Leaving Scotland's first National Park, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, you pass through the village of Arrochar and enter Cowal.
Heading on North, you travel up the Rest and Be Thankful where a left turn will take you in the direction of Hell's Glen and Lochgoilhead. Further south, the village of Strachur with the famous Creggans Inn and a fine salmon river, is where a decision has to be taken, whether to carry on down the coast road through Otter Ferry round to Tighnabruich, a popular sailing area, or, down towards Dunoon.
Sitting on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Loch Long and Loch Goil, Dunoon is Cowal's capital and principal town.This busy town is ideally situated and equipped to be the base for touring and exploring this area of southern Argyll.
Further south from Dunoon you pass through the villages of Inellan and on to Toward and its 15th Century Castle with its turbulent history, where in 1646, 200 Lamont clansmen were massacred by the Campbells. Thankfully today, this area is a scene of tranquility and peacefullness.

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