DISCOVER the SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Highlands are popularly described as one of the most scenic regions of Europe.

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: CASTLES OF THE HIGHLANDS, Beauly, Dunoon, Eilean Donan Castle, Fort William, Inverness, Inverness Castle, Urquhart Castle,

DISCOVER THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS: Attractions & Culture

Discover BEAULY
Beauly (pronounced Bewley; a corruption of Beaulieu), is a town of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire, on the River Beauly, 10 miles West of Inverness by the Far North railway line. Its population was measured as 855 in 1901. The town is now within the Highland council area ...

Discover DUNOON
Dunoon pier is over one hundred years old and still receives a connecting ferry with Gourock. Until the late 1960s fleets of paddle steamers brought holidaymakers doon the watter from Glasgow to it and numerous other piers on the Clyde, and it is still visited by the sole surviving sea-going paddle steamer Waverley ...

Discover FORT WILLIAM
Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glencoe just to the south, and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles. It is an important centre for hillwalking and climbing due to its proximity to Ben Nevis and other mountains. Fort William is the end point of the West Highland Way, a footpath which runs from Glasgow ...

Discover INVERNESS
Inverness is the city at the heart of the Scottish Highlands and the principal centre for administration and commerce. Advertised as the Gateway to the Highlands, Inverness is regarded as the center for commercial and industry for the Scottish Highlands, with continuing new investment in traditional and hi-tech industries ...

CASTLES OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Eilean Donan Castle, Attractions of the Scottish Highlands

Eilean Donan Castle
Highlands - Eilean Donan, is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. It is connected to the mainland by a footbridge and lies about half a mile from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan castle is the famous castle situated on the island. The original castle was built in 1220 as a defence against the Vikings ...

Inverness Castle, Attractions of Inverness

Inverness Castle
Inverness - Inverness Castle sits on a cliff overlooking the River Ness, in Inverness. The red sand stone structure evident today was built in 1836 by architect William Burn. It is built on the site of an 11th century defensive construction, where a castle has stood for centuries, today it houses the Sheriff Court...

Urquhart Castle, Attractions of the Scottish Highlands ands Islands

Urquhart Castle
Highlands - Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in Scotland along a strategic road, the A82, between Fort William and Inverness. It is close to the village of Drumnadrochit. Records show the existence of a castle on this site from the early 1200s. The building was blown up in 1692 to prevent it becoming a Jacobite stronghold ...