For most people the Highlands stand synonymous for Scotland. High mountains, deep blue lochs and remote glens give the Highlands its beauty. Once they were the battleground of the clans but since the 18th century the Highlands are almost deserted because of the clearances. The crofters had to leave to make way for cattle farmers. Thousands of years ago Scotland was covered with a huge forest called the Caledonian Forest. During the last centuries the majority of the trees has been cut and because the fields were used to let sheep graze, the forests never recovered. Only a few parts are left, for example at Loch Maree. Inverness is the capital of the Highlands and a good startingpoint for trips. Famous tourist attractions are Eilean Donan castle, Fort George, Culloden, Loch Ness, Urquhart castle and Aviemore. Close to Fort William rises the Ben Nevis, with 1344 meters the highest mountain of Scotland and Great Britain.

The Highland section of the accommodation directory stretches from Ardnamurchan in the south to Cape Wrath and John O'Groats in the north and covers the cities of Fort William, Inverness, Ullapool and Dingwall as well as the popular tourist areas of Wester Ross, Sutherland, Loch Ness, the area around Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey.