I travelled to the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 1990. Back then, the green hills, the dark peat and the smoky whisky captured my heart.
Scotland expert Stephan Goldmann
- Travelling in Scotland since 1990
- Operator of MyHighlands.de since 2011
- trained journalist, writes for Lonelyplanet.de, among others
- Author of Scotland travel guides
- Winner of the German Self-Publishing Prize 2019 for travel guide “Isle of Skye”
- Gaelic skills since 2018 (always learning)
- Married in Scotland in 2014
The first four times I travelled as a classic back-packer: We (a friend and I) travelled on foot, hitchhiked or took the Citylink bus. We slept in a tent in the great outdoors (see picture). As DPSG scouts, we bravely endured midges and wet conditions.
Today I travel to Scotland every year with my partner Katrin(we got married in the Highlands, pictures here) and sleep in comfortable, exciting or romantic accommodation, visit distilleries and historical sites.
Katrin is always with us for the third time now and takes care of the pictures and many video recordings.
Over time, more and more people have asked me where they should go – so many that I thought I should write it down. And that’s exactly what I’m doing here, on this website.
I have actually visited all the places and sights mentioned here. That’s why this website can’t cover all the sights and interesting places in the Highlands – I won’t describe what I haven’t seen. But I will continue to collect them. I also endeavour to research in-depth information for each place of interest.
I now also publish several Scotland travel guides. My book about the Outer Hebrides made it into the top ten of the German Selfpublishing Award in 2018, and the travel guide to the Isle of Skye won the German Selfpublishing Award 2019 in the non-fiction category.
I also write about Scotland for Lonelyplanet.de. Here is a selection:
- Seven and a half Scottish islands that not everyone knows about
- Colonsay: Scotland’s little-visited island paradise
- How to feast in Scotland’s south
- What to see in Dundee: What Scotland’s sunniest city has to offer
- Orkney: A walk between the millennia
- UNESCO: Visit Scotland’s outstanding sights
- Perth in Scotland – travelling and feasting in the land of kings
From time to time I also report on neighbouring destinations such as Ireland and Wales:
- Celtic Routes – travelling along the coasts of the Celts
- Galway: The gateway to Ireland’s wild west coast
I hope you get some good ideas from the information here … and maybe send me a few ideas and reviews.
Have fun!
Stephan