To the west of the Scottish Highlands is the lake with the largest volume of water in the whole of the United Kingdom: Loch Ness.
It stretches for 37 km along a geological aquifer (Great Glen) from Fort Augustus almost to the city of Inverness.
This lake enjoys a boundless fame thanks to the legends related to Nessie, the water monster who has been feeding the imagination of writers, tourists and mystery enthusiasts for decades.
The myth has certainly been increased by the tourism business, but also by the particular beauty of Loch Ness: very deep, almost always shrouded in fog, cold and gloomy, surrounded by rugged dark and silent mountains.
For centuries the existence of a sea monster living in the depths of Loch Ness has remained a popular belief of which there is very little written evidence.
Nessie, in the stories, resembles a long and thin creature, green in color with black humps, similar to a small brontosaurus.
The myth of Nessie is probably connected to the spirit of water that populates numerous legends of Scottish folklore.
It is possible to cross the lake with numerous cruise excursions to discover its natural heritage.
