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The
Legend of the Dew of Ben Nevis offers a wonderful
experience of the making of whisky. At the end of it you
may enjoy a sample dram or a coffee for the road
Treasures of the Earth,
Corpach is a collection of priceless crystals and gems displayed
in a series of cavernous recreations of the stones' natural
settings.
Seal Island Cruises
depart for the pier in Fort William and traverse Loch Linnhe
offering great views of Fish Farming, Seals and Ben Nevis.
In Fort William
Tourist Information and Interpretive Centre (Open all
year) | West Highland Museum | steam train trips on West
Highland line (June - September) | Lochaber leisure Centre with
swimming pool, gyms, squash courts and climbing walls | Marcos
sports centre with ten pin bowling, children's play area and
snooker | cinemas | cruises to Seal Island | craft exhibition |
passenger ferry across Loch Linnhe to Trislaig | Scottish Shows
| putting | bowling | cycle hire | car hire | remains of old
fort | tennis courts | pedestrianised town centre shopping |
coach tours.
Within 10 minutes
Glen Nevis with spectacular views and forest walks |
Ionad Niheis (Glen Nevis) visitor centre | end or start of West
Highland Way long distance footpath | start of Ben Nevis
mountain track | water falls - Glen Nevis | Old Inverlochy
Castle | aluminium factory tours (summer only) | Ben Nevis
whisky distillery visitor centre | Fort William golf course (18
hole) | Leanachan Forest mountain bike trails | Nevis Range Ski
Centre (summer cable car) | garden centre and tea room |
Caledonian Canal and Neptune's Staircase (lock system) - Banavie
| start or end of Great Glen cycle route | treasures of the
earth - visitor attraction | pony trekking | walking and
mountaineering | mountain guides and instructors.
Within 30 minutes
Tor Castle | Glenfinnan with its Monument, visitor
centre - National Trust for Scotland, railway viaduct and
station museum | Spean Bridge golf course (9 hole) | nursery and
garden - Spean Bridge | Commando Memorial and museum - Spean
Bridge | Spean Bridge tourist information centre (open Easter -
October) | Highbridge and Monument - by Spean Bridge | Clan
Cameron - Achnacarry | Dark Mile - by Achnacarrie | forest walks
| Corran car ferry across Loch Linnhe | Confectionery factory
visitor centre and Scottish speciality food shop | Ballachullish
Tourist Information and Interpretive Centre (open Easter -
October) | swimming pool and leisure club - Ballachulish |
Highland Mysteryworld visitor attraction - Ballachulish |
Glencoe and north Lorne Folk Museum | Glencoe Visitor Centre -
National Trust for Scotland | monument to Glencoe Massacre -
Glencoe village | Craft and Coffee shop.
Within 1 hour
Animal Fibre Farm and Locally Spun Knitwear Workshop
- Strontian | Strontian Tourist information Centre - open Easter
- October | Strontian lead mines - Industrial Heritage | Traigh
Golf Course - by Arisaig (9 Hole) | Arisaig village |
Whale/Dolphin/Wildlife watching boat trips and cruises to the
Small Isles from Arisaig | Invergarry Castle | Parallel Roads -
Glenroy (geological feature) | Well of the Seven Heads - North
Laggan | watersports on Loch Oich | Fort Augustus and Abbey |
Loch Ness | Kinlochleven walking centre | Aluminium Story
Visitor Centre - Kinlochleven | Glencoe Ski Centre (Summer
Chairlift) and Scottish Museum of Mountaineering and Skiing |
mountaineering | forest walks | Glen Etive | Kinlochlaich house
Garden Plant Centre | Port Appin village | Castle Stalker -
Appin | Kiel Church.
Within 1.5 hours
Villages of Salen and Acharacle | Loch Shiel -
Fishing and boat hire | The Illegal Moidart Museum, by Acharacle
| Castle Tioram - by Acharacle | Ardtoe beaches | Singing sands
- Kentra | Glen More Natural History Centre with living building
exhibition | Seven Men of Moidart | Glenuig - spectacular views
| Loch Morar - Britain's deepest fresh water loch | Silver Sands
of Morar | Mallaig Marine World | Mallaig Tourist Information
Centre (Open Easter-October) | Mallaig swimming pool and leisure
centre | Mallaig Heritage Centre | Fish factory and Smokery -
Mallaig | Cruises to the Small Isles, Inverie, Loch Ness and
Kyle of Lochalsh from Mallaig | Car ferries to the Isle of Skye
and Outer Hebrides | Loch Ness Monster Exhibitions -
Drumnadrochit | Urquhart Castle - Loch Ness | Ardtornish House
and Gardens - by Lochaline | Kinlochaline Castle - Lochaline |
Lochaline - Fishnish (Mull) car ferry | Oban.
Within 2 hours
Kilchoan Tourist Information Centre (Open Easter -
October) | Kilchoan - Tobermory (Isle of Mull) car ferry |
Mingary Castle - Kilchoan | Kilchoan | Ardnamurchan Point and
lighthouse - most westerly point on British mainland | Inverness
| Kyle of Lochalsh and Isle of Skye | Eilean Donan Castle -
Dornie | Clan MacPherson Museum and Waters - Newtonmore |
Highland Wildlife Park - Kincraig | Aviemore | Glenelg and
Kylerhea ferry to Isle of Skye
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