Edinburgh Airport 44 min
Stirling Old Town Jail (11 min)
Storytelling tours of a stone Victorian prison with a tower overlooking the town & countryside. The Kelpies (31 min)
30-m.-high steel sculptures of horse heads in a modern park with water features & grassy expanses. The Falkirk Wheel (30 min)
Innovative and unique rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Deanston Distillery (16 min)
Late 18th–century whisky distillery offering guided tours, tastings, private dining & a shop. Holy Rude (12 min)
Parish church dating from 15th century, still active today, where infant King James VI was crowned. Dumyat (8 min)
Iconic, craggy outlier at the western end of Ochil Hills, with a war memorial, cairn & summit views. Stirling Castle (12 min)
12th-century castle and former Renaissance royals palace, with great hall and regimental museum. The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum (10 min)
Victorian museum housing European art and artefacts, plus British pewter and local history exhibits. Castle Campbell (29 min)
Well-preserved, late Medieval tower-house castle with terraced gardens and views of Dollar Glen. The National Wallace Monument (5 min)
Elaborate Victorian stone tower commemorating William Wallace, displaying his 2-handed sword. Cambuskenneth Abbey (8 min)
Ruins of an abbey, founded around 1140, with a restored 13th-century bell tower, open seasonally. Blair Drummond Safari Park (17 min)
Wildlife park with boating lake, birds of prey shows and adventure playground (open March-October). Argyll's Lodging (11 min)
17th-century nobleman's home at Stirling Castle featuring trompe l'oeil walls & antique furniture. Doune Castle (15 min)
Medieval Castle with high gatehouse, former Monty Python set, with Terry Jones-narrated audio tours. Callendar House (31 min)
19th-century chateau and medieval tower, with staff in Georgian costume, set in landscaped parkland. | 
