And finally, we got to the most famous place in Scotland: the Loch Ness.

You all probably know the reason for that fame is Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. In the end of 19th century, and early 20th century, many people declared having seen a monster in the lake, media covered that, more and more people saw the monster and finally one of them managed to take a picture of the monster…

Loch Ness Monster

That story has surpassed all borders in the world, and nowadays the area of this lake is one of the most touristic ones in Scotland and they should be thankful to Nessie for a great part of this. By the way, the photo was admitted to be a hoax in 1994 by one of the descendants of the photographer. It is a pity that reality ruins such a nice story. 🙂

This is the only monster we saw...

Anyway, we also established our base in Fort Augustus, in the south edge of the lake for a couple of days, as that location allowed us to do some trip days around that area. The lake itself is just another scottish lake (pretty big, though, as it is 40 km long), but it is aligned with a couple more lochs, which form a natural pass, which has been completed with the Caledonian Canal, allowing ships to sail from North Sea and Atlantic Ocean, without surrounding Great Britain.

Loch Ness at dusk

Urqhart Castle, next to the Loch Ness