Explore this beautiful part of the Highlands

Glencoe

Glencoe is perhaps Scotland’s most famous and most scenic glen. It is arguably Scotland’s most historic glen, most romantic glen and perhaps most impressively dramatic of all Scottish glens.

Glencoe village is on the site of the infamous Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William III following the Glorious Revolution. Treachery was involved, since the Clan had fed the soldiers and given them shelter for nearly two weeks before they turned on their hosts. The glen is sometimes poetically referred to as "The Weeping Glen”.

There is a Visitors Centre with a great café!

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