From a tourist perspective, the western shore of Scotland is highly developed, while the eastern shore has remained almost untouched, an ideal destination for solitary and romantic visitors.
Dotted with as many as 33 islands, its basin is included in the Loch Lomond Regional Park. Among the most characteristic villages equipped for boat trips and excursions are Luss, Balloch, and Balmaha.
Heading east, you can discover a very naive Scotland, with places where the novelist Walter Scott set the deeds of the popular hero Rob Roy Mac Gregor (a sort of Robin Hood in the clan struggles): Drymen, Callander, and the spectacular Trossachs, the wild wooded heights that separate Loch Kathrine from the Lake of Mentheith, from where, via the A873, you can reach Stirling, the capital of Central Scotland and a lively university town.
The magnificent castle, perched on a scenic cliff, has earned it the title of “Little Edinburgh”; here, in 1542, at only 6 days old, the infant Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland.
, Loch Lomond is one of the most beloved and picturesque spots in Central Scotland and, by size, the largest lake in Great Britain.){kind=link}