OUTER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND — The word “remote” is greeted with an eye roll by the tight-knit communities of the Outer Hebrides, a collection of spectacular islands off Scotland’s far northwestern coast ...

From mist-veiled lochs to dolphin-streaked sounds, a Hebridean cruise is the most soul-stirring way to explore Scotland’s wild west, says Lewis Nunn. Hosting just eight guests, Lucy Mary evokes the ...

Like the smoky whisky that won Scotland international renown, it takes just one taste of the Hebridean islands for many wealthy tourists to want a second home there. The Inner Hebrides—a collection of ...

The Callanish Stones, located in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, are one of the most fascinating prehistoric sites in the ...

Crumbling off the west coast of Scotland, the Inner Hebrides are a loosely defined archipelago comprised of more than 20 inhabited islands. The vast majority of visitors come in July and August, ...

Colonsay is a roughly 10-by-2-mile island in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. It has a bookstore, two galleries, two distilleries making gin, a general store and the Colonsay House, a Georgian home owned by ...

The Outer Hebrides, famed for its beautiful, rugged coastline, epic mountain landscapes and rich Gaelic culture may seem like the perfect place to live out a blissful retirement. The 200 ...

A family-owned cruise company which offers small-ship tours of Scotland's west coast is giving tourists a taste of the Hebrides through a new collaboration with local food and drink producers.

This story appears in the January 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Michael Robson fell in love in 1948—with a place he'd never been. An illustrated magazine swept the young boy's ...

An isolated archipelago may seem an unlikely golf destination, but both history and location have made it just that. The eighth hole of the Askernish Golf Club on South Uist, an island in Scotland’s ...