About the Highlands:
The highlands of Scotland is a wonderful place to holiday. From the vibrant city of Inverness, 'the city of the Highlands', to remote crofting communities, spectacular mountains, waterfalls, acclaimed landscape views and mirror-like lochs, the area has all you will need for a wonderful holiday. You will find castles, museums, steam trains, gardens, whisky, ancient mountains, arts and crafts, wildlife and more activities than you can imagine.
Inverness is a modern bustling city with some great shopping opportunties. Located at the top of the Great Glen a great variety of different kinds of landscape lie within easy reach. Loch Ness is only a few minutes drive. To the south and west lie the big hills in the heart of the Highlands, notably around Glen Affric. West of Inverness and with the little town of Beauly at its northern gateway, the long glen of Strathglass leads into these heartlands.
East of Inverness, the hills gradually give way to the narrow and sheltered lowland strip around the edge of the Moray Firth, where the main town is Nairn, a long-established small resort notable for its golf and fine beaches.
Overall, this area offers plenty of Scottish strands to follow, with a good range of historic sites and castles, as well as Europe's best preserved 18th-century fort at Fort George. The sport and activity choice is also wide-ranging and includes both cruising on Loch Ness (monsters, maybe) and also on the Moray Firth (dolphins, almost definitely). Shopping for Scottish crafts, plus all the nightlife and the cultural programme of Scotland's most northerly city, are just a few of the other options.