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Argyll and Bute

A bridge over the Atlantic.

Argyll and its neighbours offer walks for every pace. Cross the single stone arch of 1792 that carries the road to Seil over a strait of the sea. Find a mossy fairy bridge in the woods of Glen Creran, or take a short waymarked walk round a farm on Ulva. For the ambitious, long-distance trails run north from here through the Highlands. Pack a waterproof, as the west coast weather changes fast.

Hill walk all around Buachaille Etive Beag→
The Great Glen Way by Thistle Trekking→
East Highland Way with Thistle Trekking→
West Highland Way with Thistle Trekking→
Walk of the day18 hours ago

West Highland Way with Thistle Trekking.

The West Highland Way is the most famous and perhaps best loved long distance walking route in Scotland.

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Lunch16 hours agoArgyll and ButeTigh an Truish, Seil100 yardsArgyll and ButeKerrera Tea Garden4.8 milesArgyll and ButeThe Barn at Cologin5.8 miles

Lunch near Bridge over the Atlantic.

The three good places closest to it: Tigh an Truish, Seil, Kerrera Tea Garden and The Barn at Cologin.

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Did you know14 hours ago

Carnasserie Castle was built at the point where a Scottish castle stopped being a tower and became a house.

The older plan kept the two apart: a lord's tower to live and hold out in, and a great hall alongside it for everything else. Carnasserie fuses the two into one building, and that is what you are walking through here: stairs, arched doorways and rooms that run together rather than a keep with a hall stuck beside it. Nobody was taking chances, mind. There is a parapet walk round the top, corbelled turrets at the angles, and gun-loops and pistol holes set about the building.

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Walks12 hours ago

Hill walk all around Buachaille Etive Beag.

The hill walk route goes all around Buachaille Etive Beag (means Small Herdsman of the Etive). Starting point is near a car park off the A82.

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Stay9 hours agoArgyll and ButeStormhouse South6.3 milesArgyll and ButeStormhouse North6.3 milesLochaberWoodlands Glencoe6.9 miles

Stay near Fairy Bridge of Glen Creran.

The three good places closest to it: Stormhouse South, Stormhouse North and Woodlands Glencoe.

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From the magazine7 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 10Issue 10Spring / Summer 2025

Stef Burgon and Simon Hunt spotted Kilmartin Castle, a 16th-century castle in Argyll, in an advert while living 3,700 miles away under a blistering Middle Eastern sun.

The couple sent Stef's parents on an eight-hour road trip to view it, and in 2018 they swapped the desert heat for Scottish mizzle, a fine misty drizzle. They spent their first year living in a campervan, working as 'apprentice builders' to put in heating and plumbing and fix the leaks. Today guests can stay in five ensuite bedrooms, one of them reached by a secret spiral staircase, and walk from the castle to the Temple Wood stone circle in a glen full of ancient monuments. Next, the couple are turning an old church nearby into a gallery for the artists who come on residencies at the castle.

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From Issue 12 of Hidden Scotland magazineIssue 125 hours ago

A weekend exploring Oban - a local’s guide

Artist and illustrator Lorna Freytag, who works from a studio above Oban Bay, shares her ideal weekend in Oban, with shoreline walks, creative corners and favourite places to eat.

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Did you know3 hours ago

There are more than eight hundred ancient monuments within six miles of this field.

Kilmartin Glen in Argyll is one of the richest prehistoric landscapes in Scotland, and the museum sitting in the middle of it counts over eight hundred monuments inside six miles of its own front door. People have been living in these few miles of low ground for something like twelve thousand years. The stones standing here are a small part of what is within a walk of them, and Kilmartin Museum is the keeper of what has come out of the ground around them.

See Nether Largie Standing Stones · Argyll and Bute
Walks1 hour ago

The Great Glen Way by Thistle Trekking.

The Great Glen Way is a 79 mile trek which begins in Fort William and finishes in Inverness.

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WalksJust now

East Highland Way with Thistle Trekking.

The East Highland Way is an 82-mile trek from Fort William, the outdoor capital of the UK, to Aviemore, famous for its mountains and ski resorts.

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