Few places in the British Isles are as wild and evocative as
Scotland ’s Highlands and Islands. Rugged natural beauty, unfettered
wildlife, tragic history and romantic myth and legend, are all rolled
into one making this stunning region an unmissable part of any visit to
Scotland.
The Highlands are one of Europe’s last
untamed wildernesses; of mountains, moorland, coasts and lochs urging
you to stop every five minutes to take a picture of a distinctive
landscape that will be etched into your hearts forever. Teaming with
wildlife on land and in water, it’s a place of unbridled beauty whether
you’re taking a hike into or even up the peaks or just admiring them
from a comfortable distance.
The land is dotted with baronial
castles linked with evocative memories of the past. Of famous Scottish
Heroes such as Rob Roy, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobites. Places
etched into the tumultuous history of Scotland; Culloden , Bannockburn ,
Glen Coe and Glenfinnan and places where myth and beauty blend, to
create legends like Mount Ben Nevis, the Great Glen, Loch Ness and its
famous monster.
As well as experiencing the scenery and
romance of the Highlands, people come to sample its culture and
Scotland’s greatest export; whisky . Scotch single malt whiskies, each
with its own distinctive flavour, have been distilled in the region for
centuries from the Isle of Islay , and the Isle of Skye in the west, to
Orkney in the north and most commonly the Speyside and Deeside glens
Aberdeenshire, home to Glenfiddich and one of the Queen’s favoured
royal residences, Balmoral Castle.
Scotland has 790 islands of
which 130 are inhabited and these remote yet beguiling islands present
a rewarding challenge. From the northern most Shetland Isles and the
once Nordic holding of Orkney, to the islands the Vikings called the
‘lands at the edge of the earth’; the Outer Hebrides and their inner
Hebridian cousins of Skye, Mull and Iona , each island has a distinct
sense of individuality, that is as much apart from Scotland as it is
the rest of mainland Britain.
Sample the Magic! You simply
haven’t visited Scotland unless you’ve made the trip up north to the
Highlands and if you get as far as its islands you’ll certainly have
some unique memories to talk about.
Few places in the British Isles are as wild and evocative as
