The city is the sum of three parts. It began on an island in the Shannon and expanded onto each bank forming three distinct districts. The oldest is Englishtown that stands on the island. This was followed by Irishtown, which began life as a second walled town. The third is...
Inverness, the primary city and shopping centre of the Highlands, has a great location astride the River Ness at the northern end of the Great Glen. Many come in search of monsters at nearby Loch Ness, but the picturesque River Ness is also worth a...
From the high, subarctic plateau of the Cairngorms and the great, humpbacked hills of Monadhliath to the more rugged, rocky peaks of Glen Coe, the Mamores and Ben Nevis, the central mountain ranges of the Scottish Highlands are testimony to the sculpting power of ice...