Welcome To The Kintyre Trail
Follow The Trail, Capture Your Imagination
Kintyre has been capturing the imagination of visitors for decades, the beauty and freedom of Scotland's only mainland island merges seamlessly with rich wildlife, plenty of activities, and history from Kings and Saints.
It would be easy to keep this wonderful part of Scotland to ourselves, but this special and welcoming place offers too much for just inhabitants to appreciate!
Follow the official Kintyre Trail and follow in the footsteps of Kings and Saints!
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A Scenic Trail, Easy To Follow, Difficult To Forget
The Kintyre Trail is easy to follow with many corners to please the eye, and space to relax and recharge your batteries for the hectic world outside Kintyre.
A Temperate Climate & Whisky History
On the dramatic Atlantic Seaboard of Scotland's Highlands and Islands, a temperate climate fed by the warmth of the North Atlantic drift makes Kintyre an all year round destination, with a quality of scenery matched by a choice of accommodation to suit all tastes. The food is world renowned, especially locally caught seafood, Campbeltown cheeses, and the beef and lamb produced in the lush farmland coveted by so many invaders. Todays local whisky follows a tradition claimed by some to go back to Saint Columba himself, who it is rumoured, first distilled "The water of life" - Uisge bheatha - here. From being the cradle of Whisky making, Kintyre became its capital too, with a distilling industry growing from a few illicit stills to 34 distilleries producing nearly 2 million gallons of whisky a year. The song "Campbeltown Loch, I wish you were whisky.." was never far from the truth!
Whether you arrive by Road, Ferry or Air, and follow it by Car, Cycle or on foot, the Kintyre Trail will enchant you. When you are long back in the outside world, you will find yourself day-dreaming of the land of Saints and Kings, sunsets and seascapes...
Dalriada & A Bloody History
People have lived at the head of Campbeltown Loch for many thousands of years
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