Set in the north-west Highland village of Gairloch this award winning museum details its colourful history from its earliest inhabitants through to the present day....

This outstanding 20-hectare garden, part of an 890-hectare Highland estate, is impressively set on a peninsula on the shores of Loch Ewe. The warm currents...

Shieldaig Island lies off the village of Shieldaig on Loch Torridon. The island, which is managed by the National Trust for Scotland, is completely covered...

A minor road from Laide leads to a wide beach of pristine sands at Mellon Udrigle. It regularly wins awards for its beach management and...

This mammoth Scottish mountain (seen here from the south) is the largest of the Torridonian giants. Liathach, the grey one, stretches out over seven kilometres,...

Set on Trotternish, Skye’s most northerly peninsula, Duntulm Castle is an ancient fortification. It started life an Iron Age broch and then became a Pictish...

Located on the east coast of Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula, the striking rock formation known as Kilt Rock is a 200 foot high sea cliff. The...

The Meall or ‘The Lump’ in Portree on the Isle of Skye is the name given to the hill above the harbour and old quay...

In the eighteenth Century, Portree harbour was the scene of many anguished departures for the people of Skye forced to emigrate to North America because...

The Storr is probably Skye’s most famous landmark. It is a dramatic 719 metre high mountain located above the east-facing cliffs of the Trotternish Peninsula....

Learn more about the remarkable geological landforms of Skye at the Staffin Museum. This small community-based museum stands by the roadside in the village of...

The Applecross Peninsula is a place apart. It’s about as isolated as you could wish to be and yet boasts a thriving community and many...

The Skye Museum of Island Life is a group of seven traditionally thatched croft cottages, once a common sight in the Highlands and now extremely...

The Skye road bridge has become a popular way to cross from the mainland at Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye...

Step back in time at the Ullapool Museum & Visitor Centre. It’s a treasure trove of genealogical, historical and photographic material. Many visitors come to...