Edinburgh Airport 31 min
The Falkirk Wheel (14 min) Innovative and unique rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Doune Castle (21 min) Medieval Castle with high gatehouse, former Monty Python set, with Terry Jones-narrated audio tours. Argyll's Lodging (15 min) 17th-century nobleman's home at Stirling Castle featuring trompe l'oeil walls & antique furniture. The Pineapple (18 min) The Earl of Dunmore's 18th-century summer home, known for its bizarre, pineapple-shaped tower. The Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum (13 min) Victorian museum housing European art and artefacts, plus British pewter and local history exhibits. The National Wallace Monument (14 min) Elaborate Victorian stone tower commemorating William Wallace, displaying his 2-handed sword. Castle Campbell (29 min) Well-preserved, late Medieval tower-house castle with terraced gardens and views of Dollar Glen. Stirling Castle (16 min) 12th-century castle and former Renaissance royals palace, with great hall and regimental museum. The Kelpies (19 min) 30-m.-high steel sculptures of horse heads in a modern park with water features & grassy expanses. Holy Rude (15 min) Parish church dating from 15th century, still active today, where infant King James VI was crowned. Antonine Wall (22 min) Remote site with the ruins of an ancient Roman fortification with ditches, ramparts & bathhouses. Blair Drummond Safari Park (17 min) Wildlife park with boating lake, birds of prey shows and adventure playground (open March-October). Callendar House (18 min) 19th-century chateau and medieval tower, with staff in Georgian costume, set in landscaped parkland. Stirling Old Town Jail (14 min) Storytelling tours of a stone Victorian prison with a tower overlooking the town & countryside. Linlithgow Palace (21 min) The ruins of the elegant medieval birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots, set within parkland by a loch. |