Nobody knows for certain when exactly the first Eilean Donan castle was originally built; all we do know is that the first mention of it in the anals of history was around the 13th century during the reign of Alexander II. It was built as a defence against the marauding Vikings to protect the lands [...]

I thought I’d share an amusing little story with you today, just for a change. As you’d expect, we have a state of the art security system in the castle; so sensitive that if a large spider were to walk across the wrong piece of floor, then all hell would break loose! Well, last year, [...]

Despite the fact that we meet and greet hundreds of thousands of people every year at the castle, sometimes something will happen that both surprises and reminds me that you can never take people for granted. Acts of  genuine kindness and humanity are still out there. Yesterday, a foreign family, speaking very little English, arrive [...]