What to see in Loch Ness, the legend of the monster in Scotland

How many times have you imagined what the Lake Ness, which has generated so much literature and cinema thanks to the fame of its famous monster.

Without a doubt it is a powerful magnet that in your trip through scotland You are going to place this lake as an obligatory stop on your route.

Surely your imagination will create rather nocturnal scenes, or at least the image of the lake wrapped in fog.

But I will tell you that the only time I have visited it, on the trip I made not long ago to Edinburgh and with a car route through Scotland, I found myself on a splendid, bright day, very far from said image.

What Loch Ness is like in Scotland: characteristics

El Lake Ness you find it in the region of the Scottish Highlands, and has a peculiar elongated shape as it extends through a geological fault known as the Great Glen.

This fault crosses this area of ​​the Scottish Highlands from the city of Inverness, north, up Fort-Williams, to the south.

Due to this failure, the Lake Ness and another pair of small lakes that are joined by the Caledonian Canal, so that the sea is linked from the north to the south.

Specifically, Ness Lake has a length of 39 kilometers and one width average of only a kilometer and a half.

Although it is the second largest lake in Scotland, due to its Great depth, which exceeds 200 meters, is the one with the largest volume of water.

We will each have our own idea of What is Loch Ness like?, but the truth is that it is not an inhospitable area where only “dwells” his famous monster.

What to see and do in Loch Ness

When you arrive at Loch Ness You can see that along its banks there are several small towns with, at least in the middle of summer, a certain amount of tourist activity.

Looking ahead to your visit, you should know that there are three attractions that you will find on this visit.

Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness

On the one hand, the charming remains of the Urquhart Castle, which give great beauty to the landscape of Loch Ness.

Don't expect to see a fortification, as they are just the remains of a very small castle...but it has a lot of charm.

Built in the 1692th century, in XNUMX it was destroyed by a fire caused by the English to prevent it from being taken over by the Jacobites.

In view of your visit, highlight the multimedia presentation that you can see in the Visitors Center before going down to the place where the remains of the fortification are located.

Loch Ness Boat Cruise

You also have the possibility of signing up for a Loch Ness boat cruise.

In fact, during your drive along the road that surrounds the lake you will be able to see numerous boats sailing through its waters.

To take the cruise you must board to the north of the lake, at the pier Clansman Harbor, nine miles south of Inverness. and in this regard you have various excursions.

From a simple one-hour lake cruise to a four-hour excursion that includes stops to visit different places on the lake.

On these cruises they offer you the attraction of being able to “discover” strange objects (perhaps the loch ness monster?) in the depths of the lake using sonar.

El cruise The easiest one-hour trip around the lake costs 14 pounds and during it you reach the Urquhart Castle, with departures from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.

Another option, for example, is a 4 hour cruise going through the entire Lake Ness, in which in addition to seeing its landscapes, you will visit the Urquhart Castle, and you will reach the southern part of the lake, until the entrance to the Caledonian Canal.

This cruise departs from Dochgarroch Lock and its price is 34 pounds, leaving at 9,30:XNUMX am.

Here you have all the information about the cruises on Loch Ness in Scotland.

Loch Ness Exhibition Center

And, of course, the famous Loch Ness Monster It is the pretext for another tourist attraction that you have in the area.

This is the Loch Ness Exhibition Center, which is located in the small town of Drumnadrochit, where you can see a thematic exhibition about the history of the lake and the legend of the monster.

In short, an essential visit because you cannot return from Scotland and tell your friends that you have not seen Loch Ness.

Of course, I doubt you will see the monster.

Map: where it is and how to get to Loch Ness in Scotland

El Lake Ness You arrive in 3 and a half hours by car from the city of Edinburgh and a similar time from Glasgow.