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Lochaber and Glencoe

Author Holiday West Highland |

BEYOND Appin lies the district of Lochaber which is now widely regarded as the outdoor capital of the UK. Indeed, the facilities it offers the outdoor person really cannot be bettered in this country. With Fort William at the heart of this huge area, which takes in Glencoe, Kinlochleven, the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Britian’s highest mountain and all the glory of stunningly beautiful lochs and glens, Lochaber will stay in your heart for ever.

Streams tumble down its mountainsides, waterfalls crash down from great heights. The 92-mile West Highland Way ends at Fort William and the 73-mile Great Glen Way to Inverness starts at the town. From the central belt Rannoch Moor is the entrance to Lochaber through Glen Coe, one of the top ten sights in the world.

Driving down the A82 along this looming, glooming glen, you gain a sense of its sad history with the infamous 1692 massacre. Home of the MacDonalds, descendants of the survivors of the massacre still live in Glencoe village which has a small but entrancing museum, a shop, post office and community hall. From Glen Coe you can follow picturesque Loch Leven to its head at Kinlochleven.

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Loch Awe – at the foot of Ben Cruachan

Author Holiday West Highland |

IMAGINE being in Greater London with its many millions of workers and dwellers. Now think of an area of similar size in the West Highlands but with a population of only 800. Yes, you’ve got it, you’re at Loch Awe.

Imagine only 800 people in 610 square miles of glorious scenery dominated by Ben Cruachan and the loch itself.

There could’nt be a greater contrast between the noise and pollution of a capital city and the pure West Highlands air at Loch Awe. At the height of the season the population may treble but there still room for everyone. We at Holiday West Highland can be forgiven for using the words ‘fabulous, magnificent, beautiful, entrancing, wonderful, incredible’ and so on as the whole area is superlatively stunning.

But all these are attributable to Loch Awe. Centrally positioned in Argyll it’s within easy reach from the Cowal peninsula, Inveraray, Lochgilphead and Oban and you’ll have a drive through marvellous scenery whichever road you use. But for a stay here there are plenty of hotels, guesthouses, caravans, lodges and self-catering cottages all over the Loch Awe area at Dalmally, Ardanaseig, Bridge of Orchy and other places ‘ something to suit all tastes and budgets. Handsome Victorian piles, country houses, modern hotels, Loch Awe has them all.

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