Name: HolidayFox
Address: GB

What a beautiful town Oban is. Small and compact and easy to get round on foot, it is full of interesting shops and galleries to explore, as well as a local distillery, chocolate shop (woo hoo!) and museum. There are also a great selection…

What a beautiful town Oban is.  Small and compact and easy to get round on foot, it is full of interesting shops and galleries to explore, as well as a local distillery, chocolate shop (woo hoo!) and museum.  There are also a great selection of places to stay and restaurants and pubs to eat at (seafood is a speciality here and you'll be spoilt for choice).  A short climb above the town you will find the famous landmark of McCaig's Tower, a monument built in 1897 by banker John McCaig - apparently to give the local stonemasons something to do.  As if they didn't have enough going on with all those highland walls.  Anyway, it is well worth the climb and the views from the top are quite breathtaking. There are many sea adventures to be had here.  Boat companies offer tours to Fingals Cave and puffin colonies on Staffa and the Treshnish Isles.  Ferry boats go across to the Isle of Mull.  You can take a trip to see whales, basking sharks, seals and other marine life. The list is endless.  Onshore, kids will love the Scottish Sea Life and Marine sanctuary, just north of Oban on the shore of Loch Creran. Carry along the seafront from Oban and you will find the ruins of Dunollie Castle and a museum explaining more about its heritage and some of the conservation being done today.  The sandy beaches that stretch along here are well worth a visit at any time.  In the evening you might be treated to a glorious sunset.  Oban is a great base to explore the surrounding area of Argyll and Bute, make sure you stop here on your travels through Scotland!

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