Great cycle shop with friendly staff and a wealth of local knowledge. They will go the extra mile…read moreto help, and prices in line with other shops in Highlands. Pay a visit and mention the penny farthings!

friendly and knowledgeable cyclists run this shop (they are actually quite famous in cycling…read morecircles). there are lots of expensive bikes, cheap xmas bikes, road bikes and mountain bikes. this is the serious bike shop in inverness. others dabble and have a few mountain bikes for kids. if you are a cyclist this is the place you will come. there are lots of clothes, helmets, watches, shades etc too.

Wow! What a store! Great stock of everything you need for biking, friendly, knowledgeable staff…read morealso! I have used them on many occasions and although for some parts they are slightly more expensive than buying online, I would happily pop down the road to these guys every time.

Alison was a great guide to the city. The bikes were 6 speed and cute and in good shape. The tour…read morewas beautiful, stopping to learn about the city. We rode along the river and through nature preserve and saw the locks on the canal. Very fun trip.

This seems to be a small bike outfit, as it resides within a tourist souvenir shop, but it got the…read morejob done. Mostly because of the super helpful, friendly guy behind the counter. (Wish I had his name; music major/dark hair) Anyway, he had great tips for us, the bikes were good, and most of all he had some great ideas for some hiking we could do aside from biking. Overall he was just an asset during our Inverness stay.

Wonderful tour! We enjoyed biking into areas that we would have otherwise missed! It is a must do…read morefor the perfect combination of a bit of history and really interesting facts about the local area, a lot of beautiful scenery, peaceful biking with the most pleasant guide! Thank you for making our stay in Inverness so much fun! Highly recommend!

Just got back from a great ride thanks to Alison! Fantastic trip along the river ness bike trails,…read morebotanical gardens, saw a redwood tree and boats going through the canal locks! Allison knows all the history and keeps you well informed as you go through this beautiful countryside. Will come back and do this ride again!! Lou from Ohio

Ticket To Ride exceeded all of our expectations. We rented mountain bikes and touring bags from…read morethem for a 2 week bike-packing trip around the highlands. We also used their drop-off/pick-up services for our start and ending points. They were great to work with and a really really friendly team! We couldn't of been more happy with their service. We highly recommend them for any trip you have planned whether its a day rental or a long tour like ours!

Fantastic place - excellent value and quality of experience! Personally guided me through the…read moreprocess and accommodated my every need to rent a bike and tour north of Inverness. They switched out road tires for trek tires based on the trip I was taking, lights, high vis, and helmet with no extra charge, I hired high quality panniers that fit all my gear, and the bicycle was in perfect condition. The team is friendly, took time to understand my needs and genuinely seemed to thoroughly love and intimately know the details of cycling in the highlands. Even if you have a nice touring bike, the faff of bike train reservations makes renting in Inverness here a really good option. My daily hybrid commuter cycle was not going to cut it for my trip so I rented but I watched friends from London struggle on every leg of their train journey to get their touring bikes to their destinations, while I dropped this rental off and was back on my merry way. Hearing that they do a bicycle taxi service when I returned the bike opened up new route possibilities outside of the train routes as well. Can't recommend highly enough.

Walked in to the barn for a quick lunch after the reindeer tour. I hadn't had cullen skink yet…read moreduring my Scotland trip so I had to try. It was piping hot and came with nice fresh bread and good butter. They were out of the cheese scones. Lots of potatoes and tasty smoked fish. Unique selection of drinks and chips too. Just the right size for lunch and staff was friendly. There is a place to put trays at the end of the counter.

What a wonderful extensive piece of land with great activities. During our trip in the highlands we…read morebooked the hairy coo safari. First we ate lunch at the barn, a takeaway cafe with great comfort food options. After poking around the farm shop next door we met across the street to caravan up to the coos. We were able to get close and feed them before driving up the hill through many gates. Once there, we were greeted by several curious coos. It was nice to leave the car again in a protected area to watch the coos, who were really just as curious to us as we were to them. A great way to spend a portion of the afternoon and definitely worth a less than hour drive from Inverness.

