Dornie Travel Guide

 shivan Says:  ...continuing...Actually the Jacobite revolt story occupies a large part of the medieval scottish history, you may read of the famous Bonnie Prince Charlie many many times during your visits.The walkway, through a small garden, leads to the part of the castle facing the... 

 shivan Says:  You may see the small village of Dornie in the distance in this picture.There is where I took the opening picture, actually the last in my Eilean Donan Castle collection.The castle has been destroyed in 1719 as the jacobite lost the Glen Shiel battle...continues... 

 shivan Says:  This castle good state of conservation offer you the chance to climb the stariways to the top, where you can enjoy the wonderful landscape from above.The castle has been inhabited until the seventies, in the last century. A lovely place for sure, but I fear also boring on... 

 shivan Says:  this is NOT legal, instead. I took it from inside the castle while attendants were not looking at me.The trick anyway, is easy. Just enter the place with the camera on your neck, turn it on with a fast gesture when you want to take a picture, set in autofocus mode and wait... 

 shivan Says:  This is legal too, as I took it a few meters away from the picture in the previous tip.I love to take picture through windows, it gives depth to the image. Photographers far better than me, like simone, may laugh at it, but I really love it. 

 shivan Says:  As in many other historical places her ein Scotland, taking pictures inside the building is not allowed, so that he maniac tourist is forced to buy small booklets from the shop for two or more pounds. I was at a balcony here, it was legal, then 

 shivan Says:  ...continues...but the news was that the castle was completely in ruin until th beginning of the last century, when his owner decided to give it a new life.Twenty years were necessary to rebuild it, and this may give an idea of the situation before the works of... 

 shivan Says:  The castle can be visited for a fair £ 5 entrance fee.I paid without saying a word, but I can say now that historical places were SOOOO expensive to enter.Scottish people definitely know how to get money from their national treasures.I found the castle in a good conservation... 

 shivan Says:  ...continuing... it is a shame, I know, but just spend a minute thinking about the influence movies and television have on all of us.Highlander was an amazing movies when released some years ago, Sean Connery was in the movie (and he is among my favourite actors) and that's... 

 shivan Says:  A long awaited destination the Eilean Donan castle has been.Two reasons for thisn.1) while searching the best destionations to visit in Scotland, I stumbled on wonderful pictures of this castle too many times to refuse a visitn.2) Highlander movie has been partly shot... 

 wojsyl Says:  Well, everyone has seen it already, I'm sure ... 

 LaineBelle Says:  Dornie is a lovely little village in the Highlands, just before going over to Kyle of Lochalsh and Skye. Tigh Tasgaidh faces the shores of Loch Long with views to the Isle of Skye. It is a typical Scottish house - I would say Georgian in style. It is furnished very...