This new thoroughly updated second edition of Bradt's Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of
Scotland from Lewis to Barra by experienced writer and journalist Mark Rowe is the only
full-size guide to focus solely on the islands of Lewis Harris St Kilda North Uist
Benbecula South Uist Eriskay Barra and Vatersay. Masses of background information is
included from geography and geology to art and architecture with significant coverage of
wildlife too as well as all the practical details you could need: when to visit suggested
itineraries public holidays and festivals local culture plus accommodation and where to eat
and drink. Walkers bird-watchers wildlife photographers beach lovers and genealogists are
all catered for and this is an ideal guide for those who travel simply with curious minds to
discover far-flung places of great cultural historical and wildlife interest. The Outer
Hebrides is an archipelago of 15 inhabited islands and more than 50 others that are free of
human footprint. Huge variations in landscape are found across the islands from Lewisian
gneiss which dates back almost three billion years to rugged Harris with its magnificent
sands running down its western flanks and the windswept undulating flatness and jagged sea
lochs of the Uists. This is a land where Gaelic is increasingly spoken and ancient monuments
abound where stunning seabird colonies and birds of prey can be watched and where the grassy
coastal zones known as the machair are transformed into glorious carpets of wildfllowers in
late spring and summer. Whether visiting the Standing Stones of Callanish the Uig peninsula
Barra's Castlebay or historic St Kilda or if you just want to experience the romance of the
Sound of Harris one of the most beautiful ferry journeys in the world Bradt's Outer Hebrides:
The Western Isles of Scotland from Lewis to Barra has all the information you need.
