Travel Ideas & Useful
Links
Atholl Arms Hotel
www.athollarmshotel.co.uk
This hotel offers traditional Scottish hospitality
and is located opposite the entrance to Blair Castle in Blair
Atholl.
Atholl Estates
www.athollestates.co.uk
Atholl Estates offers shooting and fishing on one of Scotland's
finest Highland estates. Why not combine this with a stay
at the Atholl Arms Hotel or Moulin Hotel?
Atholl Estates Ranger Service
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
The Ranger Service arranges regular guided walks.
Blair Atholl and District Tourism Association
www.blairatholl.org.uk
This site covers tourism and accommodation in the Blair Atholl
area.
Blair Castle
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Ranking alongside the likes of Edinburgh Castle and Glamis
Castle, Blair Castle is the home of the Dukes of Atholl and
the Atholl Highlanders and one of the finest and best known
castles in Scotland.
Discovery Point
www.rrs-discovery.co.uk
This award-winning visitor attraction in Dundee has Captain
Scott's polar research ship RRS Discovery as its focus, but
the interactive exhibitions and displays inside the rotunda
are worth the admission price by themselves.
Glamis Castle
www.glamis-castle.co.uk
Glamis Castle is one of Scotland's best known castles. It
is the home of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the
childhood home of HM The Queen Mother, the birthplace of HRH
Princess Margaret, and the legendary setting for Shakespeare's
Macbeth.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
www.pitlochry.org.uk
This renowned theatre uniquely offers a different play every
night during the summer season.
Pitlochry Hotels
www.pitlochryhotels.co.uk
A tourism guide for the Pitlochry area.
Scone Palace
www.scone-palace.co.uk
Scone Palace outside Perth is the family home of the Earls
of Mansfield, the Ancient Crowning Place of the Kings of Scots
- beginning with Kenneth MacAlpin and including Robert the
Bruce - and the original home of the Stone of Destiny.
The Highland Trail Company
www.highlandtrail.co.uk
A directory of Scotish and Highland web sites.
Verdant Works
www.verdant-works.co.uk
This restored 19th century jute mill in Dundee was the winner
of European Industrial Museum of the Year in 1999, and is
well worth a visit even if you have no connection with either
the jute trade or the social history of the city.
Transport
Car Hire throughout Scotland including Inverness, Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen airports
www.scotland-carhire.co.uk
Taxi Hire at Glasgow Airport
www.ga-taxis.co.uk
Car hire in Oban
www.obancarhire.co.uk
Easyjet Flights to Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow
www.easyjet.com
Ryanair flights to Prestwick, Edinburgh and Aberdeen
www.ryanair.com
Rail travel and timetables Scotland
www.scotrail.co.uk
Rail travel to Scotland from the south
www.gner.com
Coach and bus travel and timetables in Scotland
www.citylink.co.uk
Ferry timetables throughout Scotland
www.calmac.co.uk
Daily ferry link from Scotland to Europe
www.superfast.com
Rail travel to Scotland from the south and south west
www.virgintrains.co.uk
Complete transport guide to Scotland
www.pti.org.uk
Information about visas for Scotland and UK travel
www.ukvisas.gov.uk
Weather
There is so much to see, do and enjoy throughout Perthshire,
even in the unlikely event of inclement weather!
For summaries of immediate prospects and outlooks for a further
four to five days. ...click on the links below.
Good weather link please +
Updated snow conditions for skiing in Scotland
www.ski.visitscotland.com/conditions
Misc
Classic car hire in Scotland
www.caledonianclassics.co.uk
Classic motor bike and cycle hire in Scotland
www.motorbikescotland.co.uk
Tour Scotland in a self drive hired classic car
www.granturismo.demon.co.uk
Activity and adventure
Highland Adventure Safaris
www.highlandadventuresafaris.co.uk
Splash Rafting
www.rafting.co.uk
Arrange local loch and river fishing, and tuition, with Ally
Gowans
www.letsflyfish.com
Adventure Sports with Nae Limits
www.naelimits.com
Pitlochry Walks – excellent information on stunning
local walks is on
www.pkc.gov.uk/leisure/walks/pitlochry.htm
Escape Route Cycle Hire, Atholl road, Pitlochry
www.escape-route.biz
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