Highland Safaris [hiking]
Aberfeldy , Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[10.9 miles]
Spot red deer and golden eagles, and learn Highland history, on these excellent safaris.
Best for ages: 6+ | £48 | 2-3 hours
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Highland Perthshire is a hotbed of foodie enclaves and field-to-fork ventures. This boutique hotel is the sister property to Ballintaggart Farm, a rustic restaurant with rooms and a cookery school just down the road. In 2018, the Grandtully Hotel, an old Victorian hotel in need of a revamp, joined the stable.
It’s now a contemporary, country-chic eight-bedroom gourmet escape, the restaurant dishing up a daily changing menu of seasonal Scottish dishes, showcasing the best local artisan produce.
It’s also got a buzzing bar, the Tully, with a list of creatively-concocted, hand-crafted cocktails to work your way through. Ideal for weekending bar-flies and feasting foodies.
Both properties are in the softly rolling Perthshire hills, just an hour and a half north of both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Grandtully is in a small village close to the River Tay.
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Aberfeldy , Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[10.9 miles]
Spot red deer and golden eagles, and learn Highland history, on these excellent safaris.
Best for ages: 6+ | £48 | 2-3 hours
Pitlochry, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[12.9 miles]
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.
Best for ages: 10+ | £15
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Fantastic spectacle of age-old Scottish traditions, the games feature athletic events, Highland dancing and pipe bands.
Best for ages: 4+ | Free | 1 day
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Best for ages: 6+ | Free
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Pitlochry, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[3.3 miles]
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.
Best for ages: 13+ | £25 | 5 hours
Scone, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[34.9 miles]
Traditional game fair with gundog displays, sheep-racing and pipe bands in the grounds of Scone Palace.
Best for ages: 10+ | Free | 3 days
Ballater, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[53.8 miles]
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.
Best for ages: 18+ | Free
Aviemore, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK)[57.7 miles]
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.
Best for ages: 13+ | Free
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Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (UK)
Magnificent mountain scenery slashed by silvery lochs and peppered with brooding castles: all laden with rich Scottish heritage, history and tradition.