How would you like to visit a place of great beauty? Well, if you live in the UK, there’s no need to take long plane rides to far off destinations, instead you could take a short trip to Scotland and enjoy all that the country has to offer. There is so much to see and do in Scotland. Places like the Camperdown Wildlife Centre are idea to visit if you have children and want to get away from it all for a while.One of the key holiday maker attractions in Dunoon is the Cowal Highland Gathering, the biggest Highland games in the world held on the last Fri. and Sat. of Aug. The competition contains the World Highland Dancing Championships, piping and shinty competitions ; tempting players and spectators from across the world. Also of interest is Castle Toward originally going back to the fifteenth century but since refurbished numerous times in different decades. Possession of the castle passed to the council in the 1990′s and it has since then turned into an outward bound activity centre, and latterly the grounds of the castle have been employed in the BBC’s children’s Television series Raven.