Muir of Ord
Easter Urray Farmhouse
Sleeps 10 · 5 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- Dogs
from £1,390 / week
Check dates for Easter Urray Farmhouse (opens the booking site in a new tab)Checked 9 Oct
Scotland
Britain's biggest mountains, and the only ones that keep snow into summer.
High point: Ben Nevis, 1345 m
Where to base yourself
Aberfeldy
A gorge walk from the square and Schiehallion up the road.
Station: Pitlochry
250 to stay
Callander
The Trossachs' front door, an hour from Glasgow.
Station: Stirling
215 to stay
Pitlochry
Ben Vrackie from the edge of town, with a station on the line.
Station: Pitlochry
208 to stay
Aviemore
The Cairngorms' main railhead, walking distance from pine forest.
Station: Aviemore
185 to stay
Arrochar
At Loch Long's head, with a station and the Cobbler near.
Station: Arrochar and Tarbet
183 to stay
Strathpeffer
A Victorian spa village below Ben Wyvis, five miles from Dingwall.
Station: Dingwall
166 to stay
Taynuilt
Below Ben Cruachan, on the Oban line by Loch Etive.
Station: Taynuilt
163 to stay
Glencoe
The classic Highland glen, with a village at its foot.
Station: Fort William
155 to stay
Killin
At Loch Tay's head, nearest village to the Ben Lawers range.
Station: Crianlarich
144 to stay
Kirriemuir
Where the Angus glens begin, and the hill is a drive.
Station: Dundee
127 to stay
Brodick
Arran's ferry port, with Goatfell behind the bay.
Station: Ardrossan Harbour
126 to stay
Fort William
Below Britain's highest mountain, on the line from Glasgow.
Station: Fort William
123 to stay
Cannich
The last village before Glen Affric, at the end of the A831.
Station: Inverness
110 to stay
Torridon
Below Liathach, with no fuel pump and hardly a bus.
Station: Strathcarron
84 to stay
Braemar
Upper Deeside's hill village, with Lochnagar 25 miles round.
71 to stay
Lochinver
Assynt's fishing port, with Suilven's path on the doorstep.
Station: Lairg
61 to stay
Broadford
Skye's second village, below the Red Cuillin and near Blà Bheinn.
Station: Kyle of Lochalsh
47 to stay
Ullapool
The North-West Highlands' one town of any size, ferry port for Lewis.
Station: Garve
38 to stay
Portree
Skye's main town, and the base for the Trotternish peninsula.
Station: Kyle of Lochalsh
20 to stay
Hot tubs in Scotland
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Kilchrenan, near Taynuilt, Central Scotland
Achnasmeorach House
Sleeps 10 · 5 beds
- Hot tub
- Wood burner
- No dogs
from £4,858 / week
Check dates for Achnasmeorach House (opens the booking site in a new tab)Checked 8 Oct
Inveruglass
Kirkstone Lodge
Sleeps 8 · 3 beds
- Hot tub
- Dogs
from £1,937 / week
Check dates for Kirkstone Lodge (opens the booking site in a new tab)Checked 24 Oct
All 1992 stays in Scotland All 293 with hot tubs The 1258 that take dogs
Walks
An Teallach from Dundonnell
A sandstone ridge of nine tops above Dundonnell, its two Munros reached on a bypass path that avoids the pinnacles' Grade 3 scramble.
- 20 km
- 1,415 m up
- 9 hr 30 min
- Hard
The Aonach Eagach Ridge Traverse
Famed as the narrowest ridge on the British mainland, a grade 2/3 scramble across Glen Coe linking two Munro summits with no easy way off.
- 9.5 km
- 1,100 m up
- 8 hr 30 min
- Severe
Beinn Eighe Mountain Trail
A waymarked path from the pinewoods of Loch Maree onto a bare quartzite plateau, run by NatureScot and billed as Britain's only waymarked mountain walk.
- 6.5 km
- 586 m up
- 3 hr 30 min
- Hard
Ben A'an
A short, steep hill above Loch Achray, often called the mountain in miniature, with a summit view out of proportion to its height.
- 3.7 km
- 340 m up
- 3 hr
- Moderate
Ben Cleuch from Tillicoultry
The highest of the Ochil Hills at 721m, circled from Tillicoultry through Mill Glen and over The Law and Ben Ever in 9.5km and 731m of ascent.
- 9.5 km
- 731 m up
- 6 hr
- Moderate
Ben Cruachan and Stob Dàimh from the Falls of Cruachan
A two-Munro ridge circuit round the Cruachan reservoir, climbed from the railway station by the dam path, with rocky ridge walking and 1,376m of ascent.
- 13.75 km
- 1,376 m up
- 8 hr 30 min
- Hard
Views without the walk
Cairngorm Ski Road and Coire Cas
A public road from Glenmore to a car park at 635 metres below Cairn Gorm, with views back over Strathspey.
- Drive to it
- Step-free
- 2 min from the car
- View all round
Corrieshalloch Gorge
A 1.5km-long, 60-metre-deep gorge crossed by a Victorian suspension bridge, with the Falls of Measach seen from a viewing platform.
- Drive to it
- 5 min from the car
Glenfinnan Viaduct Viewpoint
The curving 21-arch railway viaduct made famous by the Jacobite steam train and the Harry Potter films.
- View all round
The Quiraing
A high mountain pass on Skye's Trotternish ridge, with towers and hidden plateaux visible within minutes of the car park.
- Drive to it
- 5 min from the car
- Faces east
The Study, Glen Coe
A roadside pull-in on the A82 with the classic view of the Three Sisters ridges, reached without leaving the car.
- Drive to it
- Step-free
- At the car park
- View all round
Adventure
Cairngorm Mountain Funicular
Britain's highest railway, climbing from Coire Cas to the Ptarmigan building at 1,097 metres on the shoulder of Cairn Gorm.
- mountain railway
- Cairngorm Mountain
Glencoe Mountain
A chairlift-served bike park and summer activity centre at the head of Glen Coe, with cross-country and downhill mountain bike trails.
- bike park
- Glencoe Mountain
Nevis Range Mountain Gondola
A gondola up Aonach Mòr to 650 metres, which Nevis Range calls the UK's only mountain gondola, with a downhill bike track and hill paths at the top.
- cable car
- Nevis Range
Sea Kayaking from Portree
Guided sea kayak sessions on Skye's coast, with tasters run from Portree harbour and half and full-day trips launching around Portree and Uig.
- watersports
- North Skye Outdoors