The iconic Oban McCaig`s Tower and Battery Hill
McCaig's Tower is signposted from the centre of Oban and the walk to it rewards visitors with beautiful panoramic views of Oban and beyond.
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Qué hacer en Oban, el pueblo de Escocia que da acceso a islas como Mull o Staffa. Cómo llegar, dónde comer y 10 ideas para aprovechar tu visita.
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Photos to inspire your trip to Oban and Tobermory. Visit for the weekend from Glasgow with a ScotRail Rail & Sail pass.
These are the best things to do in Oban that you'll need to add to your Scotland road trip itinerary. Our amazing day trip to Oban Scotland.
Part of the port town of Oban, as seen from the Caledonian-MacBrayne ferry returning to Oban from the isle of Mull in the inner Hebrides. The Colosseum-esue McCaig’s Tower looks down over the town from Battery Hill, with the Columba Hotel on the waterfront. The stack of the Oban Distillery, and a bit of the distillery itself, is visible on the right. This was a return to Oban of a different sort, too. My wife and I spent our first rainy night in Scotland on our first trip there nearly 20 years ago at the Columba Hotel in Oban, in one of the turret rooms, while waves crashed into the pier from the storm. We had gone there so that I could pay a visit to the distillery, in no small part because I had given my groomsmen monogrammed flasks filled with Oban 14 when we got married. Amazingly, we completely missed McCaig’s Tower on that trip–didn’t even realize it was there until we were watching some Scotland travel programs while planning our most recent trip! This trip, we stayed outside Oban at a B&B about 20 minutes away, but came into Oban for meals, shopping, and our boat tour of the islands of Mull, Iona, and Staffa. We didn’t stop into the distillery this time (while I like Oban just fine, it’s not my favorite single malt, and I had already purchased my import limit at this point in the trip), but I did get to try some of the local beers and seafood. Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 18-300mm @ 95mm, 1/180s @ ƒ/5.6, ISO100. Color finishing in Nik Viveza and Aperture. I probably should have stopped down the aperture a bit more here and compensated with a slightly higher ISO, but I’m still pretty happy with the shot.
Fantastic route for a day trip from Glasgow to Oban, plus the best hidden spots in Oban the locals don't want you to find!
Prince (my beloved car) and I decided to head out for the day and went in search of Oban… This is not the colleseum, but rather McCaig’s Tower, built in 1897 by local banker John Stuart McCaig, with the aim of providing work for local stonemasons, and being a lasting monument to the McCaig family. ~ …
These are the best things to do in Oban that you'll need to add to your Scotland road trip itinerary. Our amazing day trip to Oban Scotland.
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Today we toured the area around Oban, Scotland. First we visited Stalker Castle, built in 1320. We then journeyed towards the seaside village of Oban, where we visited Dunstaffnage Castle, McCaig…
Visit Oban to experience a charming resort town filled with pubs, fish and chip shops and the imposing McCaig Tower.
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Put aside stereotypes of British seaside towns - holidays in Oban are different. With history, whisky heritage and delicious eats they're positively smart.
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