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TOURISM in GLEN URQUHART 
Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness, ideally situated
in the heart of the Scottish Highlands,
offers all facilities for peaceful holidays and easy touring around.
     
         
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Welcome to Drumnadrochit !
     
                 
    Good addresses and interesting Links :
                 
          Accomodation - Meals    
                                 
                 
                Hotel or Lodges :
In a peaceful area, facing Loch Meikle, 8 minutes
from the centre of Drumnadrochit, a quiet hotel
with excellent cooking : Glenurquhart House Hotel,
Carol and Ewan Macleod, Tel. 0044 1456 476234.
Lodges available.
See Websites : For the Hotel
or for the Lodges
Bed & Breakfast - Guest House
10 minutes away from Loch Ness,
Pierre-Marie and Christiane Lebrun welcome you at Shenval
for a convivial stay, B&B or half-board.

Tel/Fax 0044 1456 476363 ou par E-Mail
For further information, visit their website.
 
 
                       
   
 
         

* Guests staying at Loch Ness Guest House will enjoy the breathtakingly beautiful surroundings of the estate, with landscaped Gardens, Meadows, Woodlands, Streams, Walkways including the Great Glen Way, and Fishing Rights on Loch Ness.

* Excellent local pub and restaurant, on the A831
between Balnain and Shenval : The Steading Bar

                   
                                                   
    Touring - Visiting Sites :                                                
      * Wildlife Tours and Guiding Services, Golf Trips, Adventure Travel,
Guided Hillwalking - Minicoach Tours to clients requirements
( Individual car or 8-seater minibus) : contact George Simpson at LochNess Travel.


* The " GLEN AFFRIC WALKING FESTIVAL " : Several guided walks in June - Contact address :
Pierre Lebrun,   Tel/Fax 0044 1456 476363, or visit the Glen Affric and Strathglass. websites,
to organize your NATURE holidays..
 
* Comprehensive guided tour departing from Inverness and including a 90 minute cruise,
entry into both Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness 2000 Exhibition, and more.
(Presented by Tony Harmsworth, co-founder of the "Loch Ness Centre").
                The Clansman Centre, Fort Augustus :A young Scotsman, dressed as a Highlander, had the good idea to reconstruct the house and daily life of people in the Highlands during the 17th century.
Visit this 17th Century Living Museum, close to the Docks at Fort Augustus. It's Educational and fun...
 
                     
The "Highland Games" in August in Drumnadrochit,
and during the Summer months in every city or village.
       
     
                         
 
     
Loch Ness, brooms at Urquhart Castle (watercolour)
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Activities and interests :
  * Garden to visit, Plant nursery (Alpines) and walking park, with views on Loch Ness :
Abriachan Nurseries & Gardens  (Web Site : Loch Ness Garden)


* Celting création : jewels, clothes and accessories : Rainnea Graphics


   
                                 
      Planning for your holiday expenses                
             

Urquhart Castle, on Fascinating Loch Ness, the most visited ancient monument in Scotland, is often represented in a gloomy, misty atmosphere...
However this is how you'll see it when visiting the site in Summer : a cheerful, bright and colourful landscape, here painted from a photograph taken in May, in the golden yellow light of masses of brilliant brooms in full bloom...

 
                                           
    This useful guide can be viewed by clicking on this link.                  
                                             
  The "DRUMNADROCHIT ARTS GROUP"

founded more than 50 years ago, is still active, though some members
moved away or have changed their way of life...
More formal courses are given in Drumnadrochit, while other members are always pleased to meet and work together, exchanging ideas and experiences : these are friendly gatherings or small informal workshops.

                     
                                             
"Come by the Hills" : a traditional Scottish song.  
I.
Come by the hills to a land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs reach the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done.

II.
Come by the hills to the land where life is a song
And sing while the birds fill the air with their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
And the cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done.
III.
Come by the hills to a land where legend remains
Where stories of old stir the heart and may yet come again
Where our past has been lost and the future has still to be won
And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done.
     
  March 2019