Best Winter Drive In Britain A82 Road Glencoe Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland Winter travel video of part of a road trip drive, with beautiful Scottish music, North and West on the A82 road into Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, Britain. The route to Glen Coe is one of the most famous driving roads in Scotland and Britain. The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Inverness via Fort William to Glasgow. The route is derived in several places from the military roads constructed through the Highlands by General George Wade and Major William Caulfeild in the 18th century, along with later roads constructed by Thomas Telford in the 19th century. Tourists find the A82 a popular route because of its scenery, and it serves as a main artery for commercial and heavy goods traffic. Two of the three Highlander films starring Christopher Lambert were filmed here. The opening battle scene near the beginning of the film takes place between the mountains of Buchaille Etive Mor and Buchaille Etive Beag, at the entrance to the Glen. This Highlands location featured in Skyfall the James Bond movie, and Harry Potter films mainly because it is the most famous Scottish glen and one of the most dramatic landscapes in the world. The A82 runs from Glasgow to Fort William and Inverness, passing along the shores of Loch Lomond and Loch Ness and in the shadow of Ben Nevis along the way. It is probably the most important trunk route serving the West Highlands of Scotland, and along its route uses pieces of road first built in the 1750s. Glencoe was the scence of one of the most infamous massacres in Scottish history. Driving from either Glasgow, Edinburgh or Perth, Perthshire are great Glencoe driving routes. Distance is 92 miles from Glasgow, 119 miles from Edinburgh or 88 miles from Perth. Approximate time to drive is 2 hours 10 minutes from Glasgow and 2 hours 50 minutes from Edinburgh and 2 hours 18 minutes from Perth.

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