Road trip · 8 days · by car

Scotland, North Coast 500 and Skye

Edinburgh, the Highlands, the north coast and the Isle of Skye: Britain's finest loop.

The route, stop by stop

1. 1Édimbourg · 2 nights
   The castle, the Royal Mile and Arthur's Seat
2. 2Inverness · 1 night
   Loch Ness and the Culloden battlefield
3. 3John o'Groats · 1 night
   The Duncansby Head stacks and Dunrobin Castle
4. 4Durness · 1 night
   Smoo Cave and the empty beaches of the north coast
5. 5Ullapool · 1 night
   The harbour, the Assynt mountains and Stac Pollaidh
6. 6Île de Skye · 2 nights
   Old Man of Storr, the Quiraing and the Fairy Pools

When to go

Best months: May, June, July, August and September.

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.