Where to Stay in the Highlands
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Information about the Highlands
The Highlands is the largest and most sparsely populated region in the British Isles, a landscape of such elemental power and breathtaking beauty that it has defined the romantic image of Scotland in the minds of visitors from around the world for centuries. Stretching from the Great Glen in the south to the very tip of the mainland at John o’Groats in the north, and from the east coast fishing towns of the Moray Firth to the wild Atlantic shores of Wester Ross and Sutherland, it is a region of almost incomprehensible scale and variety.
The mountains are the defining feature of the Highland landscape. Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the British Isles, rises above Fort William at the southern end of the Great Glen, and the ranges that extend in every direction from it — Glencoe, Torridon, An Teallach, Assynt — represent some of the most dramatic and challenging mountain landscapes in Europe. For walkers, climbers and those who simply want to sit in the presence of wild and ancient landscapes, the Highlands offer an experience that is genuinely without equal in the British Isles.
Loch Ness, stretching for twenty three miles through the Great Glen, is one of the most visited and most photographed stretches of water in the world, its dark depths and brooding atmosphere drawing visitors in their millions regardless of the fame of its legendary inhabitant. The Great Glen itself, following the line of a geological fault from Fort William to Inverness, is one of the great natural corridors of Scotland and offers superb walking, cycling and canal boating along its length.
Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, is a lively and welcoming city that makes an excellent base for exploring the surrounding region. The Black Isle, the Cromarty Firth and the castles and distilleries of the Speyside valley are all within easy reach, while the North Coast 500, Scotland’s celebrated coastal driving route, begins and ends in the city and takes in some of the most spectacular scenery in the British Isles.
Whether you are looking for a mountain adventure in Glencoe or Torridon, a cruise on Loch Ness, a distillery trail through Speyside, a drive along the North Coast 500 or simply the profound pleasure of a landscape that reduces the noise of modern life to silence, the Highlands is a destination that commands the imagination and rewards every visit with something that cannot easily be put into words.
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