24 things not to miss - The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands and Islands - page 14

ASSYNT
Page 242
Golden eagles, more deer than
cows and strange mountains
with poetic names like Suilven
- nowhere in the Highlands is
more spectacular nor more
exhilaratingly remote.
WHALE WATCHING,
MULL
Page 76
Close encounters with a very
different type of Highland wildlife.
GOLF
Page 103
Regardless of your ability, no visit to
Scotland is complete without a
round, and few courses are more
beautiful (or more challenging) than
Machrihanish Dunes in Kintyre.
UP HELLY AA
Page 376
Pack your thermals and head to
Shetland in January for this
spectacular Viking fire festival.
PUBS
Page 34
What better end to a day in the
hills than a good meal, a dram and
perhaps a singalong?
WEST HIGHLAND
RAILWAY
Page 133
From Glasgow to Mallaig, this is
one of the great railway journeys
of the world - 264 miles of ever
more spectacular scenery with
steam trains in summer to boot.