UK holidays to Wester Ross in the beautiful Scottish Highlands centre on some impressive scenery, particularly around Gairloch, with its harbour, lochs, islands, beaches and stunning views. There's a golf club here too, and a heritage museum, which is also worth a visit. For gardeners, a trip to Inverewe Gardens is a must; warmed by the North Atlantic Drift, Inverewe contains some impressive exotic species. Another pleasant trip can be made to Ullapool, an ideal base in the north west Highlands for your cheap UK holidays in Wester Ross. Shops are good here, there's a golf club and you can take a boat to the Summer Isles, where seabirds, seals, dolphins and porpoises can all be spotted. Gairloch is also the place from which to catch a ferry to the Isle of Skye, while Stornoway and the Western Isles can be reached from Ullapool.

On your relaxing UK holidays in Wester Ross, make time to visit Highland Stoneware in Ullapool, a working pottery and shop where you can watch craftspeople make distinctive ceramics. There's a salmon and kipper smokehouse at Achiltibuie on the Summer Isles while, at Gairloch, you can see traditional, locally made collectors' bears. Of course, this is the great outdoors, so many local activities focus on outdoor pursuits. You can book walking and rock climbing holidays, take falconry courses and sea-kayak trips, and enjoy guided hillwalking and mountaineering trips, and go mountain biking and horse riding. You can also take your pick from many museums and heritage centres, including the Gairloch Heritage Museum,the Torridon Countryside Centre and Deer Museum and Ullapool Museum, with its insights into Highland communities. There's a nature reserve at Beinn Eighe and lovely gardens at Attadale.

 

Cheap UK holidays in Wester Ross put you in an area of stunning natural scenery. Here, activities centre on the great outdoors, with plenty to offer in the way of climbing, walking, mountain biking and horse riding. Beaches here are lovely, and the weather can be surprisingly warm in mid-summer. Accommodation is plentiful on your UK countryside holidays in Wester Ross, from campsites to rented cottages to quality hotels. Book your cheap family UK holidays in Wester Ross online or by phone with directline-ukholidays.