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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Scotland's Highlands & Islands guide book and includes:

• Southern Highlands & West Highland Way chapter

• Understand Scotland's Highlands & Islands and Survival Guide

• Southern Highlands & West Highland Way maps

Here, sea travel is as important as road and rail - dozens of ferries allow you to island-hop your way from the Firth of Clyde to Oban and beyond, via the whisky distilleries of Islay, the wild mountains of Jura and the scenic delights of diminutive Colonsay.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in the Southern Highlands & West Highland Way, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of the Southern Highlands & West Highland Way.

Coverage includes:

• Understand Scotland's Highlands & Islands: Scotland's Highlands & Islands Today, History, Highland Culture, Landscapes & Wildlife, the Scottish Larder, Survival Guide: Directory, Transport and Glossary

• Loch Lomond & around, Ben Lomond Walk, Crianlarich & Tyndrum, Helensburgh, Arrochar, The Trossachs & around, Aberfoyle & around, Callander, Lochs Katrine & Achray, Balquhidder & around, Killin, Cowal Peninsula & Isle of Bute, Dunoon & around, Tighnabruaich, Cowal's West Coast, Isle of Bute, Isle of Arran, Brodick & around, Tour Around Goatfell, Corrie to Lochranza, Lochranza, West Coast, South Coast, Lamlash, Kintyre, Mid-Argyll, Inveraray, Crinan Canal, Knapdale, Kilmartin Glen, Oban & around, Isle of Kerrera, Isle of Seil, Isle of Luing, North Argyll, Loch Awe, Connel & Taynuilt, Appin & around, Isle of Lismore, Southern Hebrides, Isle of Islay, Isle of Jura, Isle of Colonsay, Isle of Mull, Isle of Iona, Isle of Coll and Isle of Tiree.

Lonely Planet's Scotland's Highlands & Islands guide is researched and written by Neil Wilson.