Jura

The spectacular beaches and mesmerising wilderness of the Inner Hebridean islands of Islay and Jura will fill you with joy and enrich your life.

Home to a vast variety of birds and wildlife, big unblemished skies, and, of course, world-famous distilleries, these islands are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and will either have you relaxing with the peace and quiet, tapping your toes to traditional music, or tantalising your taste buds with quality local produce.

Jura

If you’re looking to see more wildlife than you do people, Jura is for you. Considered one of Scotland’s last wildernesses, with a population of around 200, outnumbered by over 5000 deer. Jura, believed to originate from the Norse ‘Island of the Deer’, is a walker’s paradise with the Paps of Jura being the main destination.

Paps of Jura rule over the island, which is comprised of three steep-sided conical quartzite mountains rising to 785 metres (2,575 ft). Beinn an Òir is the highest of the three mountain,s standing at 785 metres (2,575 ft), followed by Beinn Shiantaidh, at 757 metres (2,484 ft) and the lowest of the Paps being Beinn a' Chaolais, reaching 733 metres (2,405 ft). 

Jura had a famous resident from 1946 to 1949, the renowned novelist and poet George Orwell. During his time on the Isle, he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four at Barnhill, his final novel.  

You can also visit the world’s third-largest whirlpool, Corryvreckan, which sits between Jura and nearby Scarba in the north – it’s a sight like no other