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⛰️ Bag yourself another Munro
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Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
👣 Go exploring – it’s time for a new adventure
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Arduaine Garden
Bold colours and fragrant scents bring an exotic touch to this Argyll coastal garden
- Garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
- Visitor Centre
- 10.00–16.00
Kintail
Exceptional and remote mountain scenery with lochs, glens and the magnificent ridge of the Five Sisters
The Hermitage
Walk through towering Douglas firs to the folly of Ossian’s Hall, and gaze over the falls
🏖️ Explore beautiful beaches and coastline
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Culzean Castle
Robert Adam’s cliff-top masterpiece rises above a world of woods, beaches, secret follies and play parks
- Castle
- 10.30–16.30 (last entry 16.00)
- Country park
- 10.00–17.00
- Walled garden
- 10.00–16.30
- Home Farm Kitchen
- 10.00–17.00 (last food orders 15.45)
- Home Farm Shop
- 10.00–17.00
- Second-hand Bookshop
- 11.00–15.00
- Aviary ice cream parlour
- Closed
- Swan Pond Café
- Closed
- Adventure Cove play park
- 10.00–17.00
- Wild Woodland play park
- 10.00–16.30
- Gas House and Carriage House
- 10.00–16.00
Balmacara Estate
With Skye on the horizon, explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Highland crofting amid memorable landscapes and stunning wildlife.
- Estate
- All year, daily
- Plockton visitor centre
- 11.00–17.00
- Steadings Gallery
- variable – see our Facebook page for details
⚔️ Follow the rise and fall of the Jacobites
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Glenfinnan Monument
Moving tribute to those who died fighting for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
- Visitor Centre
- 09.30–17.00
- Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Monument
- 11.00–11.30 and 14.00–14.30 (book in advance online)
- Grounds
- open daily
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
- Visitor Centre
- 09.00–17.00
- Café
- 09.00–16.00
- Battlefield
- Open daily
🌊 Waterfalls are natural wonders
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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 slot gorge below.
- Corrieshalloch Gorge
- Open daily
- Gateway to Nature Centre and café
- 09.30–15.00
🐿️ Go wild and try to spot Scotland’s big five
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Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
🐶 Let your dog lead you in the right direction
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Castle Fraser
One of Scotland’s largest tower houses, with an impressive portrait collection
- Castle, tearoom and shop
- Closed
- Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Grounds
- Dawn–dusk
House of Dun
William Adam’s Georgian house places baroque extravagance in a spectacular natural setting.
- House
- guided tours (first tour 10.45; last tour 14.45)
- Shop, café, Angus Folk Museum and formal gardens
- 10.30–16.30
- Estate
- 08.00–20.00
Crathes Castle
Painted ceilings and family portraits adorn this turreted castle, set among sculpted yew trees and nature trails
- Castle, shop, Café 1702 and garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Grounds
- Dawn–dusk
🌼 Find the right root on a garden walk
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Inverewe
Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.
- Garden
- 10.00–17.00
- Visitor centre & shop
- 09.30–16.30 (last entry)
- Inverewe House
- Closed
- Osgood’s Café
- 09.30–16.00
- Estate
- Open daily
Threave Garden & Nature Reserve
A garden for all seasons and a haven for wildlife, with an osprey platform and bat reserve
- Garden, café, visitor centre and shop
- 10.00–17.00
- Threave House
- Closed
- Nature Reserve
- Dawn–dusk
🎬 You’ve seen the film, now visit the set
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Culross
Step into the past along the cobbled streets of a picturesque village with its own ochre-coloured palace
- Palace and garden
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.00)
- Shop
- 10.00–16.45
- Bessie’s Café
- Closed
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
- Visitor centre and turf house
- 09.30–17.00
- Highland Coo Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Glencoe National Nature Reserve
- Daily
🏝️ Interested in an island-hopping adventure?
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Mingulay, Pabbay & Berneray
Eagles soar and dolphins splash around these Hebridean islands, also home to a rare Pictish stone
🐦 Seabird havens and epic coastal views
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St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins