Ferry Returning To The Bay On Visit To Oban In The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of a ferry returning to the Bay on ancestry visit to Oban in the Scottish Highlands. Oban, Scottish Gaelic, An t-Òban, meaning The Little Bay, is a resort town. It occupies a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay forms a near perfect horseshoe, protected by the island of Kerrera; and beyond Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north, is the long low island of Lismore and the mountains of Morvern and Ardgour. The area around Oban has a dramatic scenery of the coast and mountains. Oban lies at the western end of the A85 road. It also has a railway station from where a number of trains run to and from Glasgow Queen Street daily. The town is also an important ferry port: it is Caledonian MacBrayne's busiest terminal. Oban is known as the Gateway to the Isles, with ferries sailing to the islands of Lismore, Colonsay, Islay, Coll, Tiree, to Craignure on Mull, to Castlebay on Barra and to Lochboisdale on South Uist. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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