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www.perthshire.co.uk
Tourist board website for Perthshire
www.angusanddundee.co.uk
Tourist board website for Angus
www.greatscotland.co.uk
Useful and informative site about Perthshire and Angus
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Perthshire is the heart of Scotland, with lochs and woods and farming countryside. Pitlochry, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, and Crieff – all are attractive holiday towns with Thistle Parks nearby from where it is easy to take day trips to explore the surrounding area. Blair Castle, near Pitlochry, is one of the major visitor attractions in Scotland and in the town itself are Blair Atholl Distillery and the smallest distillery in the country – Edradour.
Head west from Pitlochry and you pass through Aberfeldy (Dewar’s World of Whisky, Bolfracks Garden and Castle Menzies) before reaching Kenmore and Loch Tay, home of the Scottish Crannog Centre, an accurate representation of what a dwelling was like in the Iron Age; fascinating for both adults and children.
If you want some retail therapy on holiday, then Perth on the River Tay has interesting shops while nearby is Scone Palace (the original home of the Stone of Destiny, stolen by Edward I in 1296) or take a gamble on the races at Scone Racecourse.
The county of Angus has plenty to attract visitors – Blairgowrie is a busy market town in the heart of this farming country, whilst Arbroath on the east coast has good beaches and facilities to entertain the children. For castle-lovers, Glamis Castle, with its royal connections, and House of Dun by Montrose, owned by the National Trust of Scotland, are well worth a visit. Near the latter is Montrose Basin, a haven for wild birds.
Dundee, on the Firth of Tay, is the city of the RRS Discovery – the ship on which Scott sailed to the Antarctic; the ship and the exhibition on the quayside present a vivid picture of what life was like for these intrepid explorers a hundred years ago. Near Discovery is Sensation, the science centre, which will entertain you and your children for hours.
View the Thistle Holiday Parks in Perthshire & Angus
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