About Remote Scotland

Remote Scotland is an independent English-language travel guide to the whole of Scotland. The name is not only about the far islands. Scotland itself sits at the edge of Britain and of Europe, and even a day out of Edinburgh or Glasgow can feel a long way from anywhere. We think that sense of space is the reason most people come.

Who is behind it

The site is published by the same small team that runs two private driver-guide services in Scotland: Scottish Highland Travel for English-speaking travellers and HighlandTrip for Chinese-speaking travellers. If you send an enquiry through this site, it goes to that team.

We have tried to keep the guide useful whether or not you ever book a driver. Most readers will hire a car or use trains, buses and ferries, and the guides are written for them too.

How we research and check

• Ferry routes, crossing times and seasonal openings are checked against the operators' own published information at the date shown on each page.
• Drive times are given as realistic ranges for normal conditions, including the slower single-track sections, not the best case from a route planner.
• Where something changes often, such as timetables, prices or the opening dates of seasonal attractions, we say so and tell you which operator to check.
• We do not publish invented reviews, testimonials or ratings.
• Photographs of real places come from Wikimedia Commons and are credited on the page and on our image credits page.

Corrections

If you find something out of date, such as a ferry route that has changed or an attraction that has closed, please tell us through the enquiry form. We would rather fix an error than leave it.

Money

The site is paid for by enquiries to our driver-guide services. In future some links to accommodation or ferry bookings may be affiliate links; see our affiliate disclosure. That will not change what we recommend.