The Awesome Inverlochy Castle
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Built on the foothills of the mighty Ben Nevis or simply “The Ben”, the highest mountain in the British Isles, Inverlochy Castle sits amongst some of Scotland’s finest scenery. Inverlochy was built in 1863 by the first Lord Abinger. It is to note that the Inverlochy Castle Hotel is near the site of the original 13th century Inverlochy fortress. It is said that in September 1873, during a trip to Balmoral, Queen Victoria spent a week at Inverlochy, sketching and painting where she wrote in her diaries ‘I never saw a lovelier or more romantic spot’.
Inverlochy Castle had been a private residence for over a hundred years until 1969 when it was converted to Scotland’s finest country house hotel. Voted the number one hotel in Europe.