• Beauly Priory - Beauly Priory is currently closed due to recent high winds causing masonry to fall, and the reopening date is yet to be determined. However, we will still visit Beauly, where you can view the Priory from the gate.

Beauly Priory was established in the 13th Century as a monastery for the Valliscaulian order of monks from Dijon, France. Oliver Cromwell’s forces destroyed the Priory in the 16th Century. For centuries, it served as a burial site for the chiefs of Clan Fraser and Mackenzie and their families. There is an Outlander connection here, as it is where Claire met the Seer.

• Urquhart Castle - Urquhart Castle is situated on a promontory extending into Loch Ness and has been the site of numerous battles over the years. The views of Loch Ness from the castle are stunning. During your visit, you can explore the ruins of this 1000-year-old castle and walk down to the water’s edge of Loch Ness. Keep an eye out for Nessie!
• Culloden Battlefield - The Battle of Culloden in 1746 was the last battle fought on British soil. Visit the museum and walk around the main areas of the battlefield where the heaviest fighting occurred. You will see the memorial cairn, the Well of the Dead, the clan gravestones, and Leanach Cottage. This visit is a must for Outlander fans.
• Clava Cairns - We will visit Clava Cairns, where you can enter two of the three cairns. This 4000-year-old Bronze Age cemetery inspired Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. You will see the cleft stone and the stone circles around the cairns.
• Inverness Castle - The current Inverness Castle is the third castle on this site and dates back to 1836. The first castle was built here in 1057 and stood until 1307. The castle was rebuilt in 1548 and destroyed during the Jacobite uprisings. In the castle grounds, you will see the statue of Flora MacDonald, famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape over the sea to Skye.
• Leakey’s Second-hand Bookshop - One of the oldest streets in Inverness is Church Street, and the first place we see is Leakey’s Bookshop. This building served as a government hospital after the Battle of Culloden.
• Old High St Stephen’s Church - Behind Leakey’s Bookshop stands the Old High Church/St. Stephen’s, where Jacobite prisoners were taken after the Battle of Culloden. You can still see the musket holes in the church wall where the Jacobite prisoners were executed. From the graveyard, you can see Balnain House, which was also a government hospital after Culloden, and St. Mary’s Church, which has Outlander connections.
• Abertarff House - Further up Church Street, we pass Abertarff House, the oldest house in Inverness, which once served as the town house for the Fraser chiefs.
• Cawdor Castle - Cawdor Castle reopens on April 27, 2024. With its Macbeth connections, Cawdor Castle is one of the few castles in the Highland area unaffected by the Jacobite uprisings. Home to the Thanes of Cawdor for centuries, you can tour the castle, visit the magnificent gardens, and meet the Dowager Countess of Cawdor, who still resides in the castle.

• Private transportation
• On-board WiFi
• Bottled water
• Snacks
• Complimentary pick-up and drop-off

• Entrance Fees to attractions

Collecting you from the Port gate we travel along the shore of the Cromarty Firth and cross the Cromarty bridge to the Black Isle and make our way to Beauly Priory , the 13th century Monastery built for an order of Valliscaulian monks from Dijon in France and destroyed by Cromwells forces in the 16th Century. We will then make a brief stop to see some Highland Cattle ( see photo ) before we carry on over Culnakirk Hill to Drumnadrochit and visit Urquhart Castle which sits on a promontory jutting out in to Loch Ness , the views of the Loch are fantastic from here and it was near here where St Columba is reputed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster. We then head towards Inverness and as we come in to Inverness we pass the Hill of the Fairies. We stop to see the Cathedral and The Old High Church and we pass Inverness Castle and the statue of Flora Macdonald before we travel out to Clava Cairns and have lunch at Cawdor Castle before concluding our tour at Culloden Battlefield.

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