The Isle of Arran lies 14 miles off the west coast of Scotland warmed by the Gulf Stream and cradled from the full force of the Atlantic by the Mull of Kintyre. With mountains rising to almost 3,000 feet straight from the sea, Arran has long been called "Scotland in miniature".

The island is easily reached by car ferry - either by the short crossing  from Kintyre into Lochranza to the north  -  or (as pictured above) via the ferry into Brodick from Ardrossan Harbour on Scotland's Ayrshire coast.

Ardrossan itself is just an hour's drive (or direct train journery) from Glasgow.

If coming in by air, there are convenient flights into either Prestwick or Glasgow Airports from which convenient links to the Ardrossan ferry can be made.