The ruins of a medieval castle on a headland jutting into Loch Ness, the long, deep lake famous for its legendary monster, 'Nessie'. The castle was fought over for centuries and blown up in 1692 to stop it falling into Jacobite hands. The Grant Tower still stands, with views up and down the loch.
Boat trips run from Drumnadrochit and Inverness. Book tickets for the castle online in summer. The castle is about 30 minutes from Inverness on the A82.
Scotland's most famous glen, a dramatic valley in the Highlands surrounded by steep mountains such as Buachaille Etive Mòr and the Three Sisters.
A great pinnacle of rock standing on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye, part of a huge landslip.
A fortress on an extinct volcano above Scotland's capital, the home of the Scottish crown jewels (the Honours of Scotland) and the Stone of Destiny.
An extinct volcano rising 251 m in Holyrood Park, right in the middle of Edinburgh.
An award-winning, family-run restaurant in the Scottish Borders countryside, known for game and local produce such as venison, lamb and beef, with a …
A Tudor fort on a rocky outcrop on Holy Island, turned into a holiday home by Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine.
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