![]() Monday: Holy Isle, Glenashdale Falls and the Giants' Graves.Any such alterations will always take into account the need to maintain the overall character of the holiday. ![]() The programme will be subject to variables such as weather and the abilities of the group and changes may also be made to take account of lambing, deer stalking, etc. Red deer outnumber people here many times over. Its distinctive landmark hills - the Paps - are visible from vantage points all over Argyll, and from places as far apart as Ben Nevis and the Irish coast. Jura, nearly as large as Islay, is wild and infinitely more rugged. The distilleries to the north tend to produce whisky of a lighter character. ![]() The distilleries in the south of the island produce the most strongly flavoured, phenolic whiskies in Scotland. Hills, moors and machair (fertile ground near the coast) are bordered by an infinitely varied coastline of rocks, beaches and dunes, salt marshes and cliffs. Islay, once home of the MacDonald ‘Lords of the Isles’, is famous for the malt whiskies from its many distilleries as well as for its farming, bird life, fishing and shooting. The Gulf Stream keeps the waters of Arran warmer than the norm and this is why there are many palm trees and other exotic plants dotted all round the island. The island is protected on its western side by the Kintyre peninsula, and to the east by the Ayrshire coast. There are traces of settlements on Arran as far back as 4,000 BC although it is thought there might have been inhabitants going back as far as 7,000 BC. In contrast the south of the island has sweeping moorlands and wide sandy beaches. The northern part of the island is very much a mini Highlands with spectacular granite peaks, corries and wooded glens. Finlaggan, isle of Islay, Argyll Isle of Arran, Firth of ClydeĪrran lies on the Highland Boundary Fault and is often described as "Scotland in miniature" because of its diverse landscape which reflects that of Scotland as a whole. ![]()
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