DO NOT CONSIDER THESE GUYS I returned a 3 month old £375…read morebike due to serious corrosion on the forks. Suntour replaced the forks free of charge under warranty. These goats charged me £26.50 postage and fitting. I disputed bill. I never asked them to do chargable work so they empounded my bike!!!! The next day when I decided I had to get the bike back I agreed to pay. They refused to accept and kept the bike saying that I could get it back once the old forks had been refitted. Had to argue in shop to get bike back. Trading standards involved. Taking legal action. DISHONEST,RUDE, ARROGANT, POOR SERVICE, CONFRONTATIONAL http;//www.bikesandbowels.co.uk

We had a great tour with Bill today. You never know how a day is going to go with a tour guy. He…read moreknows his stuff! He has lived here and lectured at university about the history of the area. He personalized the experience. We went to a lil restaurant called White Cottage and it was right next to the water. We got to meet the cook. All in all, it was a surprisingly great day with a great deal of knowledge learned

Our party of 3 were supper happy to find that Happy Tours had space on their small group (limited…read moreto 8 people) Isle of Skye day trip from Inverness, as Rabbies tour for the only day we could do it was booked out. The tour started at 8:30 am and our meeting point was in front of the Columba Hotel and our tour guide Jim was wearing a kilt and was easy to understand. The itinerary for this tour was: * Loch Ness (with a view of the ruined Urquhart Castle - they Day we were on our tour, it was closed) * Glen Shiel (location where a Jacobite battle was fought against the British Government. On the drive, Jim pointed out a memorial to a Scotsman who lead away Govt Troops, but we didn't stop at the gravesite and I can't recall the name) * Five Sisters of Kintail (saw the peaks while driving out to the Isle of Skye) * Eilean Donan Castle (world famous and extremely photogenic) * Skye Bridge (fabulous piece of engineering connecting Skye with the mainland. Jim informed us that the particular link in the curve of the bridge was to enable the Britannica to be able to pass below to get to the Sea, bit of course while the bridge was being built, the Britannica was decommissioned!) * Cuillin Mountains * Portree * Old Man of Storr * Kilt Rock + Mealt Waterfalls * Quiraing Coming in early spring, we really lucked out and spotted pretty much all the wildlife (not including birds) which Skye is know for, including a gorgeous majestic herd of deer (shades of that Scottish TV show - Monarch of the Glen) at dusk, when driving back from Portree back to the Skye Bridge. Also in the morning, we spotted a heard of wild goats (including babies!) and wild horses with their untamed manes and after lunch we stopped by a closed pen by the roadside to check out the majestic Highland Cows in all their glory! The bus was super comfortable and it was an interesting group, with pretty much everyone on the tour being American. So why the 3-stars? Cause I feel Jim could have done a better job: 1) we discovered early on that the mike wasn't working. Sitting in the back seat, it was hard to hear him. He said he'd connect with another guide and get the mike fixed, but that didn't happen, so a lot of times he was telling folks information and we in the back seat couldn't hear it 2) it was clearly written not to eat or drink in the car, but Jim was doing both and then had a throwaway line about oops, he really shouldn't have done it. In the meantime, all of us obeyed the rules, even tho" a takeaway coffee wouldn't have gone amiss! 3) he was so busy chatting to the folks up front, he missed pointing out some of the sights. So we were driving by the Old Man of Storr Rock foundation and one of the other passengers pointed out (he'd been to Skye previously). 4) I feel more Jacobean history could have been told to us. Admittedly this is not the Culloden tour, but this area is rich in Jacobite history and Jim didn't do that great a job conveying the historical richness of the area we were driving thru. There were some pros- 1) unexpected snowfall / sleet meant we could go up the Quiraing and Jim did a great job showing us other sites around Skye, as we went further up along the coast and saw a most beautiful castle turned hostel. 2) very accommodating about comfort spots and stopping to see the wildlife I'm grateful got the chance to tour the Isle of Skye, however my first preference would have been a Rabbie's Tour. Yelp 82/ 2019