Highland Destinations Near Mardon

Sixteen Highland places worth the drive - from ten minutes to three hours from Mardon.

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16 destinations

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Inverness

A river running through it, a castle on the hill, and the doorway to every Highland adventure that matters.

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Loch Ness

The most famous loch in the world holds more freshwater than every lake in England and Wales combined.

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Isle of Skye

Not a day trip. An overnight - at least - for the island every serious traveller comes to Scotland to see.

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Glencoe

Ten miles of mountain valley, cinematic in every weather, and thick with the story of the 1692 massacre.

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Cairngorms National Park

Ancient Caledonian pine forest, glacial lochs, reindeer, and the highest plateau in the UK.

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Fort Augustus

A village of stone bridges and boat locks at the loch's southern tip. Slow lunch country.

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Fort William

The end of the West Highland Way and the base for Britain's tallest mountain.

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Eilean Donan Castle

A stone bridge, a tidal island, a rebuilt 13th-century keep - sit on the shore and wait for the sun.

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Culloden Battlefield

A moor, a memorial cairn, and clan headstones. The most affecting place in the Highlands.

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Clava Cairns

Older than Stonehenge. Quieter than any other prehistoric site in Britain.

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Glen Affric

Native pine forest, mirrored lochs, no crowds. A day-trip that changes people.

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Applecross

A hairpin road climbs to 626m and drops to a whitewashed inn on the sea. Not for the faint-hearted.

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North Coast 500

The great Highland loop, from Inverness Castle around the north coast and back. Mardon is the natural first and last night.

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Black Isle

A peninsula of dolphins, red kites, sandy coves and old fishing villages - twenty minutes from Mardon.

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Speyside

More than fifty working distilleries along a single river valley. And forest trails, salmon pools and cheese.

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Aviemore

A resort town for skiing, hiking, biking and steam trains, an hour south of Mardon.