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NC500 Scotland: Northern Highlands

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Scotland's answer to Route 66 — empty roads, sea stacks, and ancient geology.

Stops on This Tour (12)

  1. 1
    Inverness Castle Starting point on the River Ness — capital of the Highlands 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  2. 2
    Black Isle (Chanonry Point) Dolphins leap in the Moray Firth — one of Scotland's best wildlife spots 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  3. 3
    Dunrobin Castle Fairy-tale chateau on the coast — the Dukes of Sutherland's 189-room pile 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  4. 4
    Helmsdale Fishing village with a gold rush history — the Strath of Kildonan yields nuggets 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  5. 5
    Duncansby Stacks Sea stacks and blowholes at Britain's true northeast corner 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  6. 6
    John o'Groats Not the northernmost point, but the most famous — end-to-end journey marker 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  7. 7
    Dunnet Head Mainland Britain's actual most northerly point — Orkney visible across the water 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  8. 8
    Castle of Mey The Queen Mother's Scottish retreat — intimate castle in windswept grounds 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  9. 9
    Thurso Britain's most northerly mainland town — surfers ride the cold breaks 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  10. 10
    Bettyhill Village named after Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland — the Clearances memorial 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  11. 11
    Tongue Viking-named village on the Kyle of Tongue — castle ruins and sandy beaches 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
  12. 12
    Durness & Smoo Cave Mainland Scotland's most northwesterly village — a cave with a waterfall inside 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app

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