Season: summer
With views across to the hills of Mull, as well as to Lismore and mainland Morven behind, this is an excellent getaway beach for the townsfolk of Oban. It’s also a beautiful beach in its own right, with a wonderful coastal walk to the north, where peace and tranquility can be found on soft grassy knolls. This visit showcased a fine palette of greys, whites, blacks and blues, as the sea melded into the land.
What the beach means to Lorna.
An artist’s palette at Ganavan Sands.
Season: summer
Ganavan Sands sits a mile or so north of Oban, looking across the bottom of Loch Linnhe to the Sound of Mull. It’s a picturesque, sandy blue flag beach and is easily accessed from the town. As well as being a gateway to Mull, Oban has reinvented itself as a tourist destination in its own right. Among the attractions are the imposing McCaig’s Tower that sits above the town and Dunollie Castle. Oban also bills itself as “the Seafood Capital of the Highlands”, so it’s well worth a visit.
What the beach means to Stewart.
The scene at Ganavan Sands.
In the morning at Little Ganavan Sands.
The beach is ever changing, a real tonic that blows away the worries of the day.
The beach is whatever I want it to be, in whatever place I want it to be and with whosoever I want to be with. In essence, it is all things at all times and in all places to all people.