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Oban (An t-Oban in Gaelic) is a resort town in Argyll, Scotland with a population of around 12,000. Despite its small size, it's the largest town between Glasgow and Fort William and during the massive tourist season the town can by crowded by around 25,000 people.

Attractions in Oban include the Waterfront Centre and D. Watt and Son Fishmongers both situated on the Railway Pier, the Cathedral of St Columba , the Oban Distillery , Dunollie Castle, Dunstaffnage Castle and McCaig's Tower , which dominates the town's skyline.

The town also boasts a cinema and a railway station, and is an important ferry port . Oban is known as the Gateway to the Islands, with ferries sailing to the islands of Lismore, Colonsay, Coll, Tiree, KerreraKerrera is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It has a population of about thirty people and is linked by ferry with Oban on the mainland. The island is known for the ruined Gylen Castle, built in 1582, and for its sandy beaches. It was also the pl, Craignure on Mull, and to Castlebay in BarraBarra Eilean Bharraigh in Gaelic) is a mostly Roman Catholic island, and the southermost inhabited island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census its usually resident population was 1,172. The Clan MacNeil has strong ties to the Isle of Barr and LochboisdaleLochboisdale is the main ferry terminal for the island of South Uist and is undergoing a revival of fortunes after a period of closures of the local shop (which closed in 1991 after trading for over 100 years) and the local hotel. The pier area has underg in the South UistSouth Uist ( Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist a' Deas is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,951. The island is mostly Catholic. Its east coast is mountainous, the north east being a National N.

In 2003, Oban hosted the 100th Royal National Mod (a Gaelic festival), in anticipation of which many signs were replaced with bilingualThe term bilingualism (of bi 'two', lingua 'language') can refer to rather different phenomena. Sociolinguists distinguish: bilingualism at the personal level bilingualism at the societal level bilingualism at the interaction level Personal bilingualism A versions. Not only was Oban the venue for the 100th Mod but it also hosted the centenary Mod in 1992 (the year it became Royal). The reason for the different dates for the 100th and the centenary being stoppages for the wars.

The local amateur football team is "Oban Saints" with a small stadium situated in Mossfield. However, shinty is a more popular game locally. The Oban Times runs a competition Spot the Shinty Ball each week.

Oban has also been used as a back drop to many films varying from Ring of Bright Water to Morven Callar. See http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/obaninfo.html.

Oban is mentioned in the book Le rayon vert by Jules Verne.