Whenever someone talks about the 'most beautiful places on earth', one name that always makes the list is Scotland. It is a land of green hills and mountains, high cliffs, and low valleys, a land that often looks as if it has been taken straight out of a fairy-tale. Huge expanses of rock and grass cover the highlands, and they are a sight anyone who enjoys a good view should see. So if you've never been to Scotland, here are 16 beautiful reasons to put it on your bucket list.

1. Quiraing, Isle of Skye

2. Viaduct, Glenfinnan, Near Fort William

3. Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute

4. Glencoe, Lochaber, Scottish Highlands

5. Fingals cave, Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides

6. Ballachulish & Loch Leven, Lochaber

7. Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

8. The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye

9. Somewhere in North Western Scotland

10. Loch Chon, between Kinlochard and Inversnaid

11. Kilt Rock, Isle of Skye

12. Glencoe in the Morning

13. Northwestern Scotland

15. Carrbridge, Aviemore

16. Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides