Aviemore and
The Cairngorms

Inverness, Nairn
and Loch Ness

East Northern Highlands

West Northern Highlands

Isle of Skye and Lochalsh

Fort William and Lochaber

Tain, with its red sandstone buildings and settled on the Cromarty side of the Dornoch Firth has a Pictish past which attracts many history buffs to the region.
The museum ' Tain through Time ' is a must to see and enjoy. There are also the Pilgrimage Centre, the St., Duthus Collegiate Church, the Clan Ross Centre and the Tain and District Museum to fill a few minds with all things Scottish.
Tain also has a history of silver workings, which is told, at the aforementioned museum.
The town also provides some good golf, refreshing swimming, sea or river fishing and lots of healthy walks in good farming country.

In the near vicinity there's a distillery to visit and enjoy, an ancient stone site and a Discovery Centre for informative knowledge on past times plus more golf at Portmahomack and Balintore.
Nigg is famous for its oil rig yard where great monster platforms are built for the North Sea Oil industry. Alness, Invergordon, Delny and Kildary are all small places, enlarged by the workforce and their families, of the Nigg yard, who have enhanced the prosperity and culture of the area, with a story to tell the visitor.

This is a super Highland Region of farmland and small towns with plenty of activity on the ancient history scene plus lots of sports facilities of the modern fashion.

For Eats there's lots of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe facilities.
Hotel, Guesthouse, Caravan and Camping sites are available.

Travel is by rail, bus, coach or car.
For the tourists from abroad the nearest airports are Inverness with a connection to Tain by rail, bus or coach. Glasgow and Edinburgh both connect with Inverness by air, rail, bus or coach and on as above.

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