The pristine waters off Oban's west coast are perfect for swimming with Basking Sharks; read on and find out the best time of year to see and interact with these gentle giants.

It's taken a while but the breakwaters are finally in and the short-stay transit marina will be ready to welcome ashore water-borne visitors later this summer.

A 'Taste of Winter' is the festival theme this year for the sixth annual event which kicks off on 18th November for 10 days of fun for all the family. Market stalls, taster evenings, the National Haggis Festival at Oban Distillery and of course the popular reindeer parade.

Twins Cameron and Struan and their fleet of Redbay RIBS are a familiar site in Oban Bay. The boys run Coastal Connection a marine tourism member of OLTA offering wildlife and scenic trips, private hire charters and emergency transport for missed or cancelled ferries.

A hidden gem of a guesthouse with fantastic views and an interesting history as Oban's former maternity hospital.

Get paddling along this wonderful waymarked kayak route hugging Argyll's coastline from Oban to Helensburgh.

An epic summer adventure through Argyll with endurance superstar Mark Beaumont - taking in 8 of Argyll’s Great Trails, several 10k and half marathon routes, some of Argyll’s best known peaks including the Paps of Jura and the Cobbler and the region’s finest islands and beaches. Mark will undertake at least ten different sports – cycling, mountain biking, running, wild swimming, horse-riding, fell running, quad biking, sailing, off road motor biking and kayaking.

take part in our Instagram competition and win Love Oban vouchers and Oban Malt Whisky.

Two days of top quality musical entertainment in the heart of Oban town centre.

In the same month that we launched our Instagram competition for keen photographers we learnt of the sudden death of Dennis Hardley whose fantastic images of Oban and Lorn grace our website pages.

The Lorne Bar is an Oban institution - recently its focus has moved to food and its popular lunch time menu offers some real foodie bargains!

The blog is back and its bigger and better than ever! We're broadening our subject matter and will blog about everything tourism related in Oban and Lorn so watch this space.

Oban may be the 'Seafood Capital of Scotland' but its local butchers know how to make an honest soncie haggis!

Hogmanay is finally over - northern lights, fireworks, ferry horns and hangovers! The Year of Food and Drink may be over but the Seafood Capital of Scotland is here to stay!

VisitScotland has developed a variety of food trails celebrating the best of the country’s bountiful larder. While some trails showcase food and drink that Scotland is well known for, such as whisky and seafood (featuring Oban area producers prominently, of course), others may not be so obvious. From cheese to chocolate to ice cream, there is so much local goodness for your taste buds to discover in and around Oban, and this week we highlight some of our local ‘trailblazers’.