Perthshire

Sir Walter Scott was right. He described Perthshire’s glens, peaks, waterfalls, forests, moors, rivers and gardens as “the fairest portion of the northern kingdom”. Let’s explore.

We start at the roundhouse at Scottish Crannog Centre, on Loch Tay, and relive the Iron Age. Then Bair Atholl and its spectacular Blair Castle, gatekeeper to The Highlands for 700 years. On to delightful Aberfeldy, on the River Tay, and the colourful ‘little houses’ of Dunkeld, in the shadow of its ruined cathedral.

Onwards and upwards from Pitlochry’s world-renowned dam and fish ladder, to Queen’s View, one of Scotland’s most iconic panoramas overlooking Loch Tummel. To Scone Palace, crowning place of Scottish kings, and Drummond Castle Garden, one of Europe’s most impressive formal gardens.

Perthshire is known as Big Tree Country.  Learn why in its 200,000 acres of woodland.