{"id":422,"date":"2014-05-05T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/?p=422"},"modified":"2014-05-18T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T13:41:34","slug":"visiting-ardnamurchan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/visiting-ardnamurchan\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Ardnamurchan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sunrise<\/a>

Sunrise across Kilchoan Bay<\/p><\/div>\n

The Ardnamurchan Tourist Association’s website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.ardnamurchan.com<\/a>\u00a0provides all the information you will need for an enjoyable visit to the peninsula and surrounding areas.<\/h5>\n
The site\u00a0provides information on\u00a0where to stay, places to visit, eating out, and local events. \u00a0It\u00a0has\u00a0maps of the region, links to service providers, and information about the geology, natural history, history and landscape of Ardnamurchan.<\/h5>\n
\"Ardnamurchan<\/a>

Ardnamurchan lighthouse with the island of Coll in the distance.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse<\/a>:<\/h4>\n
Ardnamurchan lighthouse stands on a craggy headland at the most westerly point on the British mainland. \u00a0Designed by Alan Stevenson, uncle of the renowned author Robert Louis Stevenson, and built in 1849, the site now houses a visitors’ centre, cafe and museum as well as the working lighthouse. \u00a0It’s a wonderful place for wildlife such as sea otters, whales, basking sharks and eagles, and the top of the lighthouse offers unrivalled views of the Hebridean islands.\u00a0For more details, visit ardnamurchanlighthouse.com<\/a><\/h5>\n
\"nadurra-visitor-centre\"<\/a>

Nadurra Visitor Centre, Glenbeg<\/p><\/div>\n

Nadurra Visitor Centre<\/a>:<\/h4>\n
Ardnamurchan is famous for its wildlife – for example, there are few other places where it is\u00a0possible to see sea eagles as well as the rare Scottish wildcat. \u00a0Nadurra Visitor Centre<\/a>\u00a0provides an introduction to the breathtaking variety of flora and fauna to be found in this beautiful corner of Scotland. Privately owned with no external funding, the owners\u00a0have harnessed their\u00a0passion and love of the natural world to create a truly memorable experience for both young and old alike. Their\u00a0aim is to bring visitors closer to nature and to fuel their desire to go out and discover its riches for themselves.<\/h5>\n
\"A<\/a>

A red deer stag.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wild Highland Tours<\/a>:<\/h5>\n
With 70 years of experience between them, West Highland Tour guides can take you off the beaten track to\u00a0see the remnants of Ardnamurchan’s\u00a0turbulent past and encounter a host of wildlife including golden and sea eagles, the rare Scottish wildcat, otter, red, fallow and roe deer, pine marten and many more. \u00a0West Highland Tour guides’ local knowledge\u00a0enables them\u00a0to take the best routes and show you secret haunts at a pace to suit all ages, abilities and interests. \u00a0See their website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.wildhighlandtours.co.uk<\/a><\/h5>\n
\"sanna-beaches\"<\/a>

White sand beaches at Sanna<\/p><\/div>\n

Ardnamurchan has deserted\u00a0beaches and blue-green\u00a0waters\u00a0which wouldn’t look out-of-place in the Caribbean – all that’s lacking is some palm trees. \u00a0And Sanna has history to go with it: the striped pattern in the foreground are ‘lazy beds’, areas of improved land which were used to grow crops such as barley and potatoes.<\/h5>\n
\"greadal-fhinn\"<\/a>

Greadal Fhinn, a neolithic tomb in Ormsaigmore<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Hundreds of archaeological sites are scattered across Ardnamurchan, and some of them are older than the pyramids at Giza. \u00a0This is Greadal Fhinn, a neolithic chambered cairn which contains\u00a0two cist burials and is some 5,000 years old. \u00a0Amongst other discoveries\u00a0on Ardnamurchan, a Viking chief was excavated\u00a0at Swordle, lying in his long-ship\u00a0with his personal possessions and arms beside him – read more here<\/a>.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ardnamurchan Tourist Association’s website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.ardnamurchan.com\u00a0provides all the information you will need for an enjoyable visit to the peninsula and surrounding areas. The site\u00a0provides information on\u00a0where to stay, places to visit, eating out, and...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,73,72],"tags":[18,77,76],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-entries","category-local-businesses","category-visiting-ardnamurchan","tag-ardnamurchan","tag-lighthouse","tag-visitor-attraction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":474,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}