Take the A83 north and branch off at Lochgilphead taking the A816 to Oban. Near Kilninver you should visit the small but wonderful Isle of Seil which is connected to the Scottish mainland by the medieval Clachan Bridge.


Oban is a colourful and busy little town. Allow yourself an one-hour walk through the town centre and go up to the hilltop above the town to visit the strange "Oban Folly". From here you can book a car ferry to Mull, and on this island you can buy tickets for the passenger ferries to Iona and Staffa. But don't miss to explore Mull too! It really pays!

You can reach the wonderful island of Iona with its medieval cathedral by crossing the Isle of Mull on the single track road A849 to Fionnphort where Iona is separated from Mull only by the narrow Sound of Iona. Take the passenger ferry for this mile or two across the Sound. Iona is doubtlessly one of the highlights of your Scotland trip. Here, at the birthplace of the occidental Christianity, where St Columba founded a little cloister in the 6th ct, here, from where the Christianity began its victorious career throughout Europe, and here where 48 Scottish kings were buried, here you can deeply feel the breeze of the past.

Hint: The ferry from Oban to Craignure on Mull and back should be booked in advance if you are travelling in the main season. Of course, we can do this for you!

  On the A828 your journey through Scotland continues along the shore from Oban to Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, which ist Great Britain's highest mountain. Please stop here! It is a really beautiful and busy little town on the northern end of Loch Linnhe. Walk through the tourist bursting passenger zone with its many souvenir shops and make a little boat tour on the famous Caledonian Canal which contains of three big lochs (Loch Lochy, Loch Oich and Loch Ness).

Now continue along the shore of Loch Lochy to Invergarry and leave this road to discover the perhaps most famous and beautiful road of Scotland - the A87 and so-called " Road to the Isles". At the quiet shores of great Loch Cluanie you are entering Glen Shiel with the famous majestic peaks of the "Five Sisters of Kintail" in the background. auftauchen - 5 mächtige Felstürme im Südosten des Loch Duich. 

Near Shiel Bridge you reach Loch Duich in which one of the most famous castles of Scotland is still standing since the Middle Ages - Eilean Donan Castle. It was built in the 13th ct on a rocky spit of land and can be reached over an ancient stone bridge. This unforgettable sight will doubtlessly be another highlight of your Scotland trip.

Passing through some picturesque little villages you finally reach Kyle of Lochalsh which is the end of the railway and an important ferry port of former times. Since several years you can reach the Isle of Skye by taking the new big Skye bridge.

On the Isle of Skye you'll spend the next night.

  Today we'll have a close look at the Isle of Skye, the biggest island of the Inner Hebrides and one of the roughest regions of Europe. You should definitely visit the following highlights: The residence of the chiefs of Clan MacLeod called Dunvegan Castle, the rock formation called "The Old Man of Storr", the great cliffs of "Kilt Rock", the open-air museum of Kilmuir, the little capitqal Portree, the Talisker Whisky Distillery, the mighty mountain Range of the Cuillins (best seen from Glen Brittle) and Armadale Castle, the residence of the chief of the MacDonald clan.
Same accommodation as on the day before.

  Near Kyle of Lochalsh you reach the Scottish mainland again. Now take the A87 for a while and then branch off to the A890 to Achnasheen. Along Loch Carron you will experience one of the most beautiful regions of the Scottish Highlands. In Achnasheen you should take the A832 which will lead you through remote glens of Wester Ross to Kinlochewe and the quiet and lonely Loch Maree to Gairloch where you are back at the west coast.

Some miles to the north-east of Gairloch, directly on the A832, you will pass the parking place of the next great highlight of your Scotland trip - the wonderful Inverewe Gardens . You shouldn't miss them although it will take you at least three hours to visit them. You will be delighted by the various colours and smells of the partly even subtropical flowers and plants.
In Gruinard Bay there isw little Gruinard Island which is a forbidden area. After the Second World War the government has contaminated the island with anthrax.

Along Little Loch Broom your way will now lead you eastwards as far as Braemore Junction in the middle of the solitude of the Scottish Highlands. Here the A832 meets the A835 which would take you to the main town of the western Highlands - Ullapool . But here you should continue going eastwards to discover one of the remotest regions of the British Isles - a road on which there is only the picturesque Inn of Aultguish after passing Loch Glascarnoch.

Shortly before you reach Garve you will see the A832 again. Near the little health-resort Strathpfeffer you can find a typically medieval Scottish tower house called Castle Leod. Then you should go for a relaxing walk through the main street of Dingwall. Near Conon Bridge you cross the Cromarty Sound and are now on the peninsular of Black Isle. Now it's not very far to the capital of the Highlands called Inverness where you'll spend the next night.

On this morning you have to choose your further way along Loch Ness. You can either take the A82 southwards on which you can find the medieval Urquhart Castle and the Nessie centre Drumnadrochit. Or you choose the more beautiful route along the eastern shore of Loch Ness with its lonely single-track roads. Both roads are meeting again at Fort Augustus with its relatively new but fine Benedictine abbey.

Now go for a drive on the A82 along the Caledonian Canal as far as Spean Bridge and then take the A86 along Loch Laggan to Laggan. Here - you are now in the centre of Scotland - you'd take the A889 leading south over the mysteriously dark Pass of Drumochter with its famous Dalwhinnie whisky distillery. Crossing the mighty Cairngorm mountain range you finally reach another highlight of your Scotland trip - Blair Atholl Castle, the marvellous and very old tower house residence of the Dukes of Atholl who are allowed to have a private army!

Near Bridge of Garry you can have a short stop at the wonderful view point Queens View overlooking the great scenery of quiet Loch Tummel - don't miss it!!! Passing the little towns of Pitlochry and Dunkeld with a fine medieval cathedral and restored houses of the 16th - 18th ct you finally reach the big city of Perth. Only Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen have more inhabitants than Perth who gave its name to a even bigger city in western Australia. Go for a walk through the city centre - there is a busy pedestrian zone - and visit the cathedral of St John. A few miles north-east of Perth you then should visit Scone Palace and the near Moot Hill where the ancient Scottish kings were crowned. Also within only a few miles are the medieval tower houses of Elcho Castle and Huntingtower Castle.

From Perth you can take the motorway south to Edinburgh. If you still have some time visit the small town of Kinross which lies directly beside the motorway and Dunfermeline which was the capital of Scotland in early times. At North Queensferry you cross the Firth of Forth over a several miles long motorway toll bridge, the Forth  Road Bridge. Scotland's capital Edinburgh lies to the left side. Leave the A90 after reaching the other shore of the Firth.

  Go for a long walk down or up the historical Royal Mile, go shopping in Princess Street or say a prayer in the medieval cathedral of St Giles. Then visit the old castle and stroll down to famous Holyroodhouse at the other end of the Royal Mile.
Then you give back your hired car and leave Scotland by plane.