HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
Glencoe at dawn on a softly lit winter’s day presents a portrait of a country dressed in its full finery (pictured right). Its snowdusted hills, frozen waterfalls and lost valleys are suggestive of a mythical place created by an ambitious god. A rutting deer bellows across the moorland. A snow goose soars above a sea loch. A climber ropes up for a day above the clouds on the famed Aonach Eagach ridge. The pyramid-shaped guardian Buachaille Etive Mor is a fitting introduction. It is your archetypal Scottish mountain: its paths and precipices present challenging obstacles for climbers and hikers; there’s a life-affirming view from its top; and the location - overlooking Glen Etive and Glencoe Mountain Resort (ground zero for skiers and mountain bikers) - is classic movie fodder. You may recognise it from the James Bond film Skyfall, or from the Harry Potter series, extensively shot around the glen. It is a setting made for natural drama.
* Glencoe is a 93-mile drive north of Glasgow on the A82. To avoid midges and crowds, visit in April, May or later in September (discoverglencoe.scot).
Lisez l'article complet et bien d'autres dans ce numéro de
Lonely Planet
Options d'achat ci-dessous
Si le problème vous appartient,
Connexion pour lire l'article complet maintenant.
Numéro unique numérique
September 2019
 
Ce numéro et d'autres anciens numéros ne sont pas inclus dans une nouvelle version de l'article
abonnement. Les abonnements comprennent le dernier numéro régulier et les nouveaux numéros publiés pendant votre abonnement. Lonely Planet