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The Land That Inspired Outlander Scotland: The Land That Inspired Outlander Experience Scotland, the home of Jamie Fraser, Clan Mackenzie, Gaelic, kilts, and some of the most beautiful and inspiring scenery in the world. This handy plan will help you follow in the footsteps of Claire and discover a magical mix of mountains, lochs, forests and glens, and a land steeped in fascinating history, culture and heritage. 3 1 2 Romantic Edinburgh Highland Folk Museum Research your roots Wander the atmospheric cobbled Delve into 18th century Scotland at the Highland Roam the streets of Inverness where Lerwick• streets and narrow wynds of the Folk Museum, a living history site offering a unique Claire's adventure unfolds while on her Royal Mile and Edinburgh’s Old insight into the life of Highland people. With live honeymoon, and if you have roots in Town, where Claire and Jamie actors and restored buildings, learn how they lived the Highlands like Frank did, head to reunited after 20 years. Packed and worked. the Highland Archive Centre and full of history, the buildings here uncover your family’s Scottish heritage. have remained largely unchanged for centuries. •Wick 4 •Stornoway •Kirkwall •Ullapool •Dornoch Standing stones Venture beyond Inverness in search of the mysterious Craigh na Dun, which swept Claire back in time. Clava Cairns could be just Strathpeffer• the place - it’s one of Scotland's 7 •Inverness most evocative stone circle sites. ISLE OF SKYE 3 Visit and experience its mystical Beauly• 6 atmosphere. 4 8 5 Aberdeen• 5 2 •Newtonmore 9 •Fort William Urquhart Castle Spend a delightful day cruising the calm waters of Loch Ness looking out for its famous and elusive resident - Nessie, and explore the magnificent ruins of Urquhart Castle – a perfect spot for a picnic in a •Dundee dramatic Highland setting. 10 MULL •Perth 6 •Stirling Historic Edinburgh •Edinburgh No Outlander experience will 1 Culloden Battlefield be complete without a visit to •Glasgow Culloden Battlefield, where Claire and Jamie the National War Museum at 10 said their goodbyes, is not to be missed. Soak Edinburgh Castle, the Palace up the rich history and haunting atmosphere, of Holyroodhouse or the and imagine hearing gunfire on the National Museum of Scotland ARRAN battlefield. Ponder for a moment and pay – all great sources of •Melrose tribute to those who lost their lives in the last information and inspiration battle ever fought on British soil. about Scotland’s dramatic past. 77 9 •Dumfries Clans’ ancestral lands Glenfinnan Monument The romantic and unspoilt towns of Set amidst superb Highland Strathpeffer and Beauly are where clans scenery, Glenfinnan Monument Mackenzie and Fraser of the Highlands near Fort William is a tribute to 8 Dramatic landscapes once lived. Relax in their picturesque the Jacobite clansmen who A journey along the Caledonian Canal and Great ancestral lands, amongst tranquil rolling fought alongside Bonnie Prince Glen is a romantic one, offering a magical mix of hills, or explore the ruins of ancient Beauly Charlie in the 1745 Jacobite native Caledonian pine forest in Glen Affric, Priory, a burial site of many Fraser chiefs Rising. At the visitor centre, glistening lochs, and enchanting moorland. Enjoy and where Claire met the seer. learn about this fascinating and it on foot or from horseback, as the newly-weds tumultuous chapter in did after their wedding, and admire scenic Scotland's history. landscapes and great wildlife along the way. www.visitscotland.com/outlander.
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