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An adventure you’ll love
There’s lots to enjoy at all our places. Find some inspiration with these ideas for your next visit.
🏖️ Explore beautiful beaches and coastline
We recommend
Iona
Cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, this traditional Highland crofting estate offers a huge range of outdoor activities.
Culzean Castle
Robert Adam’s cliff-top masterpiece rises above a world of woods, beaches, secret follies and play parks
⚔️ Follow the rise and fall of the Jacobites
We recommend
Killiecrankie
Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
Glenfinnan Monument
Moving tribute to those who died fighting the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
👋 Be our guests, bring the whole clan
We recommend
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
A celebration of the early life and the enduring legacy of Scotland’s national poet
Culloden
Powerfully emotive and atmospheric battlefield where the 1745 Jacobite Rising came to a tragic end
Crathes Castle
Painted ceilings and family portraits adorn this turreted castle, set among sculpted yew trees and nature trails
🖼️ Arts, culture and everything in between
We recommend
Newhailes
Palladian house that played a prominent role in the Scottish Enlightenment
Haddo House
An elegant and luxurious stately home designed by William Adam
Pollok House
A grand country house in the heart of Glasgow with an impressive collection of Spanish art
👣 Go exploring – it’s time for a new adventure
We recommend
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
Arduaine Garden
Bold colours and fragrant scents bring an exotic touch to this Argyll coastal garden
Staffa
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
🐿️ Go wild and try to spot Scotland’s big five
We recommend
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest nature reserve and a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
🐦 Seabird havens and epic coastal views
We recommend
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
Fair Isle
The most remote inhabited island in the UK, famed for its seabirds and fabulous knitwear
St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins
🙌 It’s time for an adventure – pick a play park
We recommend
Brodie Castle
Magnificent turreted castle with a playful garden and over 400 varieties of daffodil
Newhailes
Palladian house that played a prominent role in the Scottish Enlightenment
Culzean Castle
Robert Adam’s cliff-top masterpiece rises above a world of woods, beaches, secret follies and play parks
🌊 Waterfalls are natural wonders
We recommend
Grey Mare’s Tail
One of Scotland’s favourite waterfalls takes a spectacular 60m plunge into the valley below
Corrieshalloch Gorge
Walk across the suspension bridge as the River Droma rushes through a mile-long box canyon below.
Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
📚 You’ve read the stories, now discover the authors
We recommend
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
A celebration of the early life and the enduring legacy of Scotland’s national poet
J M Barrie’s Birthplace
The world-famous creator of Peter Pan was born in this traditional weaver’s house.
Souter Johnnie’s Cottage
Home of the shoemaker immortalised by Robert Burns in Tam o’ Shanter
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