
Underrated attraction near Glasgow named one of the best
Introducing its handpicked ranking, The Telegraph said that while the number of people coming to Britain's visitor attractions has skyrocketed in recent years, there are still places where you "don't need to shuffle shoulder-to-shoulder with the masses for a grand day out."
'Extraordinary' attraction 45 minutes from Glasgow named one of the best underrated places to visit
Jupiter Artland, which is just 45 minutes away from Glasgow by car, was named one of the best underrated attractions in the UK by The Telegraph.
Discussing the outdoor art gallery and pool, the publication said: "You'll find an entirely new perspective on modern art in this extraordinary sculpture park set in a wooded estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
"Moving around, on and through works of world-class artists like Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Ian Hamilton Finlay is uniquely absorbing, with children (and adults) welcome to get up close, touch, even swim in a work of art in the Joana Vasconcelos Gateway Pool."
This wasn't the only Scottish place named with Kilmartin Glen in Argyll and Bute also being highlighted.
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The newspaper said: "It's hard to find ruins quite as evocative as those of Kilmartin Glen on the west coast of Argyll.
"Begin by overlooking successive burial cairns from the roadside, then pass through fields of black-face sheep to a prehistoric collection of stone circles, cist chambers and henge monuments that are older than Stonehenge, older even than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
"Perhaps, though, the wooded glen's most wonderful feature isn't its extra layer of Neolithic or Bronze Age remains, or the rock art sites that are denser than anywhere else in Britain (there are more than 800 at the last count).
"The most magnificent attraction is that its stories are still being unearthed from the soil by archaeologists — and so much of this history is still waiting to be discovered."
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