Tummel Valley, Pitlochry

[Groovee]

Just booked to go to Pitlochry at Easter. Anyone able to give any recommendations for visiting nearby?

What kind of stuff are you interested in? I live here lots of walks and a few attractions (but not loads).
There is the Crannog centre
www.crannog.co.uk/
Blair Castle (nice gardens, tractor rides, ranger walks, pony treking)
www.blair-castle.co.uk/ coffee shop overrated good one in the village
www.blairathollwatermill.co.uk/
Dunkeld is a sweet town, ruined cathedral and walks such as nearby hermitage or at Killiecrankie (both NTS)
www.dunkeldandbirnam.org.uk/
www.nts.org.uk/Property/Hermitage/
www.nts.org.uk/Property/Killiecrankie/
See ospreys in summer months at local loch
www.wildlifeextra.com/go/uk/reserve-lochoflowes.html#cr
Rafting, canyoning and bungee jumping
www.naelimits.co.uk/
Trip to Rannoch Station and tea shop is scenic and remote (29 miles to a dead end on a single track road. Possibly take a train ride up to Fort William and back from there
web.undiscoveredscotland.com/rannoch/rannochstation/
Child friendly coffee shops are
www.highlandsafaris.net/ they also do good off-road land rover safaris
www.aberfeldywatermill.com/ - Great bookshop/ gallery
Great scenic drive through Glen Lyon past the oldest tree in UK at Fortingall and over Ben Lawers (visitor centre here too).
:www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenlyon/glenlyon/index.html and tea at the Post office coffee shop or Fortingall Hotel
Good child friendly pub at Logierait Inn
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186566-d1946530-Reviews-Logierait_Inn-Pitlochry_Perth_and_Kinross_Scotland.html
Other attractions slightly further away are Scone Palace, Glamis Castle (Queen Mums birth place), Balmoral (about 2 hours scenic drive), Cairngorm Funicular railway (about 1 hr north).
Hope this all helps!

But best of all is the salmon leap, although I've no idea when they leap. I'm sure woggawombat will know. That's a great list she's given you - it makes me want to go up for a day or two soon.

Have nothing useful to add but had to post as we used to go camping every year at Blair Castle when I was a child and just seeing your post brought back lots of lovely memories. It is a beautiful part of the country. Loch Tummel is gorgeous. Have a lovely time. I am very .

The salmon leap was a regular visit! We also used to go to a highland wildlife park somewhere in the area, kinross rings a bell. Google it.

Now the salmon leap I could never get too excited about, but my mum loves visiting it when she comes! Its in Pitlochry next to the Festival theatre (loads on there). The wildlife park is possibly this one at Kingussie (about 1 hr north up the A9 close to Aviemore and the Cairngorms
www.highlandwildlifepark.org/
If you are going up to Aviemore there is a bit more of a tourist infrastructure there, another place thats community run, rather good and free is
www.highlandfolk.com/ some great local volunteers dress up in costume and keep in character, the school master is great he kept a load of 14 year olds spellbound and then
writing with a quill and ink on my last visit!

Aaah Kingussie, that's it. I was so close.

Thank you for all this, We like to visit local area's so these are idea. Looks like I best get the travel sickness pills for ds as he's very travel sick on country roads. He didn't take well to the Lake District.

Lots to start investigating. Cheers, We're in Edinburgh so not too far to go to.

We went there last June, it's a lovely caravan park but a bit isolated, to get there it's about 12 miles of winding narrow road so take everything you need for the day out with you as it is a pain in the arse to go back for anything. The swimming pool on site is fine if a bit basic. I would recommend Active Kids park in Stanley and the wildlife park near Crieff, can't actually remember the name of it but there is a tourist information bit in the booking office at the caravan park so they will probably have a leaflet for it. Our caravan was near the duck pond, take some extra bread as we loved throwing bread out the caravan window for them.

Thanks we go next week x