Regions

Where to go.

Eleven regions, from Barra to Unst, with the mainland gateways in between. Most trips combine two or three.

Select a region on the map, or choose from the list below. Sea areas approximate; not for navigation.

Regions

The Outer Hebrides

Golden dune grass and shell sand on Harris, with a sea loch and bare hills behind — Isle of Harris

Outer Hebrides

Lewis and Harris

White beaches on the west side, bare rock on the east, and standing stones older than the pyramids.

A single-track road on Barra running past a white house under heavy cloud — Isle of Barra

Outer Hebrides

The Uists and Barra

Machair in flower, corncrakes at midnight and a runway on the beach at Barra.

Regions

Skye and the west

The Old Man of Storr and its ridge on Skye above a small loch — Isle of Skye

Inner Hebrides

Skye and Raasay

The Cuillin, the Trotternish ridge and Raasay across the sound, out of season.

Tobermory's painted harbour front on Mull under grey cloud, the bay flat calm — Tobermory, Isle of Mull

Inner Hebrides

Mull and Iona

White-tailed eagles, Fingal’s Cave on Staffa and the white sand of Iona.

Lagavulin distillery's white warehouses on the shore of Islay at dusk, seen across the bay — Lagavulin, Isle of Islay

Southern Hebrides

Islay and Jura

Nine working distilleries, and Jura’s three hills across the sound.

A small green island in deep blue water off the Isle of Eigg — Isle of Eigg

The roadless west

The Small Isles and Knoydart

Eigg, Rùm, Muck and Canna, and Knoydart, the peninsula you reach by boat.

Regions

The Northern Isles

Standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney silhouetted against a red evening sky — Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Northern Isles

Orkney

Skara Brae, the Ring of Brodgar, Maeshowe and St Magnus Cathedral.

The old stone lodberries of Lerwick standing at the water's edge above a small sandy beach — Lerwick, Shetland

Northern Isles

Shetland

Puffin cliffs at Hermaness and Sumburgh, Norse names and the simmer dim.

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The Highlands and the gateway

The dome of Suilven in Assynt rising out of a bank of morning mist — Suilven, Assynt

The far north-west

Wester Ross and Assynt

Torridon, Applecross and the strange, separate hills of Assynt: Suilven, Stac Pollaidh, Quinag.

A path through tall Scots pines with flowering heather in the Cairngorms — Cairngorms National Park, near Aviemore

The Highlands

The Cairngorms and Speyside

Old Caledonian pinewood, Royal Deeside and the distilleries of the Spey.

Edinburgh's Old Town skyline above autumn trees in Princes Street Gardens — Edinburgh

The gateway

Edinburgh

The Old Town, the New Town, and the sleeper from Waverley.

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