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Scottish Highlands

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Regions / Cities and Towns / Cities / Towns / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to Scottish Highlands, visa requirements By Plane By Rail By Bus By Car / Get around / Car / Hitchhiking / Scottish Highlands attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Scottish Highlands nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out

The Scottish Highlands is the rugged northern and north-western portion of Scotland, one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. This is the Scotland conjured up by visions of tartan, kilts, Bonnie Prince Charlie and all.

Regions

Cities and Towns

Cities

Inverness

Towns

Other destinations

The Scottish Highlands contains the United Kingdom's most extensive wilderness areas, some of which have been proclaimed as National Parks:

The Cairngorms National Park - Scotland's largest National Park
The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park - Scotland's first National Park

Culture and History

Talk

Travel to Scottish Highlands & Visa Requirements

Flights and airtickets to Scottish Highlands

The main airport serving the Scottish Highland region is Inverness Airport [1], with scheduled flights to destinations around Scotland and the United Kingdom. There are smaller airports within the Scottish Highland region at Campbeltown and Oban that offer scheduled service to connecting flights in Glasgow.

By Rail

First Scotrail offers highland service from Glasgow and Edinburgh (via Perth) and Edinburgh (via Aberdeen) north towards Inverness several times a day. Service from Glasgow's Queen Street Station is offered to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig. There is Caledonian Sleeper Service available from London's Euston Station to/from Fort William and Inverness both via Edinburgh. This overnight service must be booked in advance.

Buses to Scottish Highlands

Scottish Citylink offers frequent service along major Scottish Highland highways from bases in Glasgow, Perth and Inverness. West Coast Motors offers service throughout the Argyll and Bute region as well as to Glasgow's Buchanan Street Station. Rapsons Coaches offers frequent regional service from their Inverness base. Some communities are served by the Royal Mail's Postbus service.

By Car

There are numerous highways from the Central Scotland region into the Scottish Highlands. One of the most scenic involves the drive along Loch Lomond, out to Oban then north toFort William and along Loch Ness to Inverness.

Tours & Getting around Scottish Highlands

Scottish Citylink, West Coast Motors and Rapsons should help to get you moving around the region if you are not in a car. Air service means connections in Glasgow while there are only a few train lines through the region.

Car

Many of the roads, especially in the more remote areas of the North West are single track with passing places. Driving there is a pleasure.

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking is a good way to get around in the Highlands, but has two significant downsides. First, the road network is quite sparse in places. Also, many of the country roads that do exist have very low traffic density.