209km (130 miles) NE of Edinburgh, 108km (67 miles) N of Dundee Bordered by fine sandy beaches (delightful if you're a polar bear), Scotland's third city, Aberdeen, is often called the Granite City because its buildings are constructed largely of pink or gray granite, hewn from the Rubislaw …
The two historic regions of Tayside and Grampian offer a vast array of sightseeing, even though they're relatively small. Tayside, for example, is about 137km (85 miles) east to west and 97km (60 miles) south to north. The regions share the North Sea coast between the Firth of Tay in the south and the …