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Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands

Scotland's lochs & glens road trip

Seven days from Glencoe to the Cairngorms.

Scotland's lochs and glens — the linear valleys carved by Pleistocene ice — are the country's iconic landscapes. This week-long road trip from Edinburgh threads the best of them: Glencoe's amphitheatre, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Loch Ness, the Great Glen, Glen Affric and the Cairngorms. Built around B-roads and laybys with viewpoints, not motorways.

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Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands

Loch Ness

Loch Ness — lake in Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows via Loch Dochfour to the River Ness and Caledonian Canal.

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Natural landmarks · Central Scotland

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond — freshwater lake in Scotland, UK.

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Glen Coe, Coire nan Lochan - geograph.org.uk - 3287838📷 5

Natural landmarks · Scottish Highlands

Glen Coe

Glen Coe in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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The Carnoch, Glencoe - geograph.org.uk - 7263328📷 4

Reservoirs & lochs · Scottish Highlands

Glencoe

Glencoe in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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