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What to see and do in and around Inverness & Nairn
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
Just south of Drumnadrochit, you can explore the picturesque ruins of Urquhart Castle, one of the largest castles ever built in Scotland. An Historic Scotland property with state of the art visitor centre, completed 2002. www.historic-scotland.net Cawdor Castle
Cawdor. A magical name, romantically linked by Shakespeare with Macbeth. A superb fairy-tale Castle, and just what every visitor is looking for ... Scottish history that you can touch and see and sense for yourself. Cawdor Castle is not another cold monument, but a splendid house and the home of the Cawdor family to this day. www.cawdorcastle.com Inverness Inverness, the capital and principal cross-roads of the Highlands of Scotland, has an enviable location at the head of the Great Glen and on the shores or the Moray Firth. In and around Inverness, you can choose from numerous places to visit and things to do. In the centre of town you will find Inverness Museum and Art Gallery , as well as the Tourist Information Centre. Contemporary local art is on display in various galleries throughout Inverness, notably at art.tm, on the bank of the River Ness, Castle Gallery on Castle Street, and Riverside Gallery on Bank Street. Further upstream, it is difficult to miss the angled-architecture of Eden Court Theatre.Other nearby attractions include the Floral Hall, Whin Adventure Park and the Inverness Sports Centre. However, the biggest draw is the Inverness Aquadome which combines numerous water rides and features with a 25 metre pool and various health and leisure facilities.
The Golf Company Everything you need from tee to green at discounted prices:
Footjoy, Callaway, RAM, PING, Benross - many more brands in store.
Open 7 days a week - free parking.
Holm Mills Shopping Village
Dores Road,
Inverness,
IV2 4RB
Tel: 01463 223311
Fort George, Ardersier Built in the aftermath of Culloden, Fort George is one of the most outstanding military fortifications to be found anywhere in Europe. Designed to intimidate the Jacobite Highlanders, Fort George has never seen a shot fired in anger, although today, more than 200 years after it was completed, it is still a working garrison. A property owned by Historic Scotland. Audio visual displays, old barrack rooms, restaurant, summer events programme. www.historic-scotland.net Holm Mills Shopping Village, Inverness
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