Scotland - Urquhart Castle

The day after visiting Fort George, Dhu Dallas Distillery, and Elign Cathedral, we checked out of our rental house and began the third, and final leg, of our journey in Scotland.  We set out from Beauly, Scotland and headed toward Dunoon, Scotland.  On the way we stopped at Urquhart Castle.

Urquhart Castle is a castle in ruins, as you can see from the images above.  The tower has been restored and you can climb to the top for some breathtaking views of Loch Ness.  Although this castle is in ruins, it is just as impressive and interesting as more intact castles such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle.  All over the ruins there are signs with historical information describing what each area of the ruins is thought to be.  There's also a large gift shop and historical information area.  Its location on Loch Ness makes it a very popular tourist stop.  Many tour buses stopped here during our visit.

Urquhart Castle is one of the castles on the Historic Scotland list, so buy that Explorer's Pass and save money!

Loch Ness.  More on this in the next post.  If you are a reader of this blog, you can easily guess my feelings on a large sea creature that nobody ever sees living in the waters of the loch.  :-)