Scotland is a small but diverse country – which is a huge part of its appeal - and Community Tourism enterprises are popping up all across the map from Unst on Shetland, to Newcastleton on the English border, and from Angus on the east coast to virtually every island on the west coast - and everywhere in between.
To inspire conscious travel to each of these amazing places you can search under four regions of Scotland - and six different types of visitor offer. And do come back again as we are adding new places all the time as our network grows and expands.
Find places throughout Scotland to 'Stay, Eat, Buy, Do, Enjoy' and receive a real community welcome.
Explore our map of Scotland to discover where you can meet proud and passionate locals and be welcomed into our world.
Stay
Overnight accommodation from hostels, self catering and airbnb to motorhome hook ups and camping
Eat
Cafes, pop-ups, community pubs and distilleries
Buy
Shops, crafts and provisions
Do
Experiences, activities, heritage and arts centres
Enjoy
Function spaces, events and festivals
Find
Services - such as information, toilets, ATMs, bike hire, baggage handling and storage and directions
Grinneabhat Community Hub
Formerly Bragar School, Grinneabhat is a Social Enterprise 100% owned by the local community offering a range of visi...
Druim nan Linntean | Skye Ecomuseum
Druim nan Linntean - ridge of ages - is the Skye Ecomuseum. Our museum without walls is in the northeast of Skye in t...
Flannan Isles Exhibition & Memorial
Commemorating the tragic and mysterious loss of three Light Keepers in December 1900, an extensive archive collection...
Nigg Book Fair
Nigg Book Fair is part of the 2022 St Duthac Book & Arts Festival and is a community-run event. The event, which...
The Old Forge
The Old Forge pub is situated on the stunning Knoydart peninsula, commonly referred to as ‘Britain’s Last Wilderness’...
Visit.Dufftown
Local & travel website
All about the history and heritage of Dufftown & Mortlach, promoting local groups, e...
North Harris Estate
North Harris lies 17 miles off the North-Western tip of Scotland. A dramatic Atlantic coastline and a spectacular mou...
Huisinis Gateway
This award-winning building, which opened at the end of 2017, provides toilets and showers for visitors all year roun...
Stronsay Cycles
In a project led by the Stronsay Development Trust, a number of bicycles (including e-bikes) for all ages and sizes h...
Stronsay Hotel
Stronsay Hotel is situated in Whitehall Village at the end of the pier, where most visitors arrive by ferry or yacht....
Stronsay Heritage Centre
Anticipating a move in 2024 to its permanent location in a renovated chapel located just outside Whitehall village, t...
The Fish Mart Hostel and Café
Located in what during the herring fishing boom used to be the auction mart and office building, the Fish Mart, recen...
Stronsay Starfishes
Stronsay Starfishes is a volunteer, community-led informal group of people who regularly face the challenge of the br...
Stronsay Craft Trail
A number of local crafters have agreed to open their workshops so that visitors to Stronsay can experience first-hand...
Craftship Enterprise Thursday Craft Sessions, Stronsay
This informal and friendly weekly session gathers crafters of all varieties from across the island at the Craftship E...
Stronsay Stitchers
This informal gathering meets monthly in the church hall to work on individual sewing, knitting, spinning or weaving...
Stronsay Community Greenhouse
The community greenhouse (indoor allotments) was established by the Stronsay Development Trust in 2010 on land leased...
Colmonell Community Toilets
After a community buyout from South Ayrshire Council. The Colmonell Community Association (SCIO) has reopened the toi...
Colmonell Community Association
The historic conservation village of Colmonell has become a Biosphere Community, the seventh to be designated within...
The Glentrool Hive Gallery and Craft Shop
Supporting over 40 local artists, makers and producers, we showcase their beautiful wares and champion skilled handma...
North & East
The Highlands, Grampian and Northern Isles host some of our oldest community led tourism enterprises linked to celebrating our culture and heritage and providing solutions for retaining much needed services for locals and visitors alike as well as some new award winning enterprises responding to a post covid world.
West
With a myriad of islands, remote peninsulas and rocky coastlines, the West Coast is a hive of community led tourism projects and initiatives with visitors as well as locals being proud beneficiaries. Islands typically foster an entrepreneurial mindset and innovative opportunities for visitors to readily give something back either in destination or once back at home.
Central
Spanning the central belt of Scotland and taking in our largest cities, industrial heartland and agricultural hinterland, this region has been witnessing community empowerment and development over recent decades with more and more recognising the merit of welcoming visitors and providing much needed services which enhance the visitor experience and derive important local benefits.
South
Arguably a less well known region but one which is now seriously punching above its weight, the South of Scotland is accessible to over 14 million people in the north of England and the central belt of Scotland and is peppered with innovative and some very ambitious community led tourism enterprises each seeking to retain valuable assets and stimulate the local economy.
