3 Best Places to Shop in Argyll and the Isles, Scotland

If you don't have time to visit all of Islay's distilleries, let alone those elsewhere, you can do worse than visit this shop with its enormous collection of whiskies.

Arran is famous for its cheeses, especially its cheddar and its Arran blue; stop here to sample and buy handmade Scottish cheeses.

This quirky collection of retro and vintage clothes and accessories marks a welcome change from the uninspired pottery stores, soap and candle shops, and mass-produced tartan that clutters the streets of Inveraray (and many other Argyll villages). Sid curates an ever-changing collection of authentically distressed leather and denim, velvet scarves redolent of the swinging 1960s, tweed jackets, and Victorian and Edwardian wear.