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Inverness Youth Hostel

Inverness Youth Hostel offers modern budget accommodation with superb facilities. The Youth Hostel also offers family friendly private en suite rooms, all of which are freshly decorated, warm and comfortable, with private lockers. Some rooms also have glorious views towards the Moray Firth. Inverness Youth Hostel offers meals but also has an excellent self-catering kitchen, making it popular with groups and families. The hostel has a warm welcome and buzzing atmosphere making it one of Scotland's top Youth Hostels in the capital of the Highlands.

While located only 10mins walk from Inverness city centre and train station, Inverness Youth Hostel is nestled in a quiet and secure area of the city. There is plenty to do in Inverness with excellent cinemas, traditional music venues, pubs, galleries and a castle. Further afield Loch Ness, the Black Isle and Culloden should be on everybodys list of places to visit. This area is also awash with great marine and wildlife, as well as many interesting mountain bike routes.

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  •   Private Hire

Facilities

  • Access with Assistance
  • Airport
  • Bike Store
  • Bus Station
  • Drying Room
  • Family
  • Internet Access
  • Laundry
  • Licensed
  • Meals
  • Meals for Groups
  • Private Rooms
  • Self Catering
  • Shop
  • Suitable for Groups
  • Total Beds
  • Train Station
  • WiFi Access

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Information

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Open All Year

Tel: 01463 231 771

Reception Opening Hours: 7am-10am & 3pm- 11pm daily. Night porter between 11pm - 2am for late check-in.

Please note that there is no access to rooms or facilities from 10am - 3pm.

Food and Drink

Breakfast: 7.30am - 9am.

Packed lunches and evening meals for groups only.

Please note that we do not accept stag or hen parties at any of our hostels.

Things to see and do

Caledonian Canal

Spectacular canal through Scotland's Great Glen

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Clava Cairns

Ancient monument near to Culloden

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Culloden

An exciting new visitor centre and exhibition at the site of the bloody end to the 1745 Jacobite uprising

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Dolphin Cruises

Departs from Inverness Harbour out onto the Moray Firth where if you are lucky you will see bottlenose dolphins ,common seals, grey seals and porpoise.

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Fairburn Activity Centre

In the Highlands of Scotland, this peaceful woodland setting is the ideal location for a relaxing break or activity holiday.

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FortGeorge

Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the 1745 uprising and the nearby Battle of Culloden that concluded it, Fort George was intended to be a once and for all solution to the threat posed by the Highlands, and the Jacobites in particular.

Highland Aviation Museum

This museum was opened to visitors in May 2005 at a site adjacent to the former RAF Dalcross near Inverness Airport

Dalcross Industrial Estate, Inverness

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Inverness Highland Games

Held in July each year

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Inverness to Orkney Day Tour

Daily 1 May-30 Sept

John O'Groats Ferries, Ferry Office, John O'Groats

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Tomatin Whisky Distillery

Distillery and visitor centre

Tomatin, Inverness IV13 7YT

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Top 5 reasons to visit...

  • Gateway to the Highlands
  • Shops, restaurants and bars
  • Near historic Culloden Moor
  • Inverness music festival
  • Take a cruise on Loch Ness

Inverness
Victoria Drive, Inverness IV2 3QB

Tel: 01463 231771
Green Tourism Silver Scottish Tourist Board 4 star Cyclists Welcome Walkers welcome