Places to visit in Scotland

The Forth Valley, Ochil Hills, and Antonine Wall corridor — Scotland's industrial heartland turned green, with excellent canal-side and waterside trails.

Arthur's Seat rises within the city boundary; the Pentland Hills are minutes beyond — a capital city that is never far from wild ground.

Pollok Country Park, the Clyde Walkway, and quick access to Loch Lomond's shore — Scotland's largest city with a surprisingly green edge.

Ben Nevis, the Cairngorms plateau, Skye's Cuillin, and a coastline stretching from Kintyre to Cape Wrath — Britain's largest wilderness.

The Fife Coastal Path, the Lomond Hills, and Stirling's volcanic rock — Scotland's historic heartland at the meeting of Highland and Lowland.

Aberdeenshire's castle glens, the Angus straths, and the Cairngorms' eastern flanks — where mountain scenery meets a rugged North Sea coast.

The Southern Upland Way, Galloway Forest Park (the UK's largest dark sky park), and the rolling Borders landscape — quieter than the Highlands, no less rewarding.

Arran's peaks, Argyll's ancient oakwoods, the Kintyre peninsula, and the sea lochs of Loch Fyne — a landscape defined by water and rock.