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How would you like to spend your day? A coastal walk with splendid views across to the Isle of Skye? Strolling among lush gardens and secluded woodland? Or simply shopping for local crafts? These are just a few of your options when you visit the Balm...
Baxters Highland Village welcomes over 220,000 visitors a year. Set on the banks of the River Spey, near the small village of Fochabers, we have something for every member of the family.
Arrive at the Great Hall where you can experience the magic ...
From Burgundy to Beauly Beauly Priory was founded around 1230 by monks of the Valliscaulian order. They came from their mother house in Burgundy, in France, and settled beside the Beauly River, at the place where it enters the Beauly Firth. T...
If you are interested in animals and birds or just countryside, you will enjoy a visit to this quiet corner of the Black Isle, an ideal place for all the family.
Come and feed the friendly ducks, geese and swans on the many ponds. Make contact wit...
James Dredge designed the Bridge Of Oich which is a splendid suspension bridge in 1854. Bridge Of Oich was built using a sophisticated patented design of double cantilevered chain construction with massive granite pylon arches at either end....
Set in peaceful parkland, this fine 16th-century tower house is packed with enough art and antiques to keep connoisseurs happy all day. It contains fine French furniture; English, continental and Chinese porcelain; and a major collection of paintings...
Burghead Well is a rock-cut well, identified by some as an early Christian baptistry associated with the local cult of St Ethan....
Cawdor Castle, for over 600 years the home of the Thanes of Cawdor, is today the home of The Dowager Countess Cawdor.Simply the most romantic castle in the Highlands it has just played host to the wedding of 'Take That' star Mark Owen.Linked with Mac...
Clava Cairns is the site of an exceptionally well preserved group of prehistoric burial cairns that were built about 4,000 years ago. The Bronze Age cemetery complex comprises of passage graves, ring cairns, kerb cairn, standing stones in a beautiful...
It's a dizzying and exhilarating experience to look down on the torrent of water plunging 46m (150ft) over the Falls of Measach from the gently swaying suspension bridge. Corrieshalloch Gorge is one of the natural wonders of the Highlands and not to ...
Corrimony Chambered Cairn is an excavated passage grave of probable Bronze Age date, defined by a stone kerb and surrounded by a circle of 11 standing stones....
Watch the black grouse springtime courtship displays, see the crested tits and look out for the Scottish crossbill, the only UK bird that's found in no other country. Set in stunning moorland and Caledonian forest, this beautiful reserve is a treasur...
Truly get away from it all at this remote and unspoilt reserve. Come during the winter and you'll see sea ducks feeding offshore, while from late summer to late spring, large numbers of bar-tailed godwits, oystercatchers and knots flock at high tide....
Visiting Culloden the last hand-to-hand battle fought on British soil takes on a whole new meaning with the opening of an exciting new visitor centre and interactive exhibition. The battlefield itself is now restored to as close as possible that marc...
Uisge beatha – the water of life Whisky is Scotland’s national drink. It has evolved out of our landscape and our history. The landscape has given us water and peat, and the history has given us barley, a grain suited to our cooler climate...
Duffus Castle is one of the finest examples of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland with a later, very fine, stone hall house and curtain wall....
Dun Beag is a fine example of a Hebridean broch, apparently occupied to the 18th century....
Dun Dornaigil is also known as Dun Dornadilla, a well-preserved broch with a distinctive enterance, standing to a height of up to 6.7 metres. The road to Dun Dornaigil is not suitable for caravans, trailers, etc...
Spiritual heart of Moray Elgin Cathedral is one of Scotland’s most beautiful medieval buildings, and the inspiration for many an artist. The imposing yellow sandstone ruin is also one of the most important architectural legacies from that by...
Walk by a fast stream and gleaming waterfalls in this wooded glen, looking for grey wagtails, dippers and buzzards. This beautiful steep-sided valley is an oasis of calm, but do take care as paths are rugged in places.
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The centre-piece of the Inverness Floral Experience is the Floral Hall - a sub-tropical corner amid the grandeur of Highland scenery which provides a fitting addition to the range of parks, gardens, sports facilities and leisure provision which can b...
Following the 1746 defeat at Culloden of Bonnie Prince Charlie, George II created the ultimate defence against further Jacobite unrest. The result, Fort George, is the mightiest artillery fortification in Britain, if not Europe. Its garrison building...
The south aisle of the nave and chapter house survive at this beautiful red sandstone cathedral at Fortrose. The cathedral was built in the first half of the 13th century, though it was extended and altered in the 14th and 15th centuries. Earl...
The Fun House appeals to all the family. There is a day-care centre and creche with childcare-qualified staff and we cater for children's parties. Our soft play area is suitable for 0-12 year olds, but height restrictions apply. Other facilities incl...
A warm welcome awaits you at Glen Moray Distillery in Elgin. Glen Moray has been distilled on the banks of the River Lossie since 1897 by a small dedicated team of craftsmen. In over a century of distilling at Glen Moray, much has changed. However, t...
A visit to Glen Ord, on the edge of the Black Isle in the Highlands west of Inverness, is a delight to both the eye and the palate. Watch our distillers at work creating a magicial malt whisky which is sweet, malty and dry on the palate. Vistors are...
This lovely little museum is situated 15 miles north east of Inverness in the Black Isle seaside village of Rosemarkie.
It is an outstanding Pictish Centre for Ross and Cromarty. The unique display is focussed on 15 carved Pictish stones. All the ...
The Highland Museum of Childhood is located in a restored Victorian station built in 1885 in the beautiful Victorian spa village of Strathpeffer. The museum tells the story of childhood in the Highlands with photographs and objects such as toys, doll...
