Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Scotland
About Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
Until the 19th century the Highlands were perceived as dark boggy wastelands, the abode of murderous bandits and rebels. Then they were re-defined as romantic vistas where stags roamed and eagles soared, and Highlanders untainted by southern decadence struck heroic poses while wearing the correct tartan. Better transport and more leisure time enabled tourists to flock here to admire, and to complain how tourism was wrecking the place. The great Highland geological fault line nowadays only experiences minor tremors, but for 200 years this landscape has been roiled by tensions between development and modernisation, housing and other facilities for its residents, and preservation - and preservation of what, exactly? The bonnie banks of Loch Lomond are all in a sense man-made, from its lowland
Where to Stay in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Travel Guide Sections
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