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Nearby Sightseeing & Golfing

 

 

 

Activities

Nearby & Some of our favourites                    

Others                       

Beaches                    

Broughty Ferry

Lunan Bay

 

Montrose              

St Andrews

Arbroath

Castles

Palaces

Glamis Castle

Scone Palace

Broughty Ferry Castle

Stirling Castle

Blair Castle

Churches

Abbeys

Alyth Church

Dunkeld Abbey

 

Maule Memorial Church

Inchmahome Priory

Dunblane Cathedral

Eating

Drinking

Cargills, Blairgowrie (by the Ericht)
Tel: 01250 876 735 

Kinloch House 6.5km -for special occasions

Meikleour Inn 8.5km

Fishing

Shooting and Fishing
Blairgowrie (1.5km)
Tel: 01250 873990

Salmon Fishing on the Tay -CKD Finlayson Hughes

Tay Salmon Fisheries Company (30km)

The Scottish Fisheries Museum (80km)

Historical

Pictish Stones, Meigle

Edzell Castle and Garden

Various ancient historic sites

Historic Scotland

Kids

Family

Camperdown Wildlife Centre

Blair Drummond Safari Park

Kids Adventure Park Stanley

Family Fun - Angus & Dundee

Family Fun - Perthshire

Perth Leisure Pool - Tel: 01738 635454

Sports

Ski at Glenshee

Cairnwell Mountain Sports

Knockshannoch Adventure Centre, Blairgowrie: Absailing to mountain biking

Many local sporting activities

Country Sports - Atholl Estates

Water Sports - Loch Rannoch

Walks

Hikes

Banks of the Ericht - Blairgowrie

Den of Alyth

Walks near Blairgowrie

Everything from strolls to mountain hikes

The famed "Cateran Trail" - 100km walk

Waterways

 

Interesting walks & river trips

 

 

 

Towns

Villages

Blairgowrie

Crail

By sea:
- St Andrews
- Montrose
- Arbroath

Shopping:
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Perth
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Dundee

Whisky

Blair Atholl Distillery (41km)

Edradour Distillery (38km)

Aberfeldy Distillery (49km)

Glenturret Distillery (57km)

Other whisky sites

 

Golfing - nearby courses

 

Scotland has many golf courses open to golfers to play at very reasonable fees.

Farview is a short distance from Blairgowrie Golf Club (just 2.5 miles) which was founded in 1889.  It has 3 courses:

- Rosemount Championship Course

- Lansdowne Course

- Wee Course

Tel: 01250 872622

Other nearby courses include:

Course Name

Distance from

Farview Cottage

(miles)
Telephone

Strathmore Golf Centre

 

             5  01828 633322

Murrayshall Golf Course

 

            17  01738 551171

Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Course

 

            12  01350 727524

Glenisla (Alyth)

 

             5  01828 632445

Alyth Golf Course

 

             5  01828 632268

Craigie Hill Golf Club

 

            18  01738 620829
King James VI Golf Club             17  01738 632460

 Famous courses:

There are of course several world-famous courses at St Andrews -  the oldest golf course in the world - (about 27 miles away) and Gleneagles (36 miles).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some photos from our last holiday in Scotland.

 

 

What's On?

 

Local News:

Whats-on Scotland 

Blairgowrie Advertiser 

Alyth Voice


Much information on this page comes from the
Southern Perthshire Tourism Association web site - thoroughly recommended for those of you who want to find out more about the history and culture of the surrounding area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Touring in Scotland?

 

If you are looking to tour Scotland and want to find Bed and Breakfast, try the following link where you will also find our details:

 

 

 

 

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