Outdoors

Orchard Gardens are beautiful gardens with herbaceous borders, formal pond and formal flowerbeds, which are always full of colour

Ballantrae beach is a nature reserve that offers nesting grounds for a wide variety of birds in the nearby cliffs

Enjoy beautiful views over Rothesay to the Firth of Clyde and the Cowal Peninsula from the top of Canada Hill.

Stravanan Bay itself is a fine sandy beach, more secluded than many of the better known beaches further up the west coast of the isle.

Clyde Marina, gateway to the Clyde. Deep water marina berthing, full service facilities plus 2 large surfaced boatyards, maintainance, winter lay up specialists

Butter Lump is small rock a few yards offshore towards the South East of the island of Great Cumbrae.

Loch Iorsa sits in a scenic glen on the west of Arran. It runs through the heart of Dougarie Estate.

Picturesque loch outside the village of Kilmacolm

Tairlaw Linn is a waterfall near Straiton in South Ayrshire.

Aird Hill is a summit in the North of Great Cumbrae, overlooking the north and west coasts of the island.

Lyle Hill is a viewpoint in Greenock, Inverclyde, with a high point of 426 feet above sea level

The naturally occurring Glaid Stone marks the highest point of Great Cumbrae at 417ft.

Seamill beach in Ayrshire boasts lovely views across to the Isle of Arran and down the Firth of Clyde.

Ballochmartin Bay is wide sweeping bay of sand, cobbles and stones

The beautiful Pirnmill beach located in the small village of Pirnmill on the north-west coast of the Arran.