Isle of Benbecula

Benbecula is another island yet to make it on to the big screen. But it has a fascinating mixture of landscapes and has an unusual town for an island, Balivanich. With its airport, college, golf course, grocery and gift shops, hotels and cafes, Balivanich is more like a mainland town in some ways, but with its setting and friendly community culture, it is unmistakably part of the Hebrides. And if you take time to explore the island, you'll appreciate that it is really beautiful, with a landscape of small islets, spaced out cottages, interesting monuments and historic remains, machair lands and fantastic expanses of shallow sandy bays, which when the light is right and the waters still, make for an unforgettable scene...