Tiree: Scotland's windsurfing and wind capital

Scotland's sunniest and windiest island, Tiree hosts an annual international windsurfing tournament thanks to its constant Atlantic conditions.

A car remains useful for exploring the island, capital of Scottish wind and windsurfing.

The Balevullin Beach, exposed to Atlantic winds, remains among the United Kingdom's most celebrated windsurfing and kitesurfing destinations.

Just minutes away, the Tiree Museum, housed in a former lighthouse, tells the history of shipwrecks and the island's traditional rural life across past centuries.

Moving along the coast you observe seals and seabirds along low cliffs facing directly the Atlantic Ocean.

In the evening, the island's few pubs animate evenings with traditional Gaelic music, a language still spoken by part of the local community.

Tiree officially remains Scotland's sunniest island thanks to its low and flat position that does not trap clouds, a factor that paradoxically makes it also one of the most windy, ideal for water sports.

The Tiree Wave Classic, a windsurfing tournament held every year since the nineteen eighties, remains one of the oldest and most prestigious water sports competitions in the United Kingdom, attracting professional athletes from across Europe.