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Car Hire Shore Street Inverness Inverness InformationInverness is a city in the Highlands of Scotland. Advertised as "the Gateway to the Highlands" by the local authority, Inverness is regarded as the center for commercial and industry for the Scottish Highlands, with continuing new investment in traditional industries and new hi-tech industries. It is also claimed as one of the fastest growing towns in Europe.
Buildings in Inverness include Inverness Castle and numerous churches, including St Andrew's Cathedral. However, the oldest church is the Old High Church, on St Michael's Mount by the riverside, a site perhaps used for worship since Celtic times. The castle was built on the site of a previous building in 1835 and is now a Sheriff Court; an older wooden castle was located further east in the 11th century, and may have been the basis for the castle in Shakespeare's Macbeth. St Andrew's Cathedral has a curiously square-topped look to its spires, as funds ran out before they could be completed.
How to Travel to Inverness:
By Plane:
Inverness has an airport served by British Regional Airways, Easyjet, BMI, Eastern Airways, and Highland Airways. It is sited between Nairn and Inverness and accessible from the Inverness-Aberdeen road. Limited charter services fly out from this airport. A taxi from the airport into the city costs between 10 and 12. There are also buses.
By Car:
Inverness can be reached from the south by the A9 from the south (Perth & M90 from Edinburgh, Glasgow) and from Aberdeen, 110 miles by the A96 road. The A82 reaches Inverness from the south-west, Loch Ness, Fort William and eventually to Isle of Skye. None of the roads to Inverness are entirely dual-carriageway. The A9 continues to Thurso on the extreme north coast of the Scottish mainland.
By Train:
Inverness railway station is located in the City Centre. There are direct services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and London from the south and Aberdeen from the east. There are two scenic lines to Thurso/Wick and Kyle of Lochalsh.
By Bus:
Buses from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, operated by Citylink and Megabus. Stagecoach Bluebird buses from Aberdeen National Express run buses from England.
By Boat:
The Caledonian Canal links Beauly Firth through Loch Ness to Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain.
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