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The Borders - the eastern two-thirds of the districts north of the border with England, dotted with ruined abbeys and battlefields.
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The South West - home of Robbie Burns and the Solway Coast ("Scotland's Riviera")
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The Central Belt - Scotland's most urbanised region around and between the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh
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The Highlands - Scotland's spectacular, mountainous north-west, encompassing the Great Glen and Loch Ness and John o'Groats
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North East Scotland - the centre of two of Scotland's most important industries, oil and whisky, with the Grampian mountains at its heart.
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The Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles or Na h-Eileanan Siar (in Gaelic) - the many islands off the north-west Scottish coast
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The Orkney Islands - immediately to the north of the Scottish mainland
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The Shetland Islands - north of Orkney
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