🗺️ NC500 Attractions

Loch Ness is one of the most famous bodies of water in the world, stretching 23 miles through the Great Glen and containing more water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. At depths of up to 227 metres, it is the largest loch in Scotland by volume — and the legendary home of the Loch Ness …

Inverness Castle is the iconic starting point of the North Coast 500, its distinctive red sandstone towers rising above the River Ness in the centre of the Highland capital. The current castle was built in the 1830s on the site of earlier fortifications dating back to the 11th century — the …

Culloden Moor is one of the most emotionally charged places in Scotland — the site of the Battle of Culloden on 16 April 1746, the last pitched battle fought on British soil and the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising. In less than an hour, government forces under the Duke of Cumberland crushed Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highland army, endi…

Castle Stuart is a beautifully restored 17th-century tower house on the southern shore of the Moray Firth, just east of Inverness. The castle was originally built around 1625 by the Earl of Moray and has a notorious reputation for being haunted — le…

The Clava Cairns are a remarkably well-preserved group of Bronze Age burial chambers dating to around 2000 BC, comprising three large cairns surrounded by rings of standing stones. The passage graves are aligned so the midwinter setting sun shines directly down the entrance passages — a deliberate …

A group of small islands in the River Ness linked by ornate Victorian suspension bridges, forming a beautiful riverside walk minutes from Inverness city centre. The islands are covered in mature trees including giant redwoods, and the paths are flat and well maintained. A perfect …