Gemma Armit is no stranger to Scottish travel. Based near Dunfermline, she has been been blogging about it and international travel since 2014 at Two Scots Abroad Travel Guides. In 2020, she created a city niche site focusing on the capital, Everything Edinburgh, which has helped over 1.
5 million visitors plan their trips. Above all that, Gemma has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Women in Tourism twice and nominated as one of the Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs in Scotland by Business Women Scotland. She recently launched her newest venture, to provide Scots and visitors with stress-free Scotland planning.
To celebrate, she picked three spots she always recommends. Glencoe Choosing my top three places in Scotland has been a tough challenge, except for my number one, Glencoe! I love how inferior the area makes me feel with its hills and Munros enveloping the A82 Skyfall road. While most visitors will hop off at the Three Sisters Viewpoint and then get back in their cars, there are a few less talked-about attractions in the area that are worth exploring.
Tucked away just minutes from the Clachaig Inn is Torren Lochan and the filming location for Harry Potter’s Hagrid’s Hut. The Glencoe Visitor Centre, run by National Trust Scotland, offers daily tours of its turf and creel house and plays a short video that explains how the house was built and details the 1692 Glencoe Massacre. The Glencoe Lochan circular, which resembles a Canadian lake, is a pleasant stretch for the le.
