Great Glen Way · Overnight stop
Accommodation in Inverness
127km / 79 miles — the finish, at the castle above the River Ness.
127km from Fort William · Stage stop
A small city and the transport hub of the Highlands, which makes it the easiest finish of any long-distance route in Scotland — and the one where you are competing with the most people who are not walkers. The Great Glen Way ends here; the Great Glen Canoe Trail runs the same line by water.
The last night of every schedule.
What is actually in Inverness
Everything, from hostels to hotels. The deepest supply of any stop on the route by a wide margin.
How far ahead to book
Two to three months in high season despite the size of the place. Inverness is the base for the North Coast 500, Loch Ness, Culloden and the Cairngorms, and in July a Saturday night is genuinely difficult.
When it is full
The suburbs and Culloden have beds a short bus ride out. Failing that, the rail service south is frequent enough that leaving the same evening is a real option.
Getting there, and getting out
Trains to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth and London, the Caledonian Sleeper, an airport and long-distance buses. The best-connected finish of any Scottish long-distance route.
Camping
Campsites on the edge of the city. Wild camping is not a realistic proposition inside it.
Food and resupply
Full supermarkets, outdoor shops and everything else. If you are carrying on to the Cape Wrath Trail or heading for the Cairngorms, this is where the pack gets rebuilt.
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