Situated at the heart of the
Great Glen, Loch Ness captures the whole beauty and mystique of the
Highlands , with its sweeping scenery and strange tales of the Loch Ness
Monster.
Stretching some 23 miles from Fort Augustus
to just outside Inverness , Loch Ness is surrounded by wonderful
mountain scenery. Its deep steely blue waters are shrouded in mystery
and are said to hide the Loch Ness Monster.
Accounts of Nessie
peaked from the 1930s to the 1960s, when photographic images shown
strange serpentine shapes poking out from the waters and even stranger
stories being told in the local pubs! In more recent years, submarines
and sonar scans have scoured the Loch, but Nessie has evaded all
efforts by the scientists to, as the locals say, net ‘the beastie’. But
the Loch Ness Monster isn’t just a recent phenomenon and stories of a
strange creature in the Loch have been documented in many local folk
tales. One such tale dates from the 6th Century and tells of a visit to
Loch Ness by St Columba, who healed a local clan chief after Nessie had
attacked him, St Columba then banished the monster to the Loch.
What ever you choose to believe about Nessie, you can’t deny the
atmospheric beauty of Loch Ness. Sitting at the heart of the Great
Glen, which passes the geological fault line from Fort William to
Inverness, Loch Ness is the spectacular setting for the ruins of
Urquhart Castle . This is Scotland at its most photogenic and the
captivating scenery of the Great Glen draws large numbers of visitors
along the A82 road between Fort William and Inverness, which passes
Urquhart Castle along the way. There are also cycle routes along this
way and a 70-mile hiking path, the Great Glen Way that also forms a
section of the larger West Highland Way.
Situated at the heart of the
Great Glen, Loch Ness captures the whole beauty and mystique of 
