Things to do

Magical woodland garden part of the Perthshire Big Tree Country Heritage and Access project

The magnificently situated Urquhart Castle, on the shore of Loch Ness, has seen some of the most dramatic chapters in our nation's story

Cafe and restaurant which offers sit-in or takeaway food

Historic bridge. Some remains can still be seen today

Cheap, no frills cafe serving good home cooking

Invereshie and Inshriach National Nature Reserve includes both ancient Caledonian pinewood and younger Scots pine woodland

Part of CairnGorm Mountain offering. It's the highest garden in the UK

Tummel Shingle Islands reserve is one of the rarest habitats to be found in the UK - freshwater shingle

Pictureque and as romantic as you can imagine the smallest distillery in Scotland to be, producing single malts for blends since 1825

The red sandstone walls of Glamis have been home to many colourful characters throughout the centuries, not least of them the late Queen Mother.