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The 10 Best Nature & Parks in Inverness, Scotland
This compact Scottish city is perfect for exploration by foot — travelers can easily find their way from the lovely River Ness to historic Inverness Castle and St. Andrews Cathedral, and beyond to the events at Eden Court and the busy Victorian Market. It’s also an ideal base for exploring the Highlands, with the mysterious Loch Ness (and famed local resident Nessie), Culloden Battlefield and the Bronze Age Clava Cairns just a quick drive away.
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1. Reelig Glen Highland Walk
2. Inverness Botanic Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 624 reviews
Opened in 1993 by Prince Edward, Inverness Botanic Gardens, formerly Inverness Floral Hall & Gardens, are an oasis of calm and beauty within walking distance of the city centre. With each new season the outside gardens are an explosion of colour and texture, and borders are planted to demonstrate a wide variety of plants and growing conditions. The impressive glasshouses reveal the drama of plant diversity ranging from the tropical rainforests to arid, heat scorched desert.
Reviewed By valt644 - County Durham, United Kingdom
Visited last Sunday. Free to enter but made a donation. Took about an hour to wander round. Beautiful plants and flowers, the colours were still very vibrant and especially loved the dahlias which were glorious. Also loved the bug hotel. A lovely place to visit.
3. Abriachan Nurseries - The Garden On Loch Ness
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
Abriachan Nurseries - The Garden On Loch Ness A beautiful garden on the banks of Loch Ness. Several acres of winding woodland paths, beautiful plantings, secret discoveries and stunning views over the Loch.There is also a great plant nursery selling an extensive range of hardy shurbs and perennials, rare and unusual varieties and native Scottish plants. Mail order is available through a yearly catalogue or online. A great day trip.
Reviewed By ronniem140 - Inverness, United Kingdom
This is a very good local nursery selling plants at reasonable prices . There are a number of woodland walks from the carpark worth doing as well as its own garden walk overlooking Loch Ness Spectacular .
4. River Ness
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4.5 based on 2,422 reviews
This wide peaceful river flowing through the city of Inverness is great for fishing salmon.
Reviewed By rolfk232 - Uster, Switzerland
A guided city walk offers plenty of information and views about the urban areas of Inverness. You can expand that with a walk out to the locks in the Caledonian Canal (which we did), or by taking a tour in the harbor & the Moray Firth (we just walked to the harbor) — that covers a lot of the tourist aspects of Inverness. In about an hour you can experience a vastly different aspect of Inverness—the calm, idyllic, scenic atmosphere of a park. It's best to start near the castle, or at Inverness Town House: walk down to the River Ness, then follow the East bank upstream, via Ness Bank, then don't cross the river, but continue on Lady's Walk, then cross a little bridge to the first island, continue upstream, take the next bridge, finally a third one. Soon, you will find a bridge that crosses to the other side of the River Ness. But rather continue on the island, upstream, up to the tiny resting place very end. On the way back, you could switch to the West bank — I rather recommend staying on the island, strolling back on the East side path, passing a couple of sequoia trees (impressive, even though of course not comparable to those in the West of the US). Once you have left the islands, you can still decide to switch to the West bank to visit the cathedral—but without that, you should be back in the city center5 within less than an hour: a beautiful, scenic, peaceful and relaxing walk!
5. Caledonian Canal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 242 reviews
Reviewed By C5060EKmatthewp - Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
This place is amazing and connects Inverness with the Western Isles to the Southwest. Incredible engineering for the time and now a wonderful place for walking and cycling through some amazing coutryside.
6. Whin Park
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4.5 based on 134 reviews
Reviewed By Peter1941 - Peterhead, United Kingdom
We were lucky to get a parking spot as car park small and then we spent a very pleasant two hours following the path round the loch
7. Abriachan Forest
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By AmandaY581 - Inverness, United Kingdom
Excellent day out today roaming about the forest and climbing on and in the tree houses and other things. Deffo recommend a trip here.
8. Ness Islands
9. Merkinch Local Nature Reserve
10. Frankie & Lola's
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 108 reviews
Frankie and Lola's is the North of Scotland's premier children's soft play centre. We provide indoor soft-play, a bistro serving delicious homemade food & gourmet coffee. We also cater for a variety of themed parties. We are located at ASDA retail unit, Inverness, Scotland.
Reviewed By gillianmccauley - Inverness, United Kingdom
We have been visiting with our little one for years now. She is always really excited to get there as she's gotten to know the staff over the years who always take time to say hello to her and make her feel special. We always get a warm welcome. The environment is really stimulating and our visits there have definitely helped to build our little ones social skills. The team at Frankie and Lola's work tirelessly to keep the place spotlessly clean, there's always someone buzzing about with a hoover and a cloth which is reassuring! In my opinion, the team run a really tight ship and somehow manage to keep on smiling too! We find that the food quality and portions are great value for money in comparison to other places. It's so nice to know that your little one can play safely while you can relax and enjoy a cuppa and one of the amazing cakes! Thanks to all of the team at Frankie and Lola's for making our weekends that bit easier, - keep up the great work!
