Inverness Airport 27 min
Inverness Botanic Gardens (17 min) A botanic garden with a tropical house with a carp pond and waterfalls, formal gardens and a cafe. Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition (20 min) State-of-the-art exhibitions about the geological formation of Loch Ness and its legendary monster. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (14 min) Contemporary museum spaces displaying geology, natural history, art and archaeology collections. Castle Leod (29 min) Venerable 15th-century restored castle with artefacts, galleries, public tours & special events. Inverness Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew (14 min) Victorian Episcopalian cathedral church built of red stone and granite and hosting regular services. Inverness Castle (15 min) This 1800s red sandstone castle overlooks the cliffs & offers lush grounds open to the public. Black Isle (28 min) Dotted with charming villages, cottages & ruins, visitors to this peninsula can view dolphins. Glen Ord Distillery Visitor Centre & Whisky Shop (14 min) Guided tours & whisky tastings at a modernized 19th-century distillery in a rural Highland setting. Culloden Battlefield (24 min) Site of bloody last battle of Jacobite Rising, with visitor centre and interactive exhibition. Loch Ness (35 min) 23-mile freshwater lake in the highlands, best known for its namesake mythical monster, Nessie. Clava Cairns (27 min) 4000-year-old burial cairns, each enclosed by stone circles, on a terrace above the River Nairn. Ness Islands (17 min) Scenic, tree-filled islands linked by bridges featuring walking paths, wildlife & a mini train ride. Beauly Firth (25 min) This bay is linked to the River Beauly & the River Ness & connects to the Moray Firth. Beauly Priory (9 min) Forested ruins of an ancient 1230 church & graveyard founded by a little-known order of monks. Urquhart Castle (24 min) Large, ruined castle dating from 1509, overlooking Loch Ness, with visitor centre and cafe. |