Tourism Links

Tourist Information and Accommodation

Visithighlands - official Tourist Board site for the Highlands

Destination Development groups

Destination development groups exist in a number of areas of the Highlands. Websites detailing facilities and services in their areas and their work are:-

Destination Loch Ness - Loch Ness & area

North Highlands Tourism - Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire

Outdoor Capital of the UK - Fort William and Lochaber

Skye - Skye, Lochalsh & Raasay

VisitAviemore - Aviemore & the Cairngorms

Tourist trails

Gaelic rings - Gaelic rich journeys through Scotland's West Highlands and Western Isles

Activities

Walking - national walking website with many highland walks

West Highland Way - Glasgow to Fort William walking route

Great Glen Way - Fort William to Inverness walking route

Speyside Way - Buckie to Aviemore walking route

North Sea Trail - walking route through 7 north sea countries

Golf Highland - local golf website

MTB-Highland - mountain biking portal for the Highlands

National Cycle Network - the UK's national network

North Sea cycle route - cycle route through 8 countries which includes the Highlands

Geoparks

The Highlands has 2 Geoparks - areas known for the quality of their geology and scenery:-

• North West Highlands Geopark
• Lochaber Geopark

Other Highlands and Islands areas

Official Tourist Board sites for neighbouring areas

• Outer Hebrides
• Argyll and the Isles
• Orkney
• Shetland