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How to Get There

Oban is the main approach to Mull from the Scottish mainland and where the trains from Glasgow terminate.

By car and bus

The most popular route from Glasgow to Oban is 160km (100 miles) by Loch Lomond to Crianlarich, and then via Tyndrum, where the road to Oban (A85) branches left to Connel and then Oban. The route up the A82 beside Loch Lomond, however, is popular and busy, and some stretches await ‘improvement’, which many hope will never come.

There is an alternative approach for those with time to make a leisurely route, and this involves continuing along the M8 from Glasgow to Gourock and taking the half-hourly ferry (taking 20 minutes) across the Firth of Clyde to Dunoon. Then take the road around Loch Fyne to Inveraray and then north to Stronmilchan, there turning west to Oban. This route is 170km (105 miles).

For up-to-date driving information in the Highlands, call 0900 3401 363 (Highland Roadline), or 0900 3444 900 (The AA Roadline). For road-based journey planning, have a look at the AA or RAC Route Planners online.