Book : The Rough Guide
to Scottish Highlands and Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Book : West Highland
Way: Map/Guide
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Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Wynd , Inverness IV2
3EB. Tel: 01463 237114. Explore our lively "Man in the Landscape"
exhibition and our Discovery Centre. Upstairs is a large range
of silverware from the Inverness Area, authentic Highland weapons
and bagpipes as well as a collection of Scottish contemporary
art. www.invernessmuseum.com. About 18 miles south of Invergordon.
Inverness Castle and the
Castle Garrison Encounter. Tel: 01463 243 363. The Inverness
Castle that now sits overlooking the River Ness is a 19th Century
building used as the Sheriff Court. At the Castle Garrison Encounter
you can journey back in time to 1745, enlist in the Regiment
and meet some of its other characters live. Open daily during
the tourist season. About 18 miles south of Invergordon.
The Original Loch Ness Visitor Centre, Drumnadrochit, Inverness,
IV63 6TU. Tel: 01456 450342. For centuries sightings have been
made of a mysterious creature said to inhabit the deep and murky
waters of Scotland's most famous Loch. Now you can take our official
guide and explore those murky waters for yourself. www.lochness-centre.com.
About 24 miles south of Invergordon.
The Dolphin and Seal Centre,
North Kessock Tel: 01463 731866. The Moray Firth contains a resident
population of Bottlenose dolphins in excess of 140 animals, the
largest such population in the North Sea. There are also large
populations of both Common seal and Grey seal. The Visitor Centre
is one of the best opportunities in Europe to observe dolphins
and seals in their natural habitat. You can listen to the dolphins
through the unique underwater microphone system. Open June-September.
About 15 miles south of Invergordon.
The Glenmorangie Distillery, Glenmorangie Distillery Coy, Tain,
Ross-shire. Tel: 01862 892477. Glenmorangie Distillery is on
the shores of the Dornoch Firth. It has been producing Glenmorangie
Single Highland malt Scotch whisky since 1843. The source of
the all-important water is a short walk from the distillery -
the Tarlogie Springs.The building that originally housed the
stills provides the setting for the new visitor centre. The atmosphere
of quiet industry is ideal for giving glimpses of, and displaying
artefacts from, Glenmorangie's past. www.glenmorangieplc.com.
About 10 miles northeast of Invergordon.
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