Holiday cottages Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond, set against an outstanding backdrop of hills around 950 metres high, is Scotland's biggest freshwater loch being 23 kilometers long and 5 miles at its widest. It's a lovely environment and therefore pulls many day-trippers from Glasgow, simply 20 kilometers from the city centre to Balloch in the southern bank.

The area is noted for the scenery, leisure tasks and wildlife versus places of historical interest. The 95 mile western Highland Method (from Milngavie in north Glasgow to Fort William) passes across the east shore regarding the loch.

Balloch is a hectic city in the south-west spot associated with loch. The 2003 development, Loch Lomond Shores, lies into west for the city and possesses the Loch Lomond and Trossachs nationwide Park Gateway Centre with information and audiovisiual presentations towards all-natural history of the location. The growth includes a shopping shopping center and a jetty from where ship trips leave and where restored paddle steamer, Maid regarding the Loch, is moored. Canoes and bikes can be employed and there's pony trekking nearby.

Various miles north regarding west coast for the loch is the popular tournament Loch Lomond Golf Course and north of the, the pretty village of Luss. The A82 goes on north towards Crianlarich. The western Loch Lomond pattern route departs from Balloch and uses the west shore to Tarbet in which the A83 west to Arrochar satisfies the A82.

The eastern shore of loch is the calm one, with only one track road winding over the loch and through delightful woodlands ending on Rowardennan Hotel. The popular walking route the western Highland Way operates along this coast as well as the roadway from Balloch to get into the eastern lender for the loch, passes through picturesque village of Drymen. Balmaha is regarding the eastern bank of loch from in which ships could be hired. The east lender is well-known because of its watersport centers, picnic sites and gravel shores and also the roadway finishes at Rowardennan in the foot of Ben Lomond - a well known 5 time round climb up.