakes (here they are called lochs), its green and narrow valleys.
The biggest and the most beautiful lake in Scotland is Loch Lomond, but the most famous one is Loch Ness with its mysterious monster Nessie. Nessie sometimes appears to scare the tourists but only in fine weather!
But what can be more curious and attractive for tourists than a man in the kilt, playing the bagpipes? The Celts of Scotland made the checkered pattern of tartan - the national dress of the country. The earliest Scots formed themselves into clans (family groups) and the tartan became a symbol of the sense of kinship. There are about 300 different clans in Scotland, and each has its own colour and pattern of tartan together with the motto.
Scotland is a land of many famous people: writers and poets, scientists and philosophers, such as Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Bell, or Alexander Fleming.
