The North Coast 500 (NC500) was launched in 2015 to create an easier way to tour the Scottish Highlands, showing off the region’s magnificent castles, seascapes and coastal scenery. The 516-mile route ...

The Scottish Highlands are famous for their dramatic landscapes and rich history, but there are still lesser-known places ...

If you really want to take in the full spectrum of the Highlands' geographical grandeur, make time for its beaches. Some of the beaches feature waters so clear and sands so white they resemble the ...

If we told you to close your eyes and picture the Scottish Highlands, what would come to mind? For us, it would undoubtedly be a neverending, undulating landscape peppered with romantic castles and ...

To our shame we had never visited the Scottish Highlands before and, as we negotiated a 40-mile detour on narrow, winding roads, before cautiously passing through Glasgow in some of the heaviest rain ...

Driving into the Scottish Highlands, I was prepared for a weekend of whiskey and castles, bagpipes and thick brogues. (You know, the stuff of Scotch commercials.) I was right on the first two counts, ...

You can't leave the Scottish Highlands without visiting the infamous Loch Ness, Scotland's largest loch (by volume). Loch Ness is known worldwide for housing the mythical, dinosaur-like monster, ...

AS THE grandson of a Scotswoman, I’ve always instinctively loved Scotland. All my previous trips to the country—first during my penniless junior year abroad, then later as a travel writer—bolstered my ...