The online guide highlights real locations featured in the series, as well as numerous visitor attractions and historical sites that have a strong connection to the Scotland-set literary phenomenon, including Inverness, Glasgow, Perthshire, Fife, Edinburgh and West Lothian.
Among the locations featured on the map are the Palace of Holyrood House and the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, where protagonists Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser meet with Bonnie Prince Charlie; Loch Ness, where the characters go in search of the loch’s most famous resident; and Fort William, which also plays a key role in Gabaldon’s novels.
In addition, the VisitScotland itinerary features attractions such as Culloden Battlefield, the Highland Folk Museum at Newtonmore, and the Clava Cairns standing stones near Inverness, believed to be the inspiration for the fictional Craigh na Dun – the site where Claire is mysteriously swept back in time.
The TV series is based on the international bestselling books by Diana Gabaldon, with the 16-episode first season primarily set in the dramatic Highlands of Scotland and is a mix of time-travelling historical fiction, romance, and sci-fi. Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall (played by Caitriona Balfe), a married English combat nurse from 1945 who, while on a second honeymoon in Inverness, is mysteriously swept back in time to the 18th-century Scottish Highlands. There she meets Jamie (played by Scottish actor Sam Heughan), a chivalrous young warrior, with whom she becomes romantically entwined.
www.visitscotland.com/outlander
Note: The TV series Outlander premiered in Australia on SOHO Thursday Aug 14 at 8.30pm
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