Introduction
This post covers a one-day section starting Inverness in the north and finishing Edinburgh in the central belt.
Information on the Highlights of Scotland Tour
First, we departed lodgings at Castle Stuart, Inverness and then drove to the nearby historic sites of Culloden Battlefield and
Image below shows a memorial cairn from Cullloden, a battle fought in 1746 when the Jacobite forces under Bonnie Prince Charlie were defeated by Government troops under General Cumberland.
Culloden Battlefield, Inverness, Scotland
The Clava Cairns are high status burial sites dating from around 2000 BC.
Clava Cairns, Inverness, Scotland
Next we drove through Inverness to pay a brief visit to the famous Loch Ness, Scotland’s largest inland lake which forms part of a chain of such lochs (lakes) stretching down the Great Glen.
Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland
Next, back through Inverness to connect with A9. First stop for lunch at Aviemore in the Cairngorm region and then on south with stop of Dalwhinnie Distillery, one of Scotland’s largest single malt distilleries.
Dalwhinnie Distillery, Highlands, Scotland
After Dalwhinnie, we continued south, stopping for photos of Blair Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Atholl. Here is based the only legal private army in Europe, the Atholl Highlanders.
Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland
Next, we drove to Dunkeld in Central Scotland. First we had tea at the Atholl Arms in centre of town and then paid a brief visit to Dunkeld Cathedral. This building is the latest of a line of Christian places of worship on the site dating back about 1500 years..
Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Scotland
Dunkeld Cathedral
Here is the River Tay and the 200 year old ‘Telford’ Bridge at Dunkeld.
River Tay, Dunkeld, Scotland
Town Centre, Dunkeld, Scotland
After Dunkeld, we continued south to Edinburgh but en-route called in at South Queensferry to view the famous bridges across the Firth of Forth known as the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Rail Bridge.
Forth Rail Bridge, S. Queensferry, Scotland
Forth Road Bridge, S.Queensferry, Scotland
Finally we arrived at our lodgings in south of Edinburgh about 6.30pm and then went to a local pub-restaurant, the Old Bell, for an excellent dinner.
Old Bell, Edinburgh
More information
The publication Visitors’ Guide to Scotland contains a wide range of information for the visitor. The ISBN is 978-1-9161332-0-4. This book is also available via Kindle.