Explore this beautiful part of the west of Scotland, with its mountains, lochs, forests and meandering coastline.
Some tour highlights
- The scenic village of Inveraray with its white washed cottages, located on the shores of Loch Fyne. Home to the stunning Inveraray Castle, ancestral home of the Clan Campbell. Don’t forget to sample the justly famous local seafood.
- The port of Oban, gateway to the isles. Climb up the hill to McCaig’s Tower for simply spectacular views to the islands of Kerrera, Lismore and Mull.
- The Mull of Kintyre. Golf the links course at Macrihanish, take a tour of one of the Campbeltown malt whisky distilleries and enjoy the views – on a clear day you can see the coast of Ireland from here.
Hope everyone has been enjoying the antics of the Tartan Army over in Boston for the World Cup! Glad to see the Glasgow tradition of putting cones on statues is alive and well across the pond 😂⚽️🏴The Scottish fans didn't just bring bagpipes and beer to Boston.
They brought traffic cones for the statues too.
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If trees could talk, this one would have some tales to tell!
This is the Birnam Oak, 600 years old and the last remaining tree of the Birnam Wood mentioned by Shakespeare in Macbeth.
In the play Macbeth is warned by the witches that he will not be overthrown until Birnam Wood moves to Dunsinane. Macbeth decides to ignore the witches with their crazy talk of trees moving around and commits several murders in pursuit of the Scottish throne. However Malcolm’s army take branches from the trees in the wood, use them to disguise themselves, and ultimately Macbeth meets a sticky end (it is a tragedy after all!)
Shakespeare is rumoured to have visited Perthshire with a group of travelling players in 1589, so perhaps he visited here and took inspiration from the forest ✍️
The oak in folklore is the king of the forest, and a hollow in an oak tree is said to be a fairy door, or a gateway to supernatural realms. The word ‘druid’ may come from a Celtic word meaning “knower of the oak tree” 🌳 🌳🌳
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