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Huntly in Scotland is well-known for its Castles. The place has lots of interesting places to visit, relax and enjoy and the major attraction related to this place is its historic buildings. Besides the castles you have Brander Museum and Leith Hall. Most of the tourist visiting Huntly prefer to stay in this Castle and enjoy the contemporary food available here. Whisky lovers can look out for the Glendronach Distillery and the Duncan Taylor Whisky Shop.

Attractive parks for children like Bogie Dragon and the family can have equally better place to spend their time at Peregrine Wildwatch and Huntly Falconry Centre. Drive down to Kildrummy Castle Gardens for its tranquil atmosphere, there’s so much to do.

Amidst all this is tourism is the project by Huntly’s tourism – the construction of hostels. The project initiated in a way that will convert outbuildings into hostel. The need for this type of accommodation was long awaited and there isn’t much like this between Elgin and Aberdeen. This will also encourage other business in town and the project will be an added advantage for Huntly tourism in general. It is believed that the move will help tourism and will enhance the local economy.

There is no dearth of things to do in Huntly, the most popular activities can be fishing , cycling or pony trekking in the woods.

If you need to know more about Scotland travel and tourism, and whom to contact for your needs, please visit the our website on Scotland. The section of the website will give you all details you need to get when you visit Huntly.

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and couples all over Scotland are looking for new ways to celebrate. Eating seafood around this time of the year is a top thing to do; and in these times of recession we have a winner in seafood.  Move over, ye fancy lobsters and oysters, for the mollusc mussel is finding its day in the sun as the preferred aphrodisiac this Valentine’s day.

Mussels are less expensive than oysters and the past two years have seen restaurants all over Scotland opting more for mussels. Mussels may not have the high price-tag that oysters have but they do contain a lot of minerals like magnesium, copper, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc all great for your libido.

Scottish mussels are also of the best quality say the experts and if you have a romantic dinner planned chances are that you’ll be ordering moules marinières over other expensive oyster dishes. Using your hands and feeding one another can be just what you need this Valentine’s Day.

So if you’re in restaurants in Edinburgh or Glasgow or for that matter anywhere in Scotland in the next two weeks don’t forget to have a plate of mussels cooked in white wine and garlic.

Its really strange that nine out of ten Scots don’t know that salt is really not good for their health. In a recent survey conducted during National Salt Awareness Week, it was found that over 90% of Scots were unaware of the health hazards of excess salt.

Looking at the health of these Scottish people, it was found that around 70% with over intake of salt in their diet were traced with high blood pressure and heart ailments. Meanwhile 52% were reported with the risk of stroke. This study also revealed that only 18% were aware of the fact that excess salt could lead to strokes in them. If we look at the figures given by the Food Standard Agency, we can find that the average salt intake in the UK is 8.6g a day while the actual recommended standard is only 5g to 6g a day which is way below the actual consumption rate.

The doctors have even traced many such health hazards caused due to over intake of salt which many people in Scotland don’t know or they are taking it lightly. It seems if the trend of consumption of salt will continue in the same way, then the day is not far when every Scot may report to the doctor with either high blood pressure, strokes or stomach cancer.