A7 Private All Day Tour of Forts & Castles selecting several
from Fort George, Cawdor Castle, Urquhart Castle, Fort Augustus, Inverlochy
Castle and Fort William - Eight Hours
We will collect you from
Inverness station, airport or hotel for a
great day of seeing forts and castles.
We will plan the actual itinerary when we meet up and you can
choose several visits from the massive Fort George to the
Romantic Cawdor
Castle (Cawdor is only open 1st May until 14th October); from the ruins of ancient Urquhart Castle to the nineteenth century
enhancement of Fort Augustus; from the ruin of Inverlochy Castle to the town of
Fort William. You can visit most and, during the long daylight hours of June and
July it may be possible to visit them all.
Along the way and throughout the day there is a mass of history
and some of the Highlands' finest scenery. You'll be offered a choice of lunch
and coffee stops and even, for the wealthy among you, a lunch could be taken at
the hotel of the stars, Inverlochy Castle Hotel near Fort William.
Late Eighteenth Century Fort George is still
the home of the British army in the Highlands and will interest those interested
in military matters.
Fourteenth Century Cawdor Castle (normally open
1st May to 14th October) is everyone's epitome of a romantic medieval keep.
An excellent visit recommended by us above all other castles in Scotland.
Incidentally, your guide is a minor expert on one of Scotland's finest early
kings - King Macbeth and
will explain why the "Thane of Cawdor" from Shakespeare's
play never set foot in Romantic Cawdor Castle.
Urquhart Castle. A ruin pre-dating
Cawdor Castle by at least a hundred years, but may have previously been
a fortress back into the Iron Age and even the Bronze
Age. It was destroyed during the first Jacobite Uprising
when government forces blew it up to prevent it being used as a stronghold by
the Jacobites. Robert the Bruce held
Urquhart Castle for a while and it saw much violence and many attacks
by the Lords of the Isles.
Fort Augustus Abbey, once a redcoat military fort was let on a peppercorn rent to
Benedictine Monks and became an Abbey in 1878. In 1998 the monks moved
away and it fell into a great state of disrepair. Today it is being converted
into luxury apartments.
Inverlochy Castle is a ruined Medieval
Keep once owned by the Comyns, the arch rivals of the
Bruce family. Interesting, and, even better, free!
Fort William, once known as Inverlochy,
the name Fort William came from William of Orange,
the illegal monarch who ousted the rightful King James VII and
sparked the Jacobite Uprisings. The name Jacobite comes from
the Latin for James. Today little of interest remains of the original fort.
A great day for castle-baggers and history buffs.
Price:
£240 for up to six passengers.
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