In the Scottish Highlands, Glencoe Rocks!

Picture of Glencoe area
"Where the glen meets the
mountains and the mountains
meet the sea..."

For poets, painters and film fans, hikers and climbers, daytrippers, history and nature buffs — Glencoe has it all.

This prime Scottish Highlands location offers first-time visitors not only a grand vista of nature in the raw, but a strange and timeless feeling of having been here before.

What is it about Glencoe that keeps calling us back?

It may yet be the dozens of ghosts still crying out for justice following an historic massacre of the McDonald clan by Scottish troops aided by the despised Campbell clan in 1692.

As mists descend over the mountains, even Dickens thought the glen was haunted by witches and demons. Today, the mysterious glen has become the film home of the gentle giant, Hagrid, of Harry Potter fame.

Ah, but when the sun shines - that's when the mountains beckon with its gentle slopes - luring hikers way up its heathery crags and gushing waterfalls for a look at miles of surrounding countryside — whose colors seem to glisten and change as each cloud rolls by.

On your next trip to Scotland, have your pencil, paint brush or camera in hand, and don't miss a trip to the Highlands and Glencoe which never ceases to resonate with an awesome beauty, and an intriguing past...

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Getting to Glencoe

Driving from Glasgow: Follow the M8 and cross the Erskine Bridge to follow A82 to Glencoe. Driving time approx. 2 hours.

Driving from Edinburgh: Take the M9 to Stirling to get off at Junction 10, signposted Callendar and A84. The A84 joins the A82 at Crianlarich. Driving time approx. 2 1/2 hours.

More about Glencoe & the Scottish Highlands on the Web:

• Glencoe Scotland - the complete tour with photos, accomodation & history.

• Undiscovered Scotland - Glencoe - picture gallery and a good history of the MacDonald-Campbell feud.

• Discover Glencoe & Loch Leven - Marketing association site with information on hotels & accomodations, sites & attractions.

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