Ten great new UK holidays for 2011 (source: Guardian.co.uk)

June 27 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Family Travel, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Staycation, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel tips, #traveling, #UK, #UK holidays

Photo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/13/uk-whats-new-holidays-accommodation

From cattle ranching to cycling for softies, and staying in a smuggler's house to wild camping, we've rounded up some of the best new things to do and places to stay in the UK.

Walk, cycle or ride the South Loch Ness Trail, Highlands

So new it doesn't actually open until July, the South Loch Ness Trail opens up the less-travelled side of Scotland's most notorious body of water. Unusually for a long distance trail, it accommodates walkers, cyclists and horseriders (and unicyclists and pogo-stickers too, if that's your bag).

Stretching from Inverness to just outside Fort Augustus, the 30-mile route takes in some of Scotland's most iconic scenery as it climbs high above the enigmatic loch.

visitlochness.com/south-loch-ness-trail. Stay at Pottery House B&B, Dores (01463 751267, potteryhouse.co.uk), from £36pp per night

Stay in a Hemp Cottage in Crossgar, County Down

You can buy almost anything made of hemp nowadays, so it was only a matter of time before you could stay in a building made from the wonder plant.

Hemp Cottage is the result of a cunning scheme by its architect owners to build a modern yet pleasingly rustic-looking cottage that would be snug in winter and cool in summer.

Set in an orchard on the bank of a quiet river, the "hempcrete" cottage is also within striking distance of Strangford Lough and the Mourne Mountains.

From £400 a week (sleeps two-three); 028-44 830988, responsibletravel.com

Stay in a smuggler's palace in Eyemouth, Berwickshire

For an island nation we possess disappointingly few palaces built by smugglers, and even fewer that you can spend the night in. Thank goodness, then, for Gunsgreen House. Recently restored, this...

Click on the following link to read the full article on the Guardian.co.uk travel page: Ten great new UK holidays for 2011

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