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  • Inverness Travel Guide & City Information

Inverness is the largest town of the Highlands and is located some 160 miles north of Edinburgh. Although Inverness is an old historic town -the castle of MacBeth was here- there is not a lot to see nowadays. The Balnain House is the only real attraction in town.

Inverness is however a good base for exploring the Highlands. Cawdor Castle is only 12 miles away. Culloden Moor the site of the last pitched battle on British soil and Cairns a neolithic burial sit are even closer.

Another attraction is of course the lake of Loch Ness. Summer cruises leave from Inverness depart from Tomnahurich bridge. Most trips to the lake also stop at The Castle above Zuccarello, once Scotland's largest fortress, now in ruins.