North Coast 500
The North Coast 500 (NC500 for short) is a 516 mi (830 km) long holiday route along the north coast of Scotland . It starts and ends at Inverness Castle . The North Coast 500 (NC500) was created through the North Highland Initiative .
course
The route runs through the historic counties of Inverness-shire , Ross and Cromarty , Sutherland and Caithness in the Council Area Highland .
The route runs clockwise from Inverness via Muir of Ord , Applecross , Gairloch , Ullapool , Durness , Thurso , John o 'Groats , Wick and Dunrobin Castle back to Muir of Ord and Inverness.
The Now Travel Magazine she was one of the "Top 5 Coastal Routes in the World". The Telegraph referred to it as "Scotland's Route 66 ".
literature
- Bjørn Erik Sass: Highlands. Scotland, your curves . In: Die Zeit Online . November 15, 2015 ( zeit.de [accessed November 24, 2016]).
- Kapka Kassabova: I would drive 500 miles: Scotland's new North Coast 500 route . In: The Guardian . August 23, 2015 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 24, 2016]).
Web links
- North Coast 500 website
- Allen Maslen: NC500: A Journey to the North Coast of Scotland
- North Coast 500. visitscotland.com, accessed November 24, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ David Kerr: North Coast 500 named in top five coastal routes in the world . In: The Press and Journal . Aberdeen August 6th 2015 ( co.uk ).
- ^ North Coast 500 Map .
- ↑ Becky Pemberton: Scotland's Route 66 named in the top six coastal road trips worldwide . In: Daily Mail Online . August 4, 2015 ( co.uk ).
- ↑ Ben Riley-Smith: North Coast 500: Does 'Scotland's Route 66' live up to the hype? In: The Daily Telegraph . November 30, 2015 ( co.uk ).