“We can’t stay here too long,” Jamie Boyle told us when we stepped out of the car. He had driven us to one of the most remote spots in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, a tiny island called Vallay that ...

OBAN, Scotland – I thought I’d sailed on small cruise ships. With lines like Windstar and Seabourn under my belt, the easy camaraderie with fellow guests, the unique, far-flung itineraries, and the ...

Some destinations lose their magic when rushed. Kiso Valley, Portugal’s Vicentina Coast, Jeju Island, Dordogne-Périgord, the ...

On an empty road behind the sweep of Scarista Beach, where ocean winds were flattening the dune grasses, stood a lone white house. It could have been a drawing from a storybook: steep-roofed, a little ...

Big cruise lines are rolling out their 2015-16 itineraries on luxury ships -- and so are new super-small ones, which operate just one boat on cruises to Scottish islands. Hebrides Cruises isn’t 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 ...

If you're looking to drive an electric car powered almost entirely by renewable energy, we have a vacation destination in mind. Islands in the remote Scottish Hebrides archipelago get plenty of wind, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Known for hilltop castles, abundant rainfall, and rolling green valleys speckled with flocks of sheep, Scotland far exceeds its ...

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 ...

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 ...