Inverness Scotland
United Kingdom

36 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Aurora Expeditions (1 Cruises)

Lindblad Expeditions (11 Cruises)

Scenic Cruises (24 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the ship. Small vessels and boats transiting the Caledonian Canal berth on the edge of the city itself. Most large ships call instead at Invergordon, on the Cromarty Firth, from where train and coach reach the centre in about forty minutes.
Yes. The centre unfolds along the River Ness: the pink sandstone castle on its mound, St Andrew's Cathedral on the far bank, and a run of bridges and footbridges inviting you to cross back and forth. The Victorian Market is right in the centre.
The centre and the Ness Islands fill three hours pleasantly. With six you have to choose: either Culloden battlefield to the east or Loch Ness to the southwest. Trying to do both in one call does not work.
Small wooded islands mid-river, linked by Victorian cast-iron footbridges, about twenty minutes' walk from the centre. You pass joggers, salmon anglers and families out walking, and herons fish a few metres from the path. It is the gentlest walk of the call.
Under a nineteenth-century glass roof, a collection of independent stalls: watchmakers, record shops, tweed and cashmere makers. Nearby, the second-hand bookshop Leakey's occupies a former Gaelic church where a wood stove warms tens of thousands of volumes.
The moor where the 1746 battle sealed the fate of the Jacobite clans. The battlefield, soberly presented, is walked in a silence that commands respect. This is a visit of remembrance, and the visitor centre makes no attempt to make it spectacular.
Yes, it stretches southwest of the city for about forty kilometres. Allow half a day to combine a boat trip with the ruins of Urquhart Castle. It is the most requested excursion, but it takes up most of the call.
The towpath leads seaward to the Clachnaharry locks, where the waterway designed by Thomas Telford in the early nineteenth century meets the sea. Watching yachts work through the chambers, with the Great Glen hills behind, sums up the region's quiet appeal.
Yes. The Ness Islands and their footbridges, the castle esplanade and the Victorian Market make an easy day at human scale with no long journeys. Culloden, by contrast, suits teenagers and adults better.
Pounds sterling and English; Scotland issues its own banknotes, valid locally but sometimes refused elsewhere in the UK. The best window runs May to September, for the long Highland days and the light on the River Ness.