A sprawling metropolis (Inverness in General)

Member Name: quissue

Product:	Inverness in General
Date:	28/05/09 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: varied shops and activities a must for any holiday

Disadvantages: gets very busy at weekends

Inverness
Inverness is a large city on the outskirts of various towns like Dingwall, Evanton, Elgin, Nairn, Fortrose and Rosemarkie among others. It has a largish castle and a reasonable shopping centre called the Eastgate centre. Inside the Eastgate centre are a large amount of shops on two floors. These include Marks and Spencer's and Debenhams, HMV, and loads of smaller stores like Monsoon and the Body Shop. There are numerous coffee shops and eateries within the city centre so there is no reason you should go hungry while you are shopping. There are numerous gift shops in the area too.
While mooching around Inverness the other day we found a nice little shop called the oil and vinegar shop who sold oils and other Mediterranean goodies like olives different spreads and breads and biscuits. The smells were enticing and the olive oils and vinegars were unusual. We found some lovely tasting vinegar with strawberry essence in it. Ideal for salads and ice creams we were told. There were oils with garlic herbs and peppers too and so much more. We fell in love with this little shop and will be going back again. The flavours were amazing and you had little taster pots that you could try before you bought the items at reasonable prices so next time your in Inverness look out for them.
In the Victoriana arcade you will find various gift shops and craft shops alongside kilt shops and other interesting places to visit there are many jewellers there and a tobacco shop and a specialized chocolate shop that of course I smelled out pretty quickly. The chocolates are Belgian chocolates and you have a wide variety to choose from. Nice for a little treat, or a special prezzie for someone.
Inverness has various offshoots to it like the various retail parks around the outer limits which are also included in the Inverness boundaries. These include Tesco, Borders, Maplin and the Vue cinema, Argos and various shoe shops.
The other retail park includes another Tesco a varied amount of shoe shops and Matalan a book shop and some health clubs.
Inverness itself is a growing city and is expanding rapidly over the years. It is a beautiful city in its own right and you can witness many different events within it at various times of the year. Like the Highland games in Bught park. This is a gathering of the clans for sport, dancing and other entertaining qualities. This in my view should not to be missed.
The Castle itself now houses the sheriff court but you can still wander around certain parts of it like the Drum tower which house an exhibition portraying the medieval castle this is open daily from 10.30 to 5.30 in the summer months.
The people are friendly and welcome and relish tourist activity as it keeps this city alive.
There is so much to do and see in and around Inverness it would be an ideal location for a holiday as there are so many bed and breakfast places and hotels around the city and in it.
I like to wander around Inverness during the weekdays as it is less busy then and you can see lots of different shops on the outside of the Eastgate centre as well as on the inside. there is so much to do in Inverness it would take much more than just a day to do it.
There is also the Bowling rink and skating rink on the outskirts of the city which is great for an hour or twos fun.
In Rosemarkie you have sights like the Fairy glen with remarkable waterfalls to visit. There are Whisky trails all through the area leading on to outlaying villages around Inverness.

I hope you will come and visit this fair city one day and enjoy it as much as we all do.

Summary: a wonderful place to visit and shop