inverness and the highlands (Attractions in Inverness)

Member Name: littlelugs

Product:	Attractions in Inverness
Date:	27/07/03 (110 review reads)
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Advantages: easier on your feet, no need to worry about public transport or driving, you get to hear about the history while on the move

Disadvantages: the last bus is at about 5.30, not enough time.

Bus tours in Inverness, by City tours

These are absolutely fantastic, you pay once, around £7 (concessions available!) and the ticket is valid for 24 hours. The ticket then covers you to hop on and hop off during this time, so if your tired of walking around trying to find somewhere, or just need a nice long sit down, this is the thing for you. In Inverness there are two different hop on hop off tours one around invernesses itself, and one around the highlands. Both with city tours, and you can get a discount on other city tours, if you show your ticket (there are loads of them all round the UK and some in Europe) .

Both of the bus tours begin outside the tourist information office (above bella pasta) on the high street. Tickets are avalible from the bus driver or from the tourist information centre!

The tour that I went on was the highlands tour, this cost £7.50, (I had already been on the Edinburgh tour, which is very good, with my ticket i paied £6). Don't sit at the back of the top deck of the bus, it goes quite fast and on duel carriage way, it takes your breath away, literally!!

This tour takes you around the Inverness area, stopping at the dolphin tours (catch the boat, & see a dolphin) Culloden field, where the last battle was fort on British soil, and many other highlights from castles to garrisons, the best place to stop in my opinion is Cawdor castle (my friend thought Culloden field was the best, but to each their own)

The castle is only open during the tourist season, it’s actually inhabited the rest of the year by the lady of the house, it costs £6.50 to get in (cheaper for concessions) but if you show your bus ticket you get in for £5.50. As it’s inhabited during the year you really get the feel of the place, (not like some places where you know it’s just a tourist attraction).

There is a lot of reading, so remember your glasses if you need them!, it gives you the history
of each tapestry, painting and room. The gardens are really well kept and there’s also a maze, (you must call ahead and book to be able to go through it) the shop in the entrance also sells duck food for 50p, so if you want to feed the most well fed ducks in Scotland, here’s the place for you! (There’s also a café and a bookshop, (the jacket potatoes are really lovely!))
It takes about 1hour and 30 minutes for the whole tour, but remember you can hop off and hop back on!) this is the best way to see the highlands!

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