On Ulva, in the Inner Hebrides, Banjo Beale and his husband are transforming a rundown mansion into their dream hotel, while another adventurous couple have created a charming bothy for hardier folk ...

Known for hilltop castles, abundant rainfall, and rolling green valleys speckled with flocks of sheep, Scotland far exceeds its classic clichés. From the Highlands to the islands, Scotland is an ...

OBAN, Scotland – I thought I’d sailed on small cruise ships. With lines like Windstar and Seabourn under my belt, the easy camaraderie with fellow guests, the unique, far-flung itineraries, and the ...

On an empty road behind the sweep of Scarista Beach, where ocean winds were flattening the dune grasses, stood a lone white house. It could have been a drawing from a storybook: steep-roofed, a little ...

Even as a Scotsman, it’s hard to concentrate on your whisky when an orca is breaching off the bow. Harder still, when you’re in the on-deck hot tub, savouring the sunshine after a lunch of boat-fresh ...

If you're looking to drive an electric car powered almost entirely by renewable energy, we have a vacation destination in mind. Islands in the remote Scottish Hebrides archipelago get plenty of wind, ...

Hebridean Island Cruises introduced its new 2012 cruise brochure featuring 20 new itineraries aboard its Five-Star, ultra-luxurious, and all-inclusive Hebridean Princess to majestic and idyllic ports ...

“We can’t stay here too long,” Jamie Boyle told us when we stepped out of the car. He had driven us to one of the most remote spots in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, a tiny island called Vallay that ...

In an operation that could have been lifted straight from the pages of a James Bond novel, Doors 2 Floors, the renowned ...

In 1773, Samuel Johnson—poet, essayist, and London’s literary light—and his biographer, James Boswell, passed through the rugged, starkly beautiful Hebridean Islands just off Scotland’s western coast.

The Hebrides, the islands off the northwest coast of Scotland facing the Atlantic at the edge of Europe, have always attracted visitors. From Christian pilgrims in the 6th century and Norse settlers a ...