This is the Great Glen & Lochaber chapter from Lonely Planet’s Scotland’s Highlands & Islands guidebook.

From Fort William, base camp for climbing Ben Nevis, the Road to the Isles leads past the gorgeous beaches of Arisaig and Morar to Mallaig, the jumping-off point for the islands of Skye, Eigg and Rum.

• relax in Inverness, the highland capital
• maps
• enjoy the view from the summit of Ben Nevis
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• cruise Loch Ness in search of that elusive monster

Coverage includes: Inverness & around, Culloden Battlefield, Fort George, Nairn, Cawdor, Brodie Castle, West of Inverness, Beauly, Strathglass & Glen Affric, Loch Ness, Drumnadrochit, Fort Augustus, the Caledonian Canal, the Road to Skye, Loch Cluanie, Eilean Donan Castle, Glen Shiel & Kintail, Glenelg, Kyle of Lochalsh, Fort William & around, Glen Nevis, Nevis Range, Corpach to Loch Lochy, Glen Spean & Glen Roy, the Caledonian Canal, Glen Coe, East of Glencoe, Glencoe Village, Glen Coe & Glen Etive Walk, Kinlochleven, Ardgour & Ardnamurchan, Salen to Lochailort, Road to the Isles, Glenfinnan, Arisaig & Morar, Mallaig and Knoydart Peninsula.