The Bealach na Bà — Pass of the Cattle — hairpins up to 626 metres like an Alpine col that got lost in the Highlands, then drops to the whitewashed village of Applecross facing Skye across the water. It's the most dramatic single stretch of the North Coast 500. Eat langoustines at the Applecross Inn, watch the sun set behind the Cuillin, and go in May or September — midge-light, road quiet, light ridiculous.
Featured in Ten coastal drives for a honeymoon on wheels · Romantic