Argyll Guide
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Guide to Argyll
Argyll Guide | Argyll Travel | Helensburgh | Cowal Peninsula | Dunoon | Tighnabruaich Cowal | Isle Of Bute | Inveraray | Loch Awe And Loch Etive | Taynuilt | Oban | Mid Argyll | Kintyre | Isle Of Arran | Things To Do Argyll
Introduction
Stretching north from the Mull of Kintyre almost to Glencoe and east to the shores of Loch Lomond, the region of Argyll marks the transition from Lowland to Highland. It's a region of great variety, containing all the ingredients of the classic Scottish holiday: peaceful wooded glens, heather-clad mountains full of deer, lovely wee fishing ports such as Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre, romantic castles and beautiful lochs.
Argyll also has its own particular attractions in the shape of its numerous prehistoric sites. Much of the region was once part of the ancient Kingdom of Dalriada, established by the Irish Celts (known as the Scotti, hence Scotland) who settled here in the fifth century. Their capital was at Dunadd, near Lochgilphead, from where they gained ascendancy over the native Picts. Argyll has since been ruled by Norse invaders, then by Somerled, whose successors, the powerful MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, were in turn dislodged by the Campbells, allies of Robert the Bruce. They became the Dukes of Argyll, and even today are still one of the largest landowners in the region.
Despite its proximity to the massive Glasgow conurbation, Argyll is sparsely populated. Its largest town, Oban, has only 8,000 inhabitants. Oban is also the main ferry port for Argyll's Hebridean islands and Sea Kayaking Capital of Scotland.
This section of the guide covers mostly mainland Argyll, plus the smaller coastal islands. Also included are the Firth of Clyde islands of Bute and Arran, the most accessible of Scotland's more southerly islands, and the most popular. Bute is actually part of Argyll and Bute, created in the recent regional government reorganization, while Arran was tacked on to Ayrshire to form Ayrshire and Arran.
Self Catering in Argyll
- ARDRISHAIG - Argyll Sleeps 6
- KILMORE (near Oban) - Argyll Sleeps 8
- ISLE OF SEIL (nr Oban) - Argyll Sleeps 8
- CARRADALE - Rose Cottage - Argyll Sleeps 8
- LOCHGOILHEAD - Argyll Sleeps 12
- KILMORE (near Oban) - Argyll Sleeps 13
- OBAN - Argyll Sleeps 5
- DUROR OF APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 4
- Minard, nr. Inveraray, Argyll Sleeps 6
- Minard, nr. Inveraray, Argyll Sleeps 5
- Carrick Castle, Argyll Sleeps 6
- ISLE OF SEIL (near Oban) - Argyll Sleeps 4
- ARDENTINNY - Argyll Sleeps 4
- LOCHAWE VILLAGE - Argyll Sleeps 6
- PORTSONACHAN(Loch Awe) - Argyll Sleeps 4
- CLOVULLIN, ARDGOUR - Argyll Sleeps 12
- CORRAN(Near) - Ardgour House - Argyll Sleeps 22
- LOCHGOILHEAD - Argyll Sleeps 6
LOCHGOILHEAD - Argyll Sleeps 4
- KINLOCHLEVEN - Argyll Sleeps 5
- CAMPBELTOWN - Argyll Sleeps 4
- INVERARAY - Argyll Sleeps 2
- ARDRISHAIG - Argyll Sleeps 4
- ARDRISHAIG - Argyll Sleeps 6
- ARDRISHAIG (near) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- ARDRISHAIG (near) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- BALLACHULISH - Argyll Sleeps 8
- CRINAN CANAL (Cairnbaan) - Argyll Sleeps 5
- DALMALLY (near) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- DALMALLY - Argyll Sleeps 4
- DALMALLY - Argyll Sleeps 4
- DUROR OF APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 2
- DUROR OF APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 4
- CUIL BAY, DUROR OF APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 5
- DUROR OF APPIN (near) - Argyll Sleeps 4
- INVERARAY (Near) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- INVERARAY - Argyll Sleeps 8
- ISLE OF SEIL - Argyll Sleeps 5
- Caladh Cottage Sleeps 4
- KENTALLEN - Argyll Sleeps 6
- KENTALLEN - Argyll Sleeps 8
- KENTALLEN - Argyll Sleeps 6
- KILCHRENAN - Argyll Sleeps 8
- Comgall Cottage, KILMICHAEL - Argyll Sleeps 4
- Gabran Cottage, KILMICHAEL - Argyll Sleeps 3
- KINLOCHLEVEN - Argyll Sleeps 2
- KINLOCHLEVEN - Argyll Sleeps 2
- KINLOCHLEVEN - Argyll Sleeps 2
- KILMARTIN, nr Lochgilphead - Argyll Sleeps 4
- MACHRIHANISH - Argyll Sleeps 7
- MINARD (near) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- OTTER FERRY - Argyll Sleeps 2
- OTTER FERRY - Argyll Sleeps 5
- PORT APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 5
- PORT APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 6
- Near PORT APPIN - Argyll Sleeps 8
- PORTNACROISH (APPIN) - Argyll Sleeps 8
- STRATHLACHLAN (by Strachur) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- KILBERRY (near Tarbert) - Argyll Sleeps 6
- TAYVALLICH - Argyll Sleeps 4
- KILFINAN (near Tighnabruaich) - Argyll Sleeps 16
- TYNDRUM - Argyll Sleeps 5