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The Landmark Visitors Centre at Carrbridge presents indoor history demonstrations, outdoor trails, and a nature
centre. There's also an excellent adventure playground for children. The Strathspey Railway offers a nostalgic
return to the days of steam. Near Boat of Garren is the Loch Garten Nature Reserve where visitors can observe
nesting ospreys from a hidden vantage point. Aviemore has excellent shopping and eating choices. Near Aviemore
you can sample life on a Highland estate or take a trip to see reindeer on the slopes of Cairngorm Mountains.
Further up the River Spey at Newtonmore is the Clan MacPherson Museum. To the west the Great Glen is a
coast-to-coast valley formed in ancient geological times. Today it holds the main Inverness to Fort William road
and the string of lochs connected to form the Caledonian Canal. North is Loch Ness and Drumnadrochit where the
fact or fiction of the Loch Ness Monster can be explored. Urquhart Castle is the ideal spot for "Nessie"
sighting. The road down the south side of Loch Ness offers fine forest walks, a spectacular waterfall at
Foyers and great views of the loch itself.
Fort William, at the southern end of the Great Glen has plenty of shops and places to eat (very good seafood
restaurants down by the waterfront where the catch goes from the water to the kitchen). The town's West
Highland Museum has a number of items associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Britain's highest mountain,
Ben Nevis, at 4,406ft (1,344m) overlooks the town. There's a gondola system on the Nevis Range ski area
for superb views. The scenic route to Maillaig via Glenginnan is known as "The Road to the Isles. At
Glenginnan is the monument to the site where Bonnie Prince Charlie rallied the Highland clans for his
ill-fated rebellion in 1745. The viaduct here carries the Fort William to Maillag Railway, one of the great
railway journeys of the world. Glencoe has breathtaking, soaring scenery and is the spot where an infamous
massacre of a branch of the Clan Donald took place.
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