Lewiston - A Wee Scottish Village

Today I wanted to share a place in Scotland that we visited which isn't a famous tourist attraction. It's off the beaten track, but still not too far from Loch Ness. I love small Scottish villages. They are so peaceful and beautiful. They make me feel I've traveled to an alternate time and place because the houses and buildings are generally historical. And the whole atmosphere is very different from the US and it's very refreshing.

Columbine outside our hotel room

Wikipedia says this: Lewiston is a small linear village, situated less than 1 mile southeast of Drumnadrochit, in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottishcouncil area of Highland.

Not much info but it tells you the shape of the village and it's location. Hopefully these photos will provide you with a virtual visit.

My husband and I were traveling between Argyll and Dunrobin Castle. We'd stopped at Urquhart Castle earlier in the day. We only spent one night in Lewiston but wish it had been longer. We fell in love with the place. When we arrived that evening, we took a walk along this very long, linear street (mentioned above) but I don't think we reached the end of it. We thought it might rain, so we headed back. We didn't want to get too far away from the hotel without an umbrella. Since it was late May, full dark didn't come until really late, around 11 pm.

A beautiful wood carving we saw on our walk through the village.

The temperature and weather here was actually very nice. No harsh winds and driving rain. It seems to be a protected location between mountains.

Another view of the street that runs through the village. Some of these houses are B&Bs.

We loved staying at the Loch Ness Inn. Wish I was there now!

Just before dark, we watched small Roe deer playing on the hillside from the window in our room. Since it was gloaming (dusk) my photos of the deer were too dark and blurry to be useful. We went outside to see if we could find more deer or get closer to them. No luck.

Our room was on the top floor. You can see the window above the closed umbrella. It had some gorgeous views of the gardens and hills. It was a very cozy, clean and wonderful room. We wish we could've stayed more than one night.

A golden chain tree in the gardens. In the background, you can see the hills and fields where we watched the Roe deer. We also took a walk along the country road which runs between the trees in the middle of the photo and the fields above them.

Golden chain tree

A stream runs between the inn's gardens and the country road. We loved the natural beauty all around us.

Do you enjoy walks through small towns and/or nature walks? I hope you liked this virtual visit to Lewiston, Scotland.

Thanks!!
Vonda
www.vondasinclair.com

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