Place of interest Archive

Sango Sands – A Beach With a View

Barefoot on the beach, white sand between your toes … even at the very top of Scotland that’s possible. Sango Sands is one of the most beautiful stretches of coast in the Highlands. The turquoise water of the Atlantic rolls gently over the fine sand and washes around black rocks. Green headlands reach far out […]

Shandwick Stone – A Magnificent Pictish Stone

Not much is known about this ancient Scottish people. But the Shandwick Stone gives a real sense of Pictish culture – it’s one of their finest surviving relics. It’s so different from the Celtic crosses in the west of Scotland. The Shandwick Stone radiates a warmth all of its own, thanks to the sandstone’s soft […]

Cawdor Castle – A Castle With a Holly Tree and a Donkey

Cawdor Castle rises near Inverness like a proud stronghold. It’s surrounded by wonderful gardens – and deep inside, it also guards an ancient plant. According to legend, the Thane of Cawdor wanted to build a great new castle in medieval times. In a dream, he was told to load a donkey with a chest full […]

Fort Augustus – Locks on Loch Ness

If Loch Ness has a beginning, it’s probably Fort Augustus. Because here, every boat heading for Inverness has to pass through a magnificent flight of locks. Nothing remains today of the old fort that gave the village its name. A far more interesting structure has taken its place: this is where a stretch of the […]

Urquhart Castle – A Castle Overlooking Loch Ness

Not much is left of it – and yet: the ruins still give a very good sense of what a magnificent castle Urquhart Castle once was. The stronghold was strategically so valuable that, in the end, it wasn’t destroyed by an enemy force – but by its own garrison. The crumbling tower of Urquhart Castle […]

Isle of Iona – The Sacred Island of the Scots

It is considered a spiritual centre of Scotland – the place from which Christianity spread into the Highlands. The small island of Iona is geographically little more than an appendage of Mull. And yet it is so much more important than that. Emerald green, the isle sits on a turquoise sea as the small ferry […]

Clootie Well – A Magical Spring on the Black Isle

Suddenly there’s clothing hanging in the forest. The trees are wrapped in colourful rags – wherever you look. And at the centre of this collection of rags, a spring rises out of a hillside. This is the Clootie Well on the Black Isle. This belief reaches far back into Celtic times: if you dip a […]

Ceannabeinne – A Dazzling Beach in the Highlands

Azure water, reddish rock, white sand – Scotland’s north seduces with dreamlike coastlines. Where the Atlantic and the North Sea collide lies one of the most beautiful beaches, Ceannabeinne. Framed by a curving bay, lined with green grass where rabbits roam, Ceannabeinne lies right on the road to Durness. Visitors can easily make their way […]

Applecross – A Refuge in Scotland’s Beautiful Wilderness

A remote peninsula in the west of Scotland, with overwhelming nature and a wild mountain backdrop. Right in the middle: the small village of Applecross. The drive there is one of the most impressive experiences of a trip to Scotland. Lonely lochs, wind-swept bays with turquoise sea, steeply rising mountains – Applecross is one of […]

Dunrobin Castle – Sutherland’s Fairy-Tale Castle

Dunrobin Castle von den Gärten aus gesehen

A castle that brings to mind Disney, Neuschwanstein and French chateaux – right in the middle of the Highlands. Dunrobin Castle offers a dream-like backdrop directly on the North Sea. The white castle, with its many small turrets, bay windows and windows, sits enthroned above a grand garden. Behind it: nothing but the open sea. […]