Scotland
From the festival capital Edinburgh and rejuvenated Glasgow to the golf coast of Fife, the sea lochs of the west, and the mountains, glens, and island gateways of the Highlands. Split into Lowlands and Highlands & Islands once it carries ten or more towns.
9 towns in United Kingdom
Towns in Scotland
Edinburgh
Scotland's capital: a castle on a volcanic crag, a mountain inside the city, and the world's biggest arts festival every August
Fort William
Lochaber's town under Ben Nevis: the Mountain Track, the Jacobite to Mallaig and the end of the West Highland Way
Glasgow
Scotland's biggest city: Victorian mercantile grandeur, Mackintosh architecture, and the best live music scene in the country
Inverness
The Highland capital on the River Ness: a reopened castle, the Culloden battlefield and the boats to Loch Ness
North Berwick
A working East Lothian seaside town half an hour from Edinburgh, with the Bass Rock offshore and a volcanic hill behind the High Street
Pitlochry
Highland Perthshire's Victorian resort on the Tummel: a dam with a salmon ladder, a theatre across the river and a working distillery
Portree
Skye's main town: a harbour of painted houses, and the bus stand for the Storr and the Trotternish loop
St Andrews
Scotland's home of golf, a ruined medieval cathedral, and a university town on the North Sea
Stirling
A castle on a crag above the Forth, a walled Old Town under it, and the ground of two battles within sight of the walls