For three weeks every August, countless musicians, artists, and filmmakers descend on Edinburgh and transform the Scottish capital into the center for all things up-and-coming. The world-renowned Edinburgh International Festival draws annual hordes of visitors, but savvy Scotsmen and experienced travellers know that this city offers so much more than one yearly party.  In the Royal Museum and the National Gallery of Scotland we’ll discover endless artistic treasures

England’s most famous wordsmith certainly picked a fine place to call home. Nestled in the Warwickshire countryside on the banks of the river Avon, Shakespeare’s Stratford is a study in the thatched charms of Tudor life. The Bard, of course, steals center stage in town where visitors can see his 1564 birthplace and tour the cottage of his wife.

Samuel Johnson once said, “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.”  We can’t help but agree.  For centuries, this city on the Thames has stood as an unmatched capital of culture. Life here is rich in history but remarkably cutting-edge. We’ll explore the past through famed monuments such as the Tower of London,