OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES :

Walking - 5 mins on foot to the River Tay or Caputh Hill, 10 mins drive to Dunkeld with extensive woodland, river and loch walks, 1 hour to The Cairngorms for something more extreme
Cycling – excellent road biking on quiet country roads through rolling countryside, great mountain biking a short drive away. Bike hire Crighton’s Cycles,  Blairgowrie 01250 874447
Fishing – salmon & trout fishing on the Tay www.fishtay.co.uk. Loch fishing also available
Bird Watching – Ospreys at Loch of Lowes Visitor Centre, 10 mins drive
Golf – Dunkeld 18 hole course 10 mins drive – visitors welcome. Courses also at Blairgowrie, Pitlochry, Strathtay, Scone
Rafting – Nae Limits, Ballinluig, 15 mins drive 0845 178 177 www.naelimits.co.uk
4x4 driving – The Land Rover Experience, Dunkeld Hilton 10 mins
Clay Pigeon shooting – Dunkeld Hilton
Paint-balling – Nae Limits
Quad biking – Nae Limits
Highland Offroad : an exceptional off road driving experience

SIGHTSEEING:

Castles & Palaces – Scone Palace, Glamis Castle, Blair Castle, Drummond Castle, Castle Mezies all within an hour’s drive
Distilleries – Glenturret, Blair Athol, Dalwhinnie, Aradour
Historic Towns – Dunkeld 10 mins drive, Pitlochry 25 mins drive, Aberfeldy 40 mins drive

EATING & DRINKING:

Shopping for self-catering:

Local shops – NISA in Murthly (1 mile) open daily 5am-8pm, Dunkeld for fantastic butcher, salmon smokehouse & deli, Ballathie House farm shop 4 miles (closed Monday)
House of Bruar on A9 north of Blair Athol (40 mins) – fantastic food hall
Supermarkets – 24 hour Tescos in Perth (A9 exit for Football stadium) & Blairgowrie

Eating out:

The Taybank, Dunkeld – great pub grub, famous for its music sessions -10 mins drive
Meiklour Hotel, Meiklour – good pub restaurant with lovely garden -10 mins drive
Stewart Tower ice ream parlour, Bankfoot Road – 10 mins drive
Birnam Institute Café – good coffees and home baking


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