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Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative center for the Highland council area and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinneagainst Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. It is the northernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies within the Great Glen at its north-eastern extremity where the River Ness enters the Moray Firth. At the latest, a settlement was established by the 6th century with the first royal charter being granted by Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim in the 12th century. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalized in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized... Read more
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative center for the Highland council area and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinneagainst Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. It is the northernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies within the Great Glen at its north-eastern extremity where the River Ness enters the Moray Firth. At the latest, a settlement was established by the 6th century with the first royal charter being granted by Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim in the 12th century. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalized in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized play Macbeth held a castle within the city where he ruled as Mormaer of Moray and Ross.
Inverness is one of Europe's fastest growing cities, with a quarter of the Highland population living in or around it, and is ranked fifth out of 189 British cities for its quality of life, the highest of any Scottish city. Inverness is twinned with one German city, Augsburg, and two French towns, La Baule and Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Advertised as "the Gateway to the Highlands" by the local authority, and long regarded as the capital of the Highlands, Inverness is the center for commerce and industry in the Scottish Highlands, with continuing new investment in traditional industries and new hi-tech industries.
There are around fifty bus routes traveling in and around Inverness, mainly operated by Stagecoach Inverness. It helps to know where your destination is, as some ces do not have detailed information on the outside of the bus.
The 'Invernet' rail network provides commuter train services to Inverness from Tain, Dingwall, and Beauly in the North, Nairn, Forres, and Elgin in the East and Aviemore and Kingussie in the South.
This is probably the most efficient form of transport after hours, as most bus services cease or become less frequent at about 7 pm. You will not pay a great deal for a taxi by UK standards as Inverness is rather small, and routes are very direct. Some black cabs exist, though the majority of taxis are minicabs. These are all fairly trustworthy.
Limos are available for hire from certain operators.
There are a few cycle lanes on Inverness roads. However, there are many combined cycle-footpaths where bicycles are welcome.
Inverness has a wide selection of restaurants to suit all tastes and budgets. There are a number of high-quality restaurants serving a mixture of traditional Scottish food and modern cuisine using locally sourced produce. Worthy of a mention are:
There's plenty of live music and good lively atmospheres around so have fun exploring. Hootananny's is the chief of those, offering (predominantly) Celtic entertainment.
As in all Scotland, all enclosed public places - which includes all eating places and bars - are non-smoking. A few have outside seating areas.
On a warm summer's evening, the Dores Inn on the northern shore of Loch Ness (east side)is a particularly pleasant place to linger over a beer. They do good, traditional pub food, too.
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The route of the cruise was the following: Amsterdam - Edinburgh - Inverness - Kirkwall (all three ports belong to Scotland) - Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) - Dublin (Ireland) - Sent Peter Port (the Guernsey Island, UK), Le Havre (France) -... |