Grand Tours of Scotland

In the fourth episode, he goes in search of the stunning landscape of the Highlands that has attracted visitors for the last two hundred years with the promise of improving ‘mind, body and spirit’. In the 19th century, the Highlands were the preserve of the privileged elite, but as transport links improved in the 20th century, the mountains, lochs and glens were increasingly seen as a giant playground, where people of all classes could escape the dull routine of the modern world., Retracing early travellers’ first footsteps in Scotland., Paul Murton goes in search of the stunning landscape of the Highlands, which has attracted visitors for the last two hundred years.