Outdoors

Orchard Gardens are beautiful gardens with herbaceous borders, formal pond and formal flowerbeds, which are always full of colour

The Brig o' Doon, sometimes called the Auld Brig or Old Bridge of Doon, is a late medieval bridge in Ayrshire

Farland Point is a peninsula to the south east of the island of Great Cumbrae.

Goatfell stands at 874 metres making it the highest point on Arran.

The naturally occurring Glaid Stone marks the highest point of Great Cumbrae at 417ft.

Look out for resident wildlife when exploring the coppery sands of Scalpsie Bay, located on the west coast of Bute.

Lamlash Bay boasts great views out to the Holy Isle, and is the home to Arran Yacht Club. It also has a small beach of soft sand

The Electric Brae is a gravity hill in Ayrshire, Scotland, where a freewheeling vehicle will appear to be drawn uphill by some mysterious attraction

This wide sandy beach boasts excellent views out over the Firth of Clyde and across to Arran.

Kay Park is a 30 acres park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire

Also spelled Fintray Bay, this red sand beach sits in the middle of the west coast of Great Cumbrae and is approximately 2 km northwest of Millport.

Pony Trekking, Hacking, Lessons

Gently climb up to the Stone Dragon at Irvine Beach Park for stunning views of the Firth of Clyde and islands.

This beach lies between Maidens and Dunure, and is a mixture of both sand and rocky outcrops

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