Enjoying long hours of sunshine, mild, fertile Tiree is the most westerly of the Inner Hebrides. This wild flower and birdlife haven, with shell-sand blown machair and surf-washed beaches, is much favoured by artists for its natural beauty and colour. Duns and brochs bear witness to its ancient history, while the white Thatched House Museum in Sandaig reveals its more recent crofting past. Housed in the old signal room at Hynish is the Skerryvore Lighthouse exhibition which tells the fascinating story of the hazardous construction of Scotland’s tallest lighthouse.