Scotland's Highlands & Islands - Southern Highlands & Islands (PDF Chapter)
This is the Southern Highlands & Islands chapter from Lonely Planet’s Scotland’s Highlands & Islands guidebook.
Island-hop from the scenic splendour of Arran to majestic Mull or Tiree’s lonely sands, via the whisky distilleries of Islay, the wild mountains of Jura, the scenic delights of diminutive Colonsay and Oban’s sustainable seafood scene.
- explore the lovely lochscapes and accessible walking and cycling routes of the Tros-sachs
- maps
- visit the smoky heavyweights of the whisky world on Islay, their peaty turf
- transport
- blow away the cobwebs on scenic, activity-packed Arran
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Loch Lomond & Around, Crianlarich & Tyndrum, Ar-rochar, The Trossachs, South Argyll, Cowal, Bute, Inveraray, Crinan Canal, Kilmartin Glen, Kintyre, Islay, Jura, Colonsay, Arran, Brodick & Around, Corrie & Around, Lochranza & Around, West Coast, South Coast, Lamlash, Oban, Mull, Iona & Tiree, Oban & Around, Mull, Iona, Tiree, Coll, North Argyll, Loch Awe, Connel & Taynuilt.
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