Guidebook for Inverness
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Centre with canoes and kayaks for hire, and classes if you don't know how to paddle. White water rafting. Indoor plunge pool and sauna.
Great Glen Water Park
Centre with canoes and kayaks for hire, and classes if you don't know how to paddle. White water rafting. Indoor plunge pool and sauna.
A new, well designed visitor centre on the site of the battle which put paid to Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to regain the throne for the Stewart dynasty.
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Culloden Battlefield station
A new, well designed visitor centre on the site of the battle which put paid to Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to regain the throne for the Stewart dynasty.
A beautifully preserved fishing village and former county town of Cromartyshire, virtually untouched by modern development, with great views, walks, little shops, bakery and Sutor Creek restaurant.
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Cromarty
A beautifully preserved fishing village and former county town of Cromartyshire, virtually untouched by modern development, with great views, walks, little shops, bakery and Sutor Creek restaurant.
Skiing in winter, a funicular railway to take you to the top of the mountain in summer to enjoy spectacular views.
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Cairngorm Mountain Carpark
Skiing in winter, a funicular railway to take you to the top of the mountain in summer to enjoy spectacular views.
Ski resort with cable cars to take you up Aonach Mor, a spur of Ben Nevis, in summer to enjoy the views, or some gentle rockclimbing; and a cup of coffee.
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Nevis Range Fjallastöðin
Ski resort with cable cars to take you up Aonach Mor, a spur of Ben Nevis, in summer to enjoy the views, or some gentle rockclimbing; and a cup of coffee.
A staircase of locks on the Caledonian Canal, built by Thomas Telford, is one reason to stop in Fort Augustus. Loch Ness boat trips, and Iceberg glassblowers are others.
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Fort Augustus
A staircase of locks on the Caledonian Canal, built by Thomas Telford, is one reason to stop in Fort Augustus. Loch Ness boat trips, and Iceberg glassblowers are others.
A lovely place to stop and marvel at the old Wade bridge across the river, spanning some spectacular falls, and take a gentle woodland walk down to Loch Ness past the quaint octagonal folly.
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Invermoriston
A lovely place to stop and marvel at the old Wade bridge across the river, spanning some spectacular falls, and take a gentle woodland walk down to Loch Ness past the quaint octagonal folly.
A prehistoric chambered cairn is one reason to take a left off the A831 when you see the sign to Corrimony. Beyond is the RSPB bird reserve, a lovely place for a walk. Black grouse safaris in Spring.
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Corrimony
A prehistoric chambered cairn is one reason to take a left off the A831 when you see the sign to Corrimony. Beyond is the RSPB bird reserve, a lovely place for a walk. Black grouse safaris in Spring.
A site of great scenic beauty, mountains, lochs and forests (including fragments of the old Caledonian Forest, skilfully nurtured by Trees for Life).
Glen Affric, at Top Car Park station
A site of great scenic beauty, mountains, lochs and forests (including fragments of the old Caledonian Forest, skilfully nurtured by Trees for Life).
Less than a dozen cars a day are let beyond Glen Strathfarrar's gates to preserve its wildness. Drive to the dam at Loch Monar and it's like being in another world and another time.
Glen Strathfarrar
Glen StrathfarrarLess than a dozen cars a day are let beyond Glen Strathfarrar's gates to preserve its wildness. Drive to the dam at Loch Monar and it's like being in another world and another time.
The largest second hand book shop in the UK, probably, in an old church with a huge woodburning stove and a very, very good cafe upstairs. An experience!
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Leakey's Second-hand Bookshop
Church StreetThe largest second hand book shop in the UK, probably, in an old church with a huge woodburning stove and a very, very good cafe upstairs. An experience!
Food Scene
Beauly is the home of Corner on the Square, a great deli/cafe, with a greengrocers attached. There are lovely shops, an old market square, and free parking. See the ruins of the Abbey while there.
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Beauly
Beauly is the home of Corner on the Square, a great deli/cafe, with a greengrocers attached. There are lovely shops, an old market square, and free parking. See the ruins of the Abbey while there.
A superb little restaurant on the first floor, where local produce is sourced carefully and cooked simply and well. If there's better value for money anywhere in the UK, I've yet to find it.
The Waverley
A superb little restaurant on the first floor, where local produce is sourced carefully and cooked simply and well. If there's better value for money anywhere in the UK, I've yet to find it.
A real Italian woodfired oven, installed by the original pizza-loving owners, fresh local produce, and views across the Cromarty Firth are only some of the reasons to love this place.
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Sutor Creek Cafe
21 Bank StA real Italian woodfired oven, installed by the original pizza-loving owners, fresh local produce, and views across the Cromarty Firth are only some of the reasons to love this place.
A fresh, inventive, beautifully put together menu with local ingredients and attentive friendly service are two reasons this is my favourite Inverness restaurant. Lunch and pre-theatre supper deals.
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Rocpool
1 Ness WalkA fresh, inventive, beautifully put together menu with local ingredients and attentive friendly service are two reasons this is my favourite Inverness restaurant. Lunch and pre-theatre supper deals.
Views across the river in this modern glass and steel restaurant are now matched by the food under a new chef. A very close second to Rocpool on my favourites list! Lunch and supper deals.
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The Kitchen Restaurant
15 Huntly StViews across the river in this modern glass and steel restaurant are now matched by the food under a new chef. A very close second to Rocpool on my favourites list! Lunch and supper deals.
I've been eating at Pizza Express nearly all my life, all over the UK. A family-friendly place with *good quality, healthy fresh-made food* in the centre of town.
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Pizza Express
Falcon SquareI've been eating at Pizza Express nearly all my life, all over the UK. A family-friendly place with *good quality, healthy fresh-made food* in the centre of town.
It's been providing succour for weary travellers on the long road to Skye for generations; the Cluanie Inn is still a great place to stop for coffee, a meal or a drink at any time of year. Petrol too!
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The Cluanie Inn
It's been providing succour for weary travellers on the long road to Skye for generations; the Cluanie Inn is still a great place to stop for coffee, a meal or a drink at any time of year. Petrol too!
Drinks & Nightlife
Family-friendly, family-run bistro with a world famous malt whisky collection (over 500 different bottles). Good food. Booking advisable in the summer. Last orders 9pm. Not open all winter.
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Fiddlers Highland Restaurant
Family-friendly, family-run bistro with a world famous malt whisky collection (over 500 different bottles). Good food. Booking advisable in the summer. Last orders 9pm. Not open all winter.
Old droving inn beautifully restored with woodburning stove and tasteful modern Scottish decor, a good menu, and local beers from the Loch Ness Brewery.
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The Loch Ness Inn
Old droving inn beautifully restored with woodburning stove and tasteful modern Scottish decor, a good menu, and local beers from the Loch Ness Brewery.
The Benleva's a multi-awardwinning CAMRA pub now with its own microbrewery (The Loch Ness Brewery). The decor may not be smart but beers are superb - and where else will you see a dog on a barstool?
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Benleva Hotel
Kilmore RoadThe Benleva's a multi-awardwinning CAMRA pub now with its own microbrewery (The Loch Ness Brewery). The decor may not be smart but beers are superb - and where else will you see a dog on a barstool?
It's homely, authentically Scottish and run by very nice people. The food's not bad and the beer's OK, too.
Cromarty Arms Inn
Church StreetIt's homely, authentically Scottish and run by very nice people. The food's not bad and the beer's OK, too.