About Oban...

Oban (Gaelic for "Little Bay") is a very popular tourist resort on the West Coast of Scotland and is regarded as the "Gateway to the Islands" with sailings to the islands of Barra, South Uist, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay, Islay, Mull, and Lismore. Oban is twinned with Gorey in Ireland and Laurinburg in North Carolina, USA.

During the latter part of Queen Victoria's reign, local banker, John Stuart McCaig, constructed a monument with a view to displaying family heirlooms. The design was based on The Colosseum in Rome and made from local Bonawe granite, offering much welcomed employment to local stone-masons during the lean winter months they faced at this time. Unfortunately, McCaig died in 1902, leaving this unfinished legacy to the town. Today McCaig's Tower is one of the most photographed and visited sites in the area.

Oban is approximately two and a half hours drive from Inverness, Dundee and Perth and is only two hours drive North-West from Glasgow. See Multimap for a road map.