Discover Scottish wildlife and endangered animals of the world's mountains and tundra in the spectacular setting of the Highland Wildlife Park.
Drive around the Main Reserve in your own car and then investigate the walk-round area.
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Hilton Of Cadboll Chapel are the foundations of a small rectangular chapel and, nearby, a modern carved reconstruction of the famous Pictish cross-slab found on the site and now in the National Museums of Scotland....
Insh Marshes National Nature Reserve is one of the most important wetlands in Europe. Enjoy a springtime stroll and look out for nesting lapwings, redshanks and curlews, or visit in the wintertime when the marsh floods....
The Nursery is situated in one of the loveliest and most splendid parts of the Highlands, surrounded by the magnificent scenery of the Cairngorm Mountains, only a 10 min drive from Aviemore.
Here you can enjoy a walk through the wild garden and lo...
Kintail and Morvich is one of the last few areas of wild land in Scotland, this rugged, remote estate in the West Highlands offers a true wilderness experience. The dramatic landscape encompasses the Five Sisters – a mountain ridge incorporating th...
Knocknagael Boar Stone is a rough slab incised with the Pictish symbols of a mirror-case and a wild boar....
At Landmark Centre their is so much you can do. You can fill your day doing the water coaster, timber trail or the red squirrel trail plus many more exiting things. Come down and have a Great day out!...
When ospreys returned to breed in Scotland, this is where they chose to come. Now you can watch them close-up, thanks to non-invasive CCTV. The reserve also has some excellent walks, with the chance to see red squirrels, dragonflies and crested tits....
The exhibition features 17 language translations and 11 language narrations. Originally the Official Loch Ness Exhibition Centre, the facility opened over 30 years ago. Now a hi-tech multi-media presentation leads you through 7 themed areas and 500 m...
This beautiful, tranquil loch is fringed by sedges and birch woods. Visit us in early spring, when our must-see bird, the rare Slavonian grebe, looks its best in gorgeous red and golden plumage, the jewel of the Highland Lochs.
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Originally built as a model farm in the 1920's, Logie Steading has now been converted to welcome visitors to the tranquil Findhorn Valley, near the well-known walks at Randolph's Leap.
Specialising in promoting Scottish craftsmanship and produce, ...
Mallaig Heritage is an essential stopping point for everyone who is interested in discovering the history and culture of the West Highlands of Scotland.
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Nigg Bay is an extensive area of mudflat, saltmarsh and wet grassland on the Cromarty Firth. Visit any time between October and March and you're sure to see countless wading birds, such as bar-tailed godwits and knots. We are also creating a new area...
Pluscarden Abbey is the home of a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine monks. It is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose. Situated six miles south-west of Elgin in Moray, the monas...
Ruthven Barracks is an infantry barracks erected in 1719 following the Jacobite rising of 1715, with two ranges of quarters and a stable block. Captured and burnt by Prince Charles Edward Stuar's army in 1746....
Seat of the bishops of Moray Spynie Palace was for five centuries the residence of the bishops of Moray. During that time, the palace stood on the edge of Spynie Loch, a sea-loch giving safe anchorage for fishing boats and merchant vessels. A ...
The clergy of the diocese of Moray and Ross elected Robert Eden as Bishop in 1851. For the first two years of his episcopate he had charge of the congregation in Elgin, until this time the seat of the Bishopric, before opening 'the Bishop's Mission C...
St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross roofless remains of the kirk include the base of a 14th-century western tower, a 16th-century vaulted porch and some interesting tombstones. St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross cross is of 14th-century date....
delightfully set on the shore of the Cromarty Firth in the heart of Munro country, is the fully restored 18th C., grade A listed, Storehouse. Housed within are a series of entertaining informative and educational history and wildlife exhibitions....
Sueno's Stone is the most remarkable sculptured monument in Britain, probably a cenotaph, standing over 20 feet high and dating to the end of the first millennium AD. Sueno's Stone is covered by a protective glass enclosure....
The only distillery on the Isle of Skye, set on the shores of Loch Harport with dramatic views of the Cuillins. This alluring, sweet, full-bodied single malt is so easy to enjoy, and like Skye itself, so hard to leave....
The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain's only herd of reindeer, found free ranging in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. These extremely tame and friendly animals are a joy to all who come and see them. Reindeer are not just for Christmas.
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The Highland Folk Museum brings to life the domestic and working conditions of earlier Highland peoples.
Visitors to this living history Museum can learn how our Scottish Highland ancestors lived, how they built their homes, how they tilled the s...
Whether you remember the days of steam from yesteryear, or your era is 'Thomas the Tank', or you simply want a relaxing day in the Highlands, come and enjoy a train journey with a difference in spectacular Strathspey.
The round trip from Aviemore ...
We'd love to see you at 's Visitor Centre, to share our passion for and secrets of whisky distilling here in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. This four star visitor attraction takes you to the very heart of whisky making.
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From late summer to April you can see thousands of wildfowl and wading birds here. Come an hour or two either side of high tide to be rewarded with spectacular views of flocks of flying birds.
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St Columba visited with peaceful intent around AD 580. Not so the English, who seized the castle in 1296. Nor the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, who stormed through the glen time and again in the later Middle Ages, ruling with a rod of iron from th...
This stretch of wild land, linking the Trust's properties at Kintail and Glomach, includes one of the Highland's most popular east-west paths, once part of the drove road from Skye to Dingwall. If you're planning to complete the route, basic accommod...
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