Scotland comprises the northern third of the island of Great Britain, which lies off the northwest coast of Continental Europe. Scotland's only land border is with England. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east.
Scotland offers panoramas of mountains, islands, sea water lochs, fresh water lochs and rivers of Scotland. All can be enjoyed while hill walking, scrambling, climbing, mountain biking, winter mountaineering, snow and ice climbing, snowboarding, windsurfing, white water kayaking and sea kayaking.
Many Scottish mountain sites concentrate on particular groups of mountains because each mountain achieves a certain status by virtue of measurement of its height or drop to the next peak.
Travel to Scotland amazes by the sheer perfection of beauty in the soaring, snow-capped mountains and the sparkling lochs extending as far as the eye can see. The Scottish Highlands are situated to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault and are very mountainous. For over a hundred years the Scottish Highlands has been the Gaelic speaking area of Scotland, although Highland English is also spoken here.
In the Scottish Highlands are many small villages and towns, and also a big city in Inverness, generally regarded to be the capital of the Highlands.
Because of the vast differences in this section of the landscape, there are big differences in climate throughout the region.
There are also a lot of interesting castles and museums, beautiful gardens and parks worth visiting as well as a whisky trail. The famous Loch Ness Lake is situated in the highlands.