Car Travel

Negotiating this area is easy except in July and August, when the roads around Oban may be congested. There are some single-lane roads, especially on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula and on the islands. You'll probably have to board a ferry at some point during your trip; nearly all ferries take cars as well as pedestrians.

From Glasgow, you can take the A85 to Oban, the main ferry terminal for Mull (about two-and-a-half hours by car). The A83 rounds Loch Fyne to Inveraray; from there you can take the A819 from Inveraray around Loch Awe and rejoin the Glasgow-Oban road. Alternatively, you can stay on the A83 and head down Kintyre to Kennacraig, the ferry terminal for Islay. Farther down the A83 is Tayinloan, the ferry port for Gigha. You can reach Brodick on Arran by ferry from Ardrossan, on the Clyde coast (M8/A78 from Glasgow); in summer, you can travel to Lochranza from Claonaig on the Kintyre Peninsula.