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 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...

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....

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...

A trip to this family run, craft smokehouse in the far north west Highlands is guaranteed to get your taste buds jumping for joy. Achiltibuie...

Bananas in the far north west Highlands? You better believe it – The Hydroponicum is a testament to the appliance of science. Grown in large...

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,...

Stac Pollaidh, anglicized to Stack Polly, is a fantastic little hill offering superb views over this wild part of the north-west Highlands. Formed of Torridonian...

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...

Opened in 1995 by Magnus Magnusson, the Assynt Visitor Centre is a treasure trove for the visitor with an interest in the natural world. The...

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...

Attadale Gardens is a spectacular west coast garden with views of the sea and Skye. Here we have exotically planted ponds, waterfalls, rare trees and...

Britain’s first National Nature Reserve comprises the magnificent Torridon mountains which rise dramatically from the open land which separate them. Beinn Eighe is one of...

Loch Maree, the finest Scottish loch, extends for almost 20 kilometres from Kinlochewe in the south to Poolewe in the north. It’s a long, narrow...

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...