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Mingulay, Pabbay & Berneray
Eagles soar and dolphins splash around these Hebridean islands, also home to a rare Pictish stone
National Museum of Rural Life
Explore life in the countryside at this museum and historic working farm
Newhailes
Palladian house that played a prominent role in the Scottish Enlightenment
- Café
- 9.00–17.00
- Shop and second-hand book shop
- 10.00–17.00
- House
- pre-booked tours (run from 11am)
- Weehailes Playpark
- 10.00–17.00
- Estate
- dawn–dusk
Pitmedden Garden
Re-created Scottish Renaissance walled garden with vibrant floral designs and Museum of Farming Life
- Garden, museum, tearoom and shop
- 10.30–16.00 (last entry 15.00)
- Grounds
- dawn–dusk
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Birthplace of a genius – a celebration of the enduring legacy of Scotland’s national poet
- Museum
- 10.00–17.00 (last entry 16.30)
- Burns Cottage
- 10.30–16.30 (last entry 16.00)
Rockcliffe
See nature in all its glory along the trails of one of Scotland’s prettiest stretches of coastline
St Abb’s Head
Breathtaking coastal headland with dramatic cliffs, famed for its seabird colonies
St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins
Staffa
Volcanic rock columns are home to black guillemots, fulmars, puffins and the magical Fingal’s Cave
The Hermitage
Walk through towering Douglas firs to the folly of Ossian’s Hall, and gaze over the falls
The Pineapple
Bizarre fruit-inspired building set within a woodland full of wildlife
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
- 11.00–15.00
- Nature Reserve
- Dawn–dusk
Torridon
Majestic mountain paradise for hikers, climbers, geologists and nature lovers
Treshnish Isles
Beautiful Hebridean archipelago with significant seabird colonies
Unst & Yell
Glorious Shetland islands known for seabird colonies, ‘dratsies’, seals and ponies
West Affric
Wild mountain landscape with peatlands, moorlands and woodlands, home to black grouse, golden eagles and water voles