Urquhart Castle
Location: near Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Highlands of Scotlandkind of castle: curtain wall castle including a tower housetoday: open to the publicpublic transport: regular buses from …
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Eilean Donan Castle
Location: Eilean Donan, Dornie, near the Kyle of Lochalsh, Kintail, Highlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 13th-century tower house castletoday: privately owned and opened to the …
Mercure Hotel, Inverness
Rating out of 5: 2 Reasons: The Hotel in general is a four-star hotel which must be mentioned! Staying here for 5 nights together with …
Blair Atholl and Pitlochry
Location: Perthshire, Highlands of Scotlandtoday: especially Pitlochry, often visited as a drive through destination with only short stopspublic transport: buses between Glasgow/Edinburgh and Inverness stop …
Oban Explorer – A town walk
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Combining this route with the Pulpit Hill and Gallanach, Oban – A scottish World would be a …
Pulpit Hill and Gallanach, Oban
Rating out of 5: 3 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: All in all, this route is a nice one which shows you quite a bit of the …
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
Location: Dunbeg, near Oban, Argyll, Scottish Highlandskind of castle: stone fortresstoday: open to publicpublic transport: buses to Dunbeg, short walk to the Castle itselfscheduled monument: …
Ganavan Sands and Dunstaffnage Castle
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Starting from Ganavan the Route is easy to reach and offers lovely views over the surrounding area, …
Blair Castle, Blair Atholl
Location: Blair Atholl, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotlandkind of castle: (these days) Georgian style Mansiontoday: open to public along with the surrounding woodlandspublic transport: …
Black Lochs Circuit, Connel
Rating out of 5: 3 Source: Black Lochs circuit, Connel (Walkhighlands) Reasons: The route in general is a very nice one. Starting from Connel it …