Insight Guides Pocket Scotland by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Scotland
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2018-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

The Northwest Coast

Near Dornie on the road towards Kyle of Lochalsh is the romantic and much-photographed Eilean Donan Castle (www.eileandonancastle.com; daily Apr–Oct 10am–6pm, Nov–Mar 10am–4pm), connected to the land by a causeway. A Jacobite stronghold, it was destroyed by British warships, but was rebuilt in the 19th century. Today it is a popular tourist destination and has often been used as a film set; Highlander was filmed here. It contains a number of Jacobite relics.

West from Inverness towards the coast, the dramatic Loch Torridon area is well known for its mountains of red-brown sandstone and white quartzite. These are some of the world’s oldest mountains, probably 600 million years old. The Torridon Countryside Centre in Torridon (www.nts.org.uk; Easter–Sept Sun–Fri 10am–5pm) offers guided walks in season.

The Gulf Stream works its magic at Inverewe Garden ⁄ [map] (www.nts.org.uk; gardens daily all year 10am–4pm, extended hours Mar–Oct, visitor centre daily June–Aug 9.30am–6pm, May until 5.30pm, Apr and Sept until 5pm, Oct until 4pm), a subtropical oasis overlooking Loch Ewe, on the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska. The garden was started in 1862 by 20-year-old Osgood Mackenzie on 12,000 acres (4,860 hectares) of barren land, and is one of the world’s great plant collections. Late spring and early summer are the best seasons to visit; highlights include giant magnolias and the exotic Himalayan Hound’s Tooth.

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