Destinations in Scotland

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  • Whisky

  • Beaches

  • Castles

  • Mountains

  • Islands

  • History

  • Coast

  • Wildlife

  • Walking

  • Golf

  • Cities

  • Dark skies

  • Food

  • Café culture

  • Families

  • Couples

  • Gardens

  • Waterfalls

  • Lochs

  • Film & TV

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  • Art

Aberdeen
Granite city on the North Sea, built on fishing and oil, surprisingly green and walkable.
Aberdeenshire
Castle country and big farming skies, with the Cairngorms inland and a quiet, dramatic coastline.
Argyll and Bute
Sea lochs, ferries and whisky. The west coast at its most tangled and beautiful.
Ayrshire
Robert Burns territory, long sandy beaches and golf links facing the Firth of Clyde.
Cairngorms
Britain's biggest national park. High plateaus, ancient pinewoods, reindeer and proper mountain weather.
Caithness
Flat, treeless and wind-scoured at Scotland's far northeast tip. Big skies, sea cliffs, Viking history.
Dumfries and Galloway
The forgotten southwest. Dark skies, rolling hills, sandy coves and very few crowds.
Dundee and Angus
A reinvented waterfront city beside glens and the red cliffs of the Angus coast.
Easter Ross
Quiet farmland, distilleries and the Cromarty Firth. Often skipped on the way north, wrongly.
Edinburgh
Castle, closes and a festival every August. Scotland's capital, handsome and a bit theatrical.
Fife
St Andrews, fishing villages and the East Neuk. A wee kingdom with its own character.
Glasgow
Scotland's biggest city. Victorian architecture, world-class music and people who'll talk to anyone.
Inverness-shire
The Highland capital, Loch Ness and a gateway to almost everywhere worth going up north.
Isle of Arran
"Scotland in miniature." Mountains in the north, gentle farmland south, all on one island.
Isle of Skye
The big one. The Cuillin, the Quiraing and scenery that draws crowds for good reason.
Loch Lomond
Britain's largest loch by surface area, an hour from Glasgow. Bonnie banks and easy walking.
Lochaber
Ben Nevis, Glencoe and Fort William. Serious mountains and the heart of the West Highlands.
Lothian

Lothian, encompassing Edinburgh and its surrounding areas, is known for its rich history, diverse landscapes, and cultural significance.

Morayshire
Whisky's home turf along the Spey, plus dolphins, beaches and some of Scotland's sunniest weather.
Orkney
Neolithic sites older than Stonehenge, sea-bird cliffs and a distinct, almost Norse, island identity.
Outer Hebrides
A long chain of islands with white beaches, Gaelic and weather that does as it pleases.
Perthshire Guide
Big trees, salmon rivers and the gateway to the Highlands. Green, leafy and quietly grand.
Ross and Cromarty
Sprawling Highland region of remote mountains, sea lochs and some of the best coastline going.
Scottish Borders
Rolling hills, abbey ruins and woollen mills. Quiet, historic country between Edinburgh and England.
Shetland Islands
Closer to Norway than London. Wild, treeless, brilliant for birds and a strong Viking streak.
Stirlingshire
Castle, Wallace and Bannockburn. Where the Lowlands meet the Highlands, thick with Scottish history.
Sutherland
Empty, ancient and astonishing. Lone mountains rising from bog and moor in Scotland's far northwest.
Wester Ross
Torridon, Applecross and Loch Maree. For many, the finest scenery in the whole country.