The Highlands are the heart and true symbol of Scotland, its wildest, most untamed and picturesque part.
Postcard locations, lands of legendary heroes, grandiose landscapes, imposing mountains, ancient forests that plunge into the sea, freshwater lakes that blend in with the deep fjords of the ocean and animals in the wild.
Here there are very few inhabited villages and you will happen to drive for hours in pure nature, surrounded only by moors, lakes and pine forests.
The western and northern parts of the Highlands are absolutely isolated: the only way to visit them is by car as bus connections are very rare.
Some parts, such as the Torridon region and Assynt are hardly touched by tourism and retain their authenticity and beauty in all their splendor.
The part called Wester Ross, or the west coast, which runs from Mallaig to Cape Wrath has a jagged coastline interspersed with sea lakes and white sandy coves.
The imposing Glencoe valley is one of the most evocative places in Scotland: a road immersed in silence and solitude crosses rugged valleys swept only by the winds and dominated by the mysterious Three Sisters, three gigantic rock formations.
