Smooth Hound offers Discounts to Celebrate Robert Burns

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2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s favorite son, Robert Burns. Festivities kicked off with a January celebratory weekend in his hometown of Ayrshire, as well as prominent Burns dinners in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The celebration will continue throughout the year and across the countryside and Smooth Hound as some great deals to allow you to be part of it. It is a great time to be Scottish.
In the midst of this celebration, an annual Glasgow event will take place called Piping Live! Music of the Clans. From August 10th until the 16th, the world’s greatest bagpipe players will converge on George square in the middle of town for 7 days of the sounds that made Scotland musically relevant. It culminates with an international tournament of piping bands, the largest in the world, and Smooth Hound can get you there.
Smooth Hound has a number of hotels in downtown Glasgow at incredible prices to keep your ears close to the music and your belly full of haggis. For instance, the Rennie Mackintosh hotel is located across the street from Glasgow’s Central Station and is mere blocks from the center of the festivities in George square. The Mackintosh also places you right in the center of award winning museums, the School of the Arts, and the Royal Concert Hall. All of this adds up to a holiday that will provide endless enjoyment for everyone involved.
While in Glasgow, take an afternoon excursion to the Botanic Gardens. Though not assuming to be larger than other spots in Great Britain, the Gardens boast of 11 hectares of beautiful plants that promise to be in the throes of full bloom by August. In addition, the garden promises a Victorian glasshouse full of tropical plants for your peruse. The gardens are free and open from dawn until dusk.
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