Edinburgh Airport 1 hr 38
Pitmuies Gardens (10 min) Edzell Castle and Garden (21 min)
Castle, garden, and ruins Brechin Cathedral (7 min)
Cathedral and history Arbroath Abbey (19 min)
Medieval monastery ruins with a surviving church facade and precinct walls, plus the abbot's house. Brechin Castle Centre (10 min) Signal Tower Museum (19 min)
Small museum featuring the history of the lighthouse & its keepers, plus fishing industry exhibits. Aberlemno Pictish Stones (14 min) Langley Park Gardens (12 min) Montrose Basin (13 min)
This tidal basin along the River Esk is home to a nature sanctuary with birds & a visitor centre. Caledonian Railway (7 min)
Heritage locomotives run on 4 miles of rural track, with a restored Victorian station at Brechin. House of Dun & Montrose Basin Nature Reserve (13 min)
Tours of a grand 18th-century home with striking architecture, gardens & woodlands with wildlife. Dunninald Castle and Gardens (17 min) Lunan Bay (19 min)
Beach overlooked by sand dunes & medieval castle remains, popular with surfers & horseback riders. Scottish Wildlife Trust, Montrose Basin Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve (12 min) | 
