In this first episode, historian Paul Murton goes in search of "The Romantic ideal" and discovers how the famous writer Sir Walter Scott played a key role in re-inventing Scotland.

Episode 1, The Romantic Ideal

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Scottish Travel

With a Victorian guidebook in his hands, historian Paul Murton travels the country and traces the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism 200 years ago.

Grand Tours of Scotland

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Paul Murton traces the changes that have taken place since the birth of Scottish tourism.

In the spirit of Victorian manliness, historian Paul Murton continues his journey on an original 1870s Tricycle.

Episode 2, The Sporting Life

For centuries, outsiders had seldom visited the beautiful landscape of the west coast of Scotland, but then the power of steam changed everything.

Episode 3, In Search of the Real Scotland

Historian Paul Murton goes in search of the stunning landscape of the highlands that has attracted visitors for the last two hundred years with the promise of improving "mind, body and spirit".

Episode 4, Mind Body and Spirit

Keen to escape the noise and pressures of their overcrowded world, more adventurous tourists braved the rough seas to travel to Orkney and Shetland.

Episode 5, In Search of Perfect Isolation

In Victorian times, most tourists came from a tiny social elite - the rich - for the great mass of the population a holiday was just a dream.