Attractions in Inverness.
Castles, ruins, historic houses and museums across Scotland, each marked for whether it earns the entry fee. Heart anything and it keeps for your trip.
Fort George, Inverness
Avoch Castle
Ormond Hill above Avoch, the site of the medieval castle of Andrew de Moray…
Beauly Priory
The roofless red sandstone church of a priory founded around 1230 for the…
Boleskine Burial Ground
An old graveyard between the road and Loch Ness near Foyers, below Boleskine…
Clava Cairns
A prehistoric cemetery of cairns and standing stones about 4,000 years old, on…
Culloden Viaduct
The longest masonry railway viaduct in Scotland, 29 red sandstone arches…
Culloden Visitor Centre
The National Trust for Scotland's centre on Culloden Moor, where the last…
Eden Court Theatre and Cinema
The Highlands' biggest arts centre, on the banks of the River Ness in…
Falls of Foyers
A waterfall dropping some 140 feet into a wooded gorge above Loch Ness at…
Fort George
A vast 18th-century fortress on a spit in the Moray Firth, built after Culloden…
Fortrose Cathedral
The red sandstone ruin of the cathedral of the bishops of Ross, standing in a…
Glen Affric National Nature Reserve
From Beauly the road carries you west through Cannich and into Glen Affric…
Glenmorangie Distillery
The distillery by the Dornoch Firth just outside Tain, famous for the tallest…
Hootananny
A lively pub on Church Street in Inverness with live traditional music every…
Inverness Botanic Gardens
The most northerly botanic gardens in the UK, by the River Ness in Inverness…
Inverness Castle
The red sandstone castle on its hill above the River Ness, opened in 2026 as…
Inverness Cathedral
St Andrew's Cathedral on the riverbank in Inverness, a red sandstone Gothic…
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
The museum of the Highlands, just below Inverness Castle, with archaeology…
Leakey's Bookshop
Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop, in an old Gaelic church on Church…
Loch Ness Viewpoint
The shore at Fort Augustus where the Caledonian Canal meets Loch Ness, with the…
Nairn Beach
The long sandy beach by the harbour at Nairn, with a promenade, a breakwater…
Old High Church
The oldest church in Inverness, on St Michael's Mount above the River Ness…
Robertson's Farm Shop
A family farm shop at Tomich near Beauly, full of local produce, with Highland…
Roderick Mackenzie's Cairn
A roadside cairn in Glenmoriston where Roderick Mackenzie, a Jacobite officer…
An old graveyard between the road and Loch Ness near Foyers, below Boleskine House, with what is said to be the only mort-house in the Highlands and stones going back centuries.From our write-up of Boleskine Burial Ground
