The Loch Ness Monster

All you've ever wanted to know about Loch Ness and its famous monster is packed into a very well made production you walk through and watch at the Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition in Drumnadrochit.  Parking is well managed and flows up the hill and around the back side of the castle-like structure.  Walking in to the front doors, you purchase your ticket for the show, watch an introductory video, and enter a series of cave-like spaces for the tour.  Each stop has a video of about 10 minutes describing a portion of the history of Lock Ness and the monster sightings.  Each chamber of the tour houses set pieces and props to go along with the topic of discussion.  The entire production is very well researched and science-based, and very interesting.  The entire show lasts about 45 minutes.

So, here's what you do at the Centre:  go first to the ice cream shop (called the Necessity) and purchase boat tour tickets for the next hour (it takes 45 mn to see the show so get the boat tour for afterward), go see the show, bum around the gift shops for a bit, then board the small bus outside the hotel restaurant that will take you on the boat tour.  Enjoy the boat tour!  It's worth the money.  (Take your dramamine beforehand so you don't vomit on the boat.)  Then arrive back at the Centre.  Have a bite to eat there or better yet, cross the street in front of the hotel and follow the sidewalk around the corner and over the bridge and enjoy a cute little village of shops and eateries two blocks walk from the Centre.

From Loch Ness Urquhart Castle

This is down the street in Drumnadrochit