Grandtully Hotel

Spot red deer and golden eagles, and learn Highland history, on these excellent safaris.

A picture-perfect, white-turreted medieval castle with beautiful landscaped gardens, rich in Scottish history and legend – it was the ancestral home of Clan Murray.

Fantastic spectacle of age-old Scottish traditions, the games feature athletic events, Highland dancing and pipe bands.

Britain’s largest national park offers scenic splendour and a world-class adventure playground for skiers, Munro-baggers and mountain bikers. It’s also one of the best places in Britain for spotting wildlife.

This foodie bolt-hole offers field-to-fork cookery classes in Highland Perthshire themed around ‘seasonal suppers’, ‘pickling, preserving and fermenting’ and ‘fire and foraging’. You can stay over in one of 12 luxury bedrooms, or book into the Grandtully Hotel, their sleek sister property nearby.

Traditional game fair with gundog displays, sheep-racing and pipe bands in the grounds of Scone Palace.

Queen Victoria’s favourite tipple was said to be Scotch whisky and claret. Nudging up to Balmoral, her beloved holiday home in Royal Deeside, this picturesque stone distillery, in the shadow of the majestic Munro, Lochnagar, was founded in 1826.

On the edge of Aviemore in the Cairngorms the rustic-chic Rothiemurchus Estate farm shop, cafe and deli sells beef and venison from their farm along with a range of local artisan produce – such as Inshriach gin.

Magnificent mountain scenery slashed by silvery lochs and peppered with brooding castles: all laden with rich Scottish heritage, history and tradition.