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🐶 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
- 10.30–16.00 (last entry 15.00)
- Tearoom and shop
- 10.30–15.30
- Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Grounds
- Dawn–dusk
Crathes Castle
Painted ceilings and family portraits adorn this turreted castle, set among sculpted yew trees and nature trails.
- Castle and shop
- Closed due to storm damage
- Café 1702
- Closed
- Gardens
- Closed due to storm damage
- Wild Wood Adventure Play
- Closed due to storm damage
- Grounds
- Closed due to storm damage
💕 Fall in love with more than just the views
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Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
🌊 Waterfalls are natural wonders
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Falls of Glomach
A breathtaking Highland waterfall cuts through Scotland’s wildest countryside
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.
⛰️ Bag yourself another Munro
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Ben Lawers
Scenic mountains and ridges, and the best collection of rare mountain plants in Britain
Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
Ben Lomond
Scotland’s most southerly Munro offers spectacular views of Loch Lomond.
⚔️ Follow the rise and fall of the Jacobites
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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 for the Jacobite cause, framed by dramatic Highland scenery
- Visitor Centre and Monument View Café
- 10.00–16.00
- Monument
- 14.00–15.00
- Grounds
- open daily
Killiecrankie
Magnificent wooded river gorge where one of the goriest battles in Jacobite history took place
🎬 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
Glencoe National Nature Reserve
Dramatic mountains, rare beauty and haunting history in the heart of the Highlands
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
🌼 Find the right root on a garden walk
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Pitmedden Garden
Re-created Scottish Renaissance walled garden with vibrant floral designs and Museum of Farming Life
- Garden, museum, tearoom and shop
- Closed
- Grounds
- Closed due to storm damage
Inverewe
Rare species thrive in this heritage garden as the effects of the Gulf Stream meet the Highlands.
- Garden, shop, Osgood’s Café and visitor centre
- Closed
- Inverewe House
- Closed
- Estate
- Open daily
Threave Garden & Estate
A garden for all seasons and a haven for wildlife, with an osprey platform and bat reserve
- Garden
- 10.00–16.00
- Visitor centre and shop
- 10.00–16.00
- Nature Reserve
- dawn–dusk
🐿️ Go wild and try to spot Scotland’s big five
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Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
Mar Lodge Estate
Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve – a wildlife wonderland in the heart of the Cairngorms
🏖️ Explore beautiful beaches and coastline
We recommend
Iona
A cradle of Scottish Christianity, surrounded by white sandy beaches and turquoise seas
Culzean Castle
Robert Adam’s cliff-top masterpiece rises above a world of woods, beaches, secret follies and play parks
- Castle
- Closed
- Country Park
- 10.00–16.00
- Home Farm Kitchen
- 10.30–16.00
- Home Farm Shop
- 11.00–16.00
- Second-hand Bookshop
- 11.00–15.00
- Aviary Kiosk
- Closed
- Adventure Cove play park
- 10.00–16.00
- Wild Woodland play park
- 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
- Balmacara Square and Plockton visitor centres
- Closed
- Steadings Gallery
- variable – see our Facebook page for details
🐦 Seabird havens and epic coastal views
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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
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies