check-in time: 2:30 pmcheck-out time: 10:30 am. full scottish breakfast and parking are complimentary. it's a 6-minute walk from the blair athol distillery and a 14-minute walk from pitlochry festival theatre. upgraded rooms add valley views, window seats and/or 4-poster beds. there's warm scottish restaurant and a cosy lounge with hill views, as well as a bar and a garden. traditional rooms come with flat-screen tvs, free wi-fi, and tea and coffee making facilities. overlooking the tummel valley, this classic hotel occupies a former wine merchant's gothic-style mansion with a modern annexe Edinburgh Airport 1 hr 18
Queen's View Visitor Centre (17 min) Historic viewpoint with iconic panoramas over Loch Tummel, a cafe/tea room & a visitor centre. The Hermitage (21 min) Riverside national forest with towering Douglas firs, a waterfall & resident beavers & squirrels. Highland Safaris (31 min) Local operator offering a wide range of safari packages, from helicopter tours to 4X4 adventures. Pitlochry fish ladder (16 min) Salmon and river Loch Tummel (31 min) 7-mi.-long lake offering a serene boating & fishing locale, plus wildlife & archeological sites. Castle Menzies (30 min) Fortified 16th-century mansion and clan seat, with kirk and garden. Available for private events. Ben Vrackie (13 min) Trails lead into this mountainous site with an optional steep climb affording sweeping vistas. Blair Castle (14 min) Castle dating from 1269 with lavish rooms housing antiques, art and armour, plus walled garden. Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery (23 min) Scotch whiskey producer offering tastings, an interactive museum & tours of its 1890s distillery. Faskally Forest (6 min) Wooded trails around a loch with kingfishers & herons, plus summer water lilies & fall color. Loch Faskally (7 min) Hilly trails & angling around a dam with a famed fish ladder helping salmon to swim uphill & spawn. Edradour Distillery (8 min) Tours & tastings are offered at this charming 1825 distillery known for single malt Scotch whisky. Blair Athol Distillery (4 min) The Allt Dour supplies the water used at this distillery famous for its single-malt whiskies. Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre (20 min) Multimedia exhibitions on hydro-electricity, dam history & salmon breeding, plus a cafe & gift shop. Falls of Bruar (22 min) A vigorous walk leads through the woods to a gorge & waterfall viewing area with 2 stone bridges. |