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Tours: Urquhart Castle On Loch Ness, Scotland

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Urquhart Castle, a ruin, sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, 21 kilometres south-west of Inverness and 2 kilometres east of the village of Drumnadrochit.

For the best views of Loch Ness head to Urquhart Castle on the western shore. Urquhart Castle is a romantic ruin and probably one of the most famous castles in the Scottish Highlands.

Video timeline: 0:00 Intro 0:23 Getting to the Castle 0:46 Western Shore 1:15 Booking the Castle 1:38 Urquhart Castle 2:13 Trebuchet 2:43 Walk the shores 3:29 Furnace & Causeway 3:56 Gatehouse 4:36 Early History 5:14 The Grant Tower 7:37 Great Hall 8:06 Water Gate 8:41 Jacobite Cruise 9:02 Later Castle History 9:41 Best Views 10:09 Next Time

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Trains & Travel: Scottish Highlands & Isles Via The Caledonian Sleeper (4K)

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The Scottish Highlands has been on our bucket list for years! Now finally we get to take you on a 10-day tour over several episodes through the Scottish Highlands, including places like Loch Ness, Fort Augustus, Glen Coe, Fort William, Plockton and the Isle of Skye. During our trip, we’ll visit famous Castles like Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness or the Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye.

Video timeline: 0:00 Scottish Highlands Preview 1:07 Caledonian Sleeper 3:10 Arriving in the Highlands 4:46 Next Episode

We board the famous steam train from Fort William to Mallaig over the Glenfinnan Viaduct. We’ll drive and hike some of the most scenic, breathtaking parts of the Scottish Highlands giving you ideas and practical advice on how to plan and enjoy your trip to Scotland. Did we forget to mention the food? Scotland has a wonderful seafood larder on its shores so expect lots of the best salmon and langoustine we could find! We hope you enjoy tuning in each week as we bring you the best of Scotland.

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Views: Small Isles Of Rùm And Canna, Fort Augustus In Scotland (Video)

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Filmed and Edited by: Chris Kay

A collection of footage from Rùm, Canna and Fort Augustus from my tour in 2020.

Rùm, a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, in the district of Lochaber, Scotland. 

Canna is the westernmost of the Small Isles archipelago, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by a road and sandbanks at low tide. The island is 4.3 miles long and 1 mile wide. The isolated skerries of Hyskeir and Humla lie 6.2 miles south-west of the island. 

Fort Augustus is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands. The village has a population of around 646. Its economy is heavily reliant on tourism.