Southerness Village
Dumfries and Galloway is an area of outstanding natural
beauty. There are many places worth visiting, none more so than Southerness.
Southerness is home to the famous Golf course of the same name, the
redundant lighthouse, and also the John Paul Jones hotel, names after
the founder of the United States Navy, who was born nearby in Kirkbean.
His birth place can be visited there.
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Dumfries
There are many other places in this region that make it a good location
for a holiday. Dumfries itself is a very historic town. It is over 800
years old, and was the home for some time of the famous Scots poet Robert
Burns, author of such works as Tam 'O' Shanter, and Auld Lang Syne.
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New Abbey
Also in the area around Southerness is the Village of New Abbey, which
is another very scenic location. Here you can find the ruined yet still
striking Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey Corn Mill, a working old world
Corn mill, and the textiles Museum of Shambellie House. It is only a
couple of miles from Southerness, and on the main road that leads to
Dumfries. It is defininitly worth a stop on your way through.
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This will take you on a comprehensive guide through the region, and what there
is to do in various places.