Location: Perthshire in United Kingdom
Nearest Airport:
Glasgow at 40
Miles
Car: recommended
Loch Tay is a quite superb location for fantastic highland touring and sightseeing in Scotland. Breath taking scenery, majestic mountains, imposing castles and an abundance of wildlife make your stay unforgettable.
Loch Tay is 14 miles long but as it only averages about one mile wide, it is only Scotland's sixth largest loch at 10.2 square miles (26.4 square km). The loch is fed at its eastern end by the rivers Dochart and Lochay and the river Tay starts at the western end at the village of Kenmore on its 120-mile journey to the sea (making it Scotland's longest).
Loch Tay doesn't have a monster (like the one reputed to inhabit Loch Ness) although anglers who go out during the fishing season keep hoping to catch a monster fish. Loch Tay has remained uncommercialised and tranquil, unlike some other areas of open water such Loch Earn, six miles to the south, which has lots of watersport activity. Loch Tay has nothing noisier than a few canoes which can be hired by visitors here.