| check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. the stirling smith art gallery and museum is an 8-minute walk away. set in a restored victorian townhouse, this relaxed hotel is a 14-minute walk from the 12th-century stirling castle and a minute's walk from a bus stop. amenities include a warm restaurant and wine bar. all offer free wi-fi and flat-screen tvs, along with en suite bathrooms. the laid-back rooms feature exposed brick walls, colourful accents and/or traditional wood furnishings
Edinburgh Airport 39 min
Blair Drummond Safari Park (14 min)
Wildlife park with boating lake, birds of prey shows and adventure playground (open March-October). The Falkirk Wheel (27 min)
Innovative and unique rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum (5 min)
Victorian museum housing European art and artefacts, plus British pewter and local history exhibits. Holy Rude (9 min)
Parish church dating from 15th century, still active today, where infant King James VI was crowned. The National Wallace Monument (8 min)
Elaborate Victorian stone tower commemorating William Wallace, displaying his 2-handed sword. Doune Castle (18 min)
Medieval Castle with high gatehouse, former Monty Python set, with Terry Jones-narrated audio tours. Deanston Distillery (16 min)
Late 18th–century whisky distillery offering guided tours, tastings, private dining & a shop. Stirling Castle (10 min)
12th-century castle and former Renaissance royals palace, with great hall and regimental museum. Callendar House (27 min)
19th-century chateau and medieval tower, with staff in Georgian costume, set in landscaped parkland. Antonine Wall (28 min)
Remote site with the ruins of an ancient Roman fortification with ditches, ramparts & bathhouses. Argyll's Lodging (9 min)
17th-century nobleman's home at Stirling Castle featuring trompe l'oeil walls & antique furniture. The Kelpies (26 min)
30-m.-high steel sculptures of horse heads in a modern park with water features & grassy expanses. Castle Campbell (30 min)
Well-preserved, late Medieval tower-house castle with terraced gardens and views of Dollar Glen. Cambuskenneth Abbey (18 min)
Ruins of an abbey, founded around 1140, with a restored 13th-century bell tower, open seasonally. Stirling Old Town Jail (7 min)
Storytelling tours of a stone Victorian prison with a tower overlooking the town & countryside. | 
