The city of Inverness can trace its history back to at least the days of the Picts and has been a stronghold since those times.

It is located where the River Ness joins the North Sea and the river helped to give the city its name. In Gaelic, the word Inverness literally means “mouth of the Ness”. If you’re keen, you can brush up on your Gaelic: around one in 20 of the locals in Inverness are able to speak this language.

As you’ve probably guessed, the river flows into Loch Ness. So you could certainly use your visit to Inverness to do a spot of monster watching! The myths and legend surrounding the Loch Ness monster are numerous. Read the rest of this entry »