Your Guide to the Scottish Highlands & Islands
MyHighlands.de is an independent, first-hand travel guide to Scotland, online since 2016 – built on real visits, tested tips and honest opinions, not copied listings. We’re steadily translating our full German guide into English. Here’s everything that’s ready for you today, with new guides added every week.
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Pennan – A Bay With a Film Legend
A bay, a village, a legendary film – the little settlement of Pennan is surely one of the most idyllic spots…
Balnakeil Village – Murder, Sea and Chocolate
This place unites opposites: a visit to the ghost village of Balnakeil and, right next door, a thoroughly lively artists’ community…
Sango Sands – A Beach With a View
Barefoot on the beach, white sand between your toes … even at the very top of Scotland that’s possible. Sango Sands…
Shandwick Stone – A Magnificent Pictish Stone
Not much is known about this ancient Scottish people. But the Shandwick Stone gives a real sense of Pictish culture –…
Cawdor Castle – A Castle With a Holly Tree and a Donkey
Cawdor Castle rises near Inverness like a proud stronghold. It’s surrounded by wonderful gardens – and deep inside, it also guards…
Fort Augustus – Locks on Loch Ness
If Loch Ness has a beginning, it’s probably Fort Augustus. Because here, every boat heading for Inverness has to pass through…
Urquhart Castle – A Castle Overlooking Loch Ness
Not much is left of it – and yet: the ruins still give a very good sense of what a magnificent…
Isle of Iona – The Sacred Island of the Scots
It is considered a spiritual centre of Scotland – the place from which Christianity spread into the Highlands. The small island…
Clootie Well – A Magical Spring on the Black Isle
Suddenly there’s clothing hanging in the forest. The trees are wrapped in colourful rags – wherever you look. And at the…
Ceannabeinne – A Dazzling Beach in the Highlands
Azure water, reddish rock, white sand – Scotland’s north seduces with dreamlike coastlines. Where the Atlantic and the North Sea collide…
Applecross – A Refuge in Scotland’s Beautiful Wilderness
A remote peninsula in the west of Scotland, with overwhelming nature and a wild mountain backdrop. Right in the middle: the…
Inverewe Garden – a Colourful Garden in the Highlands
On a barren hillside in the Highlands, a Scotsman created a Garden of Eden – Inverewe Garden. Here he coaxed magnificent…
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About This Guide
MyHighlands.de is written and maintained by Stephan Goldmann, who has been travelling Scotland since the 1990s and turned that passion into Germany’s best-known independent Scotland travel site. Every attraction listed here has been visited in person – opening times and prices are checked and refreshed regularly.
New English translations are added every week as part of an ongoing project – check back often, or dive into the growing library above.
