Invergordon, Scotland

BRING YOUR BINOCULARS ON YOUR CRUISE HOLIDAY TO INVERGORDON: YOU JUST MIGHT SEE THE LOCH NESS MONSTER!

Take a superb natural setting of mountains, tumbling waterfalls, rushing rivers, and serene lochs (and add one sea monster); pepper the landscape with amazing castles, such as Cawdor, setting for Shakespeare’s Macbeth; plant a crop of magnificent gardens; incorporate a pretty village or two such as Beauly, with its lovely flower displays and 13th century ruined priory; toss in a trail of whiskey distilleries, and there you have it: the Scottish Highlands, shrouded in myth and folklore, and a treat to explore.