Burns Night In Scotland: Holidays Are Waiting To Be Booked Now

If you like the sound of poetry and whisky – Burns Night could be right up your street. Burns night is traditionally celebrated by copious amounts of drinking and dancing on the 25th of January – the poet’s birthday. Whilst in Scotland, find out more about the life of Burns to make the day more significant. You’ll find plenty of affordable holidays here, so make the most of these to have an unforgettable night.

The traditional way to celebrate Burns night is an evening of dinner and dancing. The main course served at these dinners is haggis, which has a rather elaborate entrance involving bagpipes and a recital of ‘address to a haggis’. You’ll find that it tastes a lot better than it sounds, as it is the stomach of a sheep stuffed with a delicious blend of spices and tender minced lamb. A night at one of these Burns night suppers will make you very happy that you book late deals to Scotland.

For those that want to celebrate in Edinburgh, there’s no better place than Hendricks restaurant. This restaurant which can be found in Edinburgh’s main high street has an affordable set menu and live music. This place has a brilliant atmosphere with some very loud singing and toasts to Burns throughout the night. It is absolutely essential that you book in advance such is the popularity of the place.

It’s worth going to Alloway (Robert Burns’ birthplace) to visit the museum about the poet’s life. See significant landmarks where he set his most celebrated pieces of work, beautiful gardens created in his honour and a contemporary museum which is now home to the most essential assortment of his life and works.

So on your holidays to Scotland for Burns night, try to find out more about the man behind the revelry.  Discover the true beauty and splendour of ‘Burns Country’ in this part of Scotland and get closer to the ‘Scotland’s favourite son’ who wrote the infamous Auld Lang Syne.