Fort William is the largest town in the west highlands of Scotland and is a major tourist area; the town lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.  It is close to Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, and the beautiful Glen Coe lies just to the south, and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles.

Fort William offers the tourist an enormous choice of things to do and see or beautiful places to relax - some links are provided here, but there are too many to list them all:

Activities & Attractions

• Bruce's Highland Tours Offering personalised tours of Scotland's Highlands.

• Caledonian Discovery Cruising and Activity Holidays. The Slipway, Corpach.

• Crannog Cruises Running short daily cruises from the Town Pier, Fort William.

• Fishing Scotland A fly fishing school for trout and salmon fishing.

• Highland Icelandic Horse Trekking Trekking and trail-riding on Icelandic horses from 1 hour to 6 days. Ardechive, Achnacarry, Spean Bridge

• Lochaber Watersports Yacht charter and cruises. RYA courses. RIB driving. Hourly/daily hire of dinghies and canoes. North Ferry View, Old Ferry Road.

• Monster Activities Ltd. Offering a huge range of outdoor activities, equipment hire and courses. Great Glen Water Park, South Laggan, By Spean Bridge, PH34 4EA.

• Nevis Cycles All types of bicycle hire, repair and sales. 5 minutes from Fort William town centre in Inverlochy and open 7 days. 4 Lochy Crescent, Inverlochy.

• Nevis Range Britain's only mountain cable cars. Open all year. Visit the Snowgoose Restaurant at 2150ft. Torlundy, Fort William.

• Peaks and Paddles Year round guiding instruction and coaching in mountaineering and paddlesports. 1 Bohenie, Roy Bridge, PH31 4AN.

• Shearwater Boats Ltd. Hiring out fully equiped cruisers accommodating 4-6 people, for short or long term charters on the Caledonian Canal. Telford House East, Neptunes Staircase, Banavie, Fort William, PH33 7LY.

• The Underwater Centre World class diving centre, catering for all skill levels. No.1 for Commercial Diver Training. An Aird, Fort William, PH33 6AN.

• West Coast Mountain Guides Mountain Guiding and Instruction - Ben Nevis, Glencoe and the Isle of Skye. Calluna, Heathercroft, Fort William, PH33 6RE.

• West Highland Way Baggage Collection Service Reliable daily service from Milngavie to Fort William, collecting and dropping your rucksack safely at locations sited for your convenience. 

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