Glasgow Prestwick Airport 1 hr 21
Cream o' Galloway (23 min) Amusement park with tours of a working dairy farm, an adventure playground, rides and nature trails. The Cocoabean Company (14 min) Threave House (9 min) Broughton House & Garden (20 min) Restored Georgian mansion-as-museum packed to the rafters with paintings, plus a Japanese garden. Carlingwark Loch (7 min) Kenmure Castle (17 min) Castle and history Bennan Viewpoint (18 min) Threave Castle (9 min) Remains of a tall island fortress built in 1369, on a river, with a bell to summon the ferryman. Cardoness Castle (20 min) Castle, history, and architecture Loch Ken (5 min) Long, narrow lake & wetland habitat popular for water sports & fishing with an activity center. Orchardton Tower (18 min) Drumcoltran Tower (22 min) RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes Reserve (13 min) MacLellan's Castle (19 min) The ruins of a 1582-era stone castle containing a secret spy hole called a 'laird’s lug'. Threave Garden (9 min) Scottish baronial mansion grounds holding a gardening school and wildfowl refuge, plus a restaurant. |