Outdoors

Tairlaw Linn is a waterfall near Straiton in South Ayrshire.

Home to the vitrified fort of Dunagoil, the cliff and caves around Dunagoil provide a scenic background for imaginative adventurers.

Stinchar Falls lie on the River Stinchar, which flows all the way from the Galloway Forest Park to the Firth of the Clyde at Ballantrae.

The Discovery Centre and Winter Garden is just a short walk from the ferry terminal and so makes a great starting place for visitors to Bute.

The long sandy beach offers great vies of the Isle of Arran and is known for its superb sunsets.

Whiting Bay is a stunning one mile long beach with a shallow bay.

Picturesque loch outside the village of Kilmacolm

Kilmory beach is one of Arran's hidden gems and is a stunning but peaceful beach, accessed either by farm track or by path from Lagg

Girvan has, for centuries, been a thriving fishing port, and this modern harbour represents much of that original charm

Explore the island beyond the shore

Kildonan beach is also known as Silver Sands due to its incredible beauty and clean sands.

The beautiful Pirnmill beach located in the small village of Pirnmill on the north-west coast of the Arran.

Glen Rosa is a stunning glen near Goat Fell mountain, with breathaking scenery.

Stravanan Bay itself is a fine sandy beach, more secluded than many of the better known beaches further up the west coast of the isle.