Dundee
Dundee City of Discovery is a very active and friendly city which is set in a dramatic location at the mouth of the River Tay on the Scottish East Coast. It offers a fine quality of life, offering more hours of sunshine and cleaner air than any other city in Scotland.The city is large enough to offer the advantages of city life, but compact enough to offer real quality of life benefits such as short commuting times and easy access to beautiful unspoilt countryside, hills and coastline.
Not so long ago Dundee was best known for Jute, Jam and Journalism – home of the Beano and Desperate Dan. Today, Dundee is promoted as the City of Discovery, in honor of Dundee’s history of scientific activities and of the RRS Discovery, Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic exploration vessel, which was built in Dundee and is now berthed in the City Harbor.
Traditionally a centre for engineering and heavy manufacturing, Dundee has now transformed itself into a dynamic, modern city with an international reputation as a centre for arts and culture, life sciences, and the creative industries. Indeed, The City now accounts for 10% of the UK’s digital-entertainment Industry. It is a city of learning with more students per head of population than Aberdeen, Edinburgh or Glasgow.
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Perthshire
Perthshire is situated near the centre of Scotland. It is known as the 'big county', not only because of its physical area, but because of the diversity of towns and countryside to be found there.
To the east is the city of Perth compact by most standards but with a wealth of shops, attractions and history. Perth lies on Britain's biggest river - the mighty Tay.
In the north and west the Scottish Highlands begin, it’s also the land of Lochs, mountains, salmon rivers and hydro-electric dams. Other main towns situated around Perthshire are Crieff, Blairgowrie, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy.
The whole county is steeped in history - Romans, Picts and Celts and many of the main players in Scottish history all contributed to the creation of present day Perthshire - Pontius Pilot, Ossian, Macbeth, William Wallace, Robert Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox, Montrose, Rob Roy Macgregor, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Robert Burns - a who's who of Scottish history.
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Angus
Angus is a beautiful county which is the cultural birthplace of Scotland, where the seeds of modern democracy were sown in the Declaration of Arbroath. Before Angus became part of the kingdom of the Scots, it was the southern heartland of our Pictish ancestors, who fought, hunted, fished, and inscribed their culture in stone.
Angus is an area of outstanding beauty, situated on the east coast of Scotland. The rugged coastline of Angus opens into scenic glens, rugged mountains and the fertile Vale of Strathmore.
In an area of just 2,200 square kilometres, seaside towns, market burghs, turreted castles and ancient relics stand side by side.
With such a rich bounty, Angus offers the perfect environment for a wide variety of historical, cultural, outdoor and leisure pursuits. Angus also enjoys the benefits of modern living, as well as tangible links with a colourful and historically significant past which provides a wonderful environment for living.
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