Legendary Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle Tour | 5 hours 6 minutes

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  • Offered in: English
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Overview

What a lovely way to see the Scottish Countryside as you meander through beautiful Highland villages and take in the amazing scenery en-route to your stops in Inverness, Dochgarroch, Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit and Beauly before returning to your starting point.

Itinerary

  • Dochgarroch

    Here you will seee the final set of Boat Locks as you enter Loch ness via the Caledonian Canal. There is also a good chance you will get to feed some carrots to the friendly highland Cows in the adjoining field.

    30 minutes

  • The Loch Ness Centre

    This is a 5 star visitor attraction and retail complex. Loch Ness is already the most famous lake in the world but our aim is to make it better understood. This is achieved through a fully audio visually guided 35 minute tour. The presentation is theatrical in style and integrates the real tools and archive footage from four decades of research. The facts are objectively explained and whilst keeping the mystery centre stage, we place it in the context of the loch's very unusual properties. Thus we are endorsed by Scottish Natural Heritage as "A portal to the unique natural phenomenon that is Loch Ness". We offer a huge range of retail onsite and boat cruises on Loch Ness in the summer months. There is also a large cafe and restaurant attached to the site.

    1 hour

  • Urquhart Castle

    Discover 1,000 years of drama, experience a glimpse of medieval life and enjoy stunning views over Loch Ness from the ruins of the greatest castle in the Highlands. Climb the Grant Tower that watches over the iconic loch, peer into a miserable prison cell, said to have held the legendary Gaelic bard Domhnall Donn, and imagine the splendid banquets staged in the great hall. A more comfortable view of the iconic ruins, against a backdrop of Loch Ness and the hills of the Great Glen, can be enjoyed from the café. Urquhart’s stories are also told through a remarkable collection of artefacts left by its residents, historic replicas, including a full-sized, working trebuchet siege engine, and a short film. The castle has a distinctly Highland heritage and the site has witnessed some of the most dramatic chapters in our nation’s history. This is where St Columba is said to have worked miracles in the 6th century, where acts of chivalry and defiance provided inspiration during the Wars of Independence and where the MacDonald Lords of the Isles struggled with the Crown for power.

    1 hour 30 minutes

  • Beauly Priory

    Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", now Beauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both. The French monks, along with Bisset (a nearby, recently settled landowner), had a strong enough French-speaking presence to give the location and the river the name "beau lieu" ("beautiful place") and have it pass into English. An alternative story about the naming of Beauly village told by locals is that 'Mary, Queen of Scots' was said to have been travelling through the area, probably on her way to Dingwall in her late teens and popped her head out of the Carriage window and uttered the words 'Beau Lieu' (Beautiful place).

    30 minutes

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  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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Published on Jul, 2024

Johnny was such a kind and helpful guide. He advised us on about how much time we would need at each attraction, and what to pay attention to at each location. He was very patient with my crazy family and made our day so fun and carefree.

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Published on Jul, 2024

Johnny was such a kind and helpful guide. He advised us on about how much time we would need at each attraction, and what to pay attention to at each location. He was very patient with my crazy family and made our day so fun and carefree.

Book with Johnny

Published on Jul, 2024

Johnny was such a kind and helpful guide. He advised us on about how much time we would need at each attraction, and what to pay attention to at each location. He was very patient with my crazy family and made our day so fun and carefree.

Highly recommended: Very friendly driver and great tour (also if you are in port with cruise ship)!

Published on May, 2024

It was a great trip and Mr. Johnny was so friendly and kind to our group. We only had very limited time due to travelling with a cruise ship and only being in port a few hours but Mr. Johnny was very accommodating to our itinerary. Very comfortable, safe and clean minibus that seated eight people. Thank you very much for a beautiful trip to Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle and the Distillery. We really and truly enjoyed it!

Highly recommended: Very friendly driver and great tour (also if you are in port with cruise ship)!

Published on May, 2024

It was a great trip and Mr. Johnny was so friendly and kind to our group. We only had very limited time due to travelling with a cruise ship and only being in port a few hours but Mr. Johnny was very accommodating to our itinerary. Very comfortable, safe and clean minibus that seated eight people. Thank you very much for a beautiful trip to Loch Ness, Urquhart Castle and the Distillery. We really and truly enjoyed it!

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