What to do and see in Inveraray, Scotland: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day

MotoScotland is Scotland's premier, award winning off road motorcycling centre. Based on a private, breathtakingly beautiful Highland 50,000 acre estate. We offer off road training, trail riding experiences, trail bikes sales, and retail. Rated by RIDE magazine as "Britain's Best Off Road Motorbike School" and the UK's only centre to have its training rated as "Advanced Rider Training" by insurers, council road safety officers and the government.

So much to do with 7 fantastic activities on offer, Horse Riding 1hr and 2hr Treks, Children’s 20-minute Pony Rides, Horse Riding Lessons, Paintball Games, Paintball Range, Laser Tag and Crossbow Range. Our activities are suitable for children and adults, corporate groups or parties. You can mix and match your activities and spend a couple of hours or the whole day with us. All of our activities are supervised by our friendly staff, with the emphasis on fun, challenge and safety. We are 2 miles south of Inveraray on the A83 and well sign posted. Visit our website to book an activity and for full details and restrictions.

Speciality Scotch whisky, Scottish gins and gifts. We'll help you find your Clan Crest and which other Scottish Clans and family names your family is associated with. We have a large range of specialist Scottish gifts.

Inveraray Castle is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll and their young family. Ancestral home of Clan Campbell. Iconic visitor attraction on the West coast of Scotland.

Fully OPEN pre-booking not required. The health and well-being of our visitors and team is our highest priority and special arrangements will be in place for the foreseeable future. Step back almost two centuries and discover the stories of the real men, women and children who were tried and served their sentences in this prison. Visit the Courtroom; explore the Cells in the Old and New Prisons; try out the wooden beds and hammocks; sample the punishments; experience the Whipping Table; take your turn at the Crank Wheel. Meet the Warder and Prisoners and get locked up in the Airing Yards. Listen to dramatic true tales from the characters in the Jail’s past brought to life with our FREE interactive audio guides. Available in six languages.

A beautiful gift shop selling arts and crafts, cards, prints , paintings, jewellery, stained glass, candles, soap, driftwood, ceramics, garden artefacts, homewards,incense, lambs wool scarfs, Italian leather bags, purses, fashion scarfs, local artwork, wood turned by John Caunter and lots more. Brands stocked include Andrew McCallum, Orli, Scottish Sea Glass, Pretty Pink , Sarah Tempest, Catriona Archibald, Sophie Oliver, Cara McKinnon Crawford, Clare Baird , Cedarbank Studio, Breuke Art, Ian Gowdie, Dug Eared Designs, Leesh of London, Lomond Soap, Peppermint Grove, Bomb Cosmetics, and Arran Aromatics. The building is an old court house and custom house, which was built in 1755, and once contained a school, court, and prison. What is now the Inveraray Inn was once known as the Great Inn and was build to accommodate the judges and lawyers associated with the Justiciary Courts. Opening 5th April 2021

Inveraray's only all year round Christmas shop was opened in 2010. Filled with lots of special memories for your Christmas tree. We stock scents, toys, cards and lots more. On the run up to Easter we also stock Easter tree decorations for those who can't resist. We are a small family run business and we aim to be open 6 days a week with reduced hours in the winter time.

Purdie’s of Argyll is a family-run company that makes soaps, candles and skin care products on the west coast of Scotland. All of our soaps and beauty products are handmade using certified organic base ingredients. Those ingredients are then blended with pure essential oils to produce a unique and ethical product that contains no nasties, is vegan friendly and has never been tested on animals. You can discover the full Purdie's range of beauty products for yourself on a visit to our shop in picturesque Inveraray. The town sits on the western shore of Loch Fyne and is home to a castle, (ancestral home to the Campbell Clan), a jail, (open all year round to visitors), and the author, Neil Munro's, famous Vital Spark Puffer. Purdie's shop sits near the top of Main Street directly opposite the renowned George Hotel and can be reached in just over an hour from Glasgow by car or bus.