The prettiest villages in Scotland
The top 3 according to 629 votes from people: Plockton · Culross · Tobermory. (Updated Sep 28, 2021.)
Highland lochside villages, Fife fishing harbours and island ports.
Top 12
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1
Plockton
White cottages and palm trees on Loch Carron.
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2
Culross
17th-century ochre houses and cobbles, an Outlander location.
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3
Tobermory
Brightly painted harbour front on Mull.
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4
Pittenweem
Working East Neuk harbour and St Fillan's cave.
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5
Luss
Estate village on Loch Lomond.
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6
Crail
Tiny harbour photographed on every Fife postcard.
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7
St Monans
Fishing village with a windmill and a church by the sea.
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8
Kenmore
Whitewashed village at the head of Loch Tay.
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9
Dunkeld
Cathedral ruins on the Tay and the Hermitage woods.
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10
Ullapool
Whitewashed fishing village on Loch Broom.
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11
Kirkcudbright
The artists' town of Dumfries and Galloway.
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12
Portree
Colourful harbour houses on Skye.
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Comments (13)
Tobermory is iconic but the rest of Mull is even better
Ullapool is a good base for the north west, lovely village
Plockton is the most beautiful place I've been in Scotland, palm trees in the Highlands!
Portree harbour on a sunny day is a postcard, rare but it happens
Dunkeld and the Hermitage are perfect for an autumn walk
Great list, saving it for our road trip
No Applecross? It should be on this list
Getting to Applecross over the Bealach na Bà is half the fun
Luss is pretty but very busy with tour buses
Culross feels like walking onto a film set, which it literally is
The East Neuk villages are all lovely, do the coastal path from Crail to Pittenweem
Anstruther fish and chips on the way, essential
Kirkcudbright is so underrated, great galleries