Self-Catering Cottage Pitlochry Perthshire

Perthshire Activities

The Highland Perthshire and wider Perth & Kinross areas offer the visitor a wide range of interests and activities which will add to the quality of the holidaying experience in this area.

For your assistance, we have listed some of these, with contact websites/telephone numbers or email addresses for more complete information.

Highlanders Parade Perthshire Mountain Biking Perthshire

Walking: Walks Leaflets for Pitlochry, Dunkeld, Aberfeldy, and Walks in Perthshire are available from the local Tourist Information Offices. www.perthshire.co.uk

Climbing: Try Ben y Vrackie, Schiehallion, Ben Lawers or the Beinn a’ Ghlo range.
Full information on walking and climbing in Scotland - see www.walkingwild.com

Mountain Biking: the publications, Bike Routes in Scotland, National Cycle Network, Cycle Routes from Blair Atholl, are available from the local Tourist Information Office.

Bike hire/Equipment/Repairs/Routes:
Escape Route, Pitlochry – www.escape-route.biz/

Water Sports: Sailing, jet skiing, white water rafting, and canyoning from Kenmore.
See www.perthshire.co.uk or www.croftnacaber.com

Fishing: Salmon, trout and coarse all available locally. Details and permits from local Tourist Information Office (Tel: 01796 472215, email:pitlochrytic@visitscotland.com)

Golfing Perthshire Rafting Perthshire

Golf: The area boasts around 30 golf courses within easy driving distance – both 9 and 18 hole. Full information in Perthshire – pure Golfing pleasure! by the area Tourist Board, including details of concessionary tickets – see. www.perthshire.co.uk
For details of our local course, see www.pitlochrygolf.co.uk

The Open Championship courses of St Andrews, Carnoustie, and the Gleneagles courses are also within comfortable driving distances.

Dunkeld Park Activity Centre: Archery, Quad trekking, Clay pigeon Shooting,
(www.hilton.co.uk/dunkeld)

History & Heritage: Vist Blair Castle, Scone Palace, Castle Menzies, Dunkeld Cathedral, The Crannog Centre, Killiecrankie and Queen’s View Visitor Centres, Atholl Country Life Museum, Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Centre.

Distilleries: Bell’s Blair Athol Distillery and Edradour Distillery – both Pitlochry, Dewars Visitor Centre, Aberfeldy, and The Famous Grouse Experience, Crieff.
Pitlochry Hydro Electric Dam & Visitor Centre

Gardens: Explorers - The Scottish Plant Hunters Garden, Pitlochry; Blair Castle Hercules Garden; Cherrybank Gardens & the Calyx Project and Branklyn Gardens, Perth; Clunie Gardens and Bolfracks Gardens Aberfeldy; Drummond Gardens, Crieff.
See www.perthsiregardens.co.uk and www.perthshirebigtreecountry.co.uk

Events: Blair Atholl Highland Games and Parade of the Atholl Highlanders (May)
The British Pipe Band Championships (June) Bowmore Horse Trials & 3 Day Event.(August) Braemar and Pitlochry Highland Games (September)

Arts: Pitlochry Festival Theatre (www.pitlochry.org.uk), Perth Theatre & Horsecross

Concert Hall (www.horsecross.co.uk), the Birnam Institute and Beatrix Potter

Exhibition Centre, Dunkeld, (www.birnaminstitute.com)

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