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Inverness Castle
The hill above the city centre is topped by the picturesque Baronial turrets of Inverness Castle, a pink-sandstone confection dating from 1847 that replaced a medieval castle blown up by the Jacobites in 1746; it serves today as the Sheriff's Court.
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Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
Between Inverness Castle and the tourist office is Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, with wildlife dioramas, geological displays, period rooms with historic weapons, Pictish stones and a missable art gallery.
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Ness Islands
The main attraction in Inverness is a leisurely stroll along the river to the Ness Islands. Planted with mature Scots pine, fir, beech and sycamore, and linked to the river banks and each other by elegant Victorian footbridges, the islands make an appealing picnic spot. They're a 20-minute walk south of the castle - head upstream on either side of the river (the start of the Great Glen Way), and return on the opposite bank.
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Urquhart Castle
The fragments of this ruined castle - dating from the 13th century and ruined before the Jacobites reached it in the 17th century - offer some of the best views of the deep, dark and narrow Loch Ness. The fabled monster, Nessie, may or may not make a cameo appearance, but the view is majestic enough.
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