Urquhart castle......

[Rab Gordon]

We visited Urquhart Castle yesterday as its practically on our doorstep. The recent development has actually turned out not nearly as bad as it could have been or had appeared to be heading during the construction. The landscaping and burying most of the building into the side of the hill a short walk from the actual castle has made it fairly low key. My one criticism is that the architectural style is a bit modern for the setting.
However, at least Historic Scotland have now removed the portacabin that was the gift shop right in the middle of the castle and the gift shop also now sells some locally made goods including our own. Of the people working there we knew a couple and recognised a couple of locals !

Rab

[Colin]

We visited Urquhart Castle yesterday as its practically on our doorstep. The recent development has actually turned out not nearly as bad as it could have been or had appeared to be heading during the construction. The landscaping and burying most of the building into the side of the hill a short walk from the actual castle has made it fairly low key. My one criticism is that the architectural style is a bit modern for the setting.
However, at least Historic Scotland have now removed the portacabin that was the gift shop right in the middle of the castle and the gift shop also now sells some locally made goods including our own. Of the people working there we knew a couple and recognised a couple of locals !

Rab

I was at the castle in 1999, and was weary after hearing about the development. I am glad to hear someone say it isn't too bad. I will hopefully be back next spring (or 2008) and will make the trip up again.

[bjcustard]

I visited Urquhart last year. The castle itself seemed undeveloped to me - except for a few safety issues that were addressed. The visitor center up the hill was unobtrusive. I found the experience very pleasant.

Much worse off were Stirling and Edinburgh, where they have explicitly converted part of the castles to serve the tourist crowd.