Things to do
Atholl Palace
The Scottish Highlands, wild and rugged, have a timeless romantic quality. At their very heart, where the River Tummel flows to the Tay, sits the historic small town of Pitlochry. The Atholl Palace Hotel, the epitome of Scottish Baronial splendour, stands overlooking wooded parkland grounds and the town to the surrounding hills. Originally opened as the Athole Hydropathic in Victorian times, the hotel retains many features of the traditional large country house, with bedroom facilities and standards which often exceed expectations and complement spacious and relaxing public areas.
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Atlantis Leisure Centre
Come along and make a splash in our 25 metre pool with depths ranging from 1 metre to 2 metres and the fastest flume on the West Coast. After a hard day, what better way to relax and re-vitalise than in our Sauna. The teaching pool has warm shallow water and a gentle sloping floor, ideal for beginners and young children. To add to the fun, there is a toddler's 'Dolphin slide'. Our pools really have got something for everyone. Whatever age and ability you are, we know you'll have a 'splashing' time.
Black Isle Bar
Featuring a carefully constructed beer menu to include their own delicious house beer alongside a variety of styles and breweries from around the world. Fancy a bite to eat? The Black Isle Bar has a selection of wood-fired pizzas ranging from the mastered classic margherita to the more adventurous, and Highland appropriate, venison salami pizza.
Blair Athol Distillery
Half a mile from Pitlochry town centre lies the Blair Athol distillery, one of the oldest still operating in Scotland. Originally constructed in 1798, it was acquired by Arthur Bell & Sons in 1933 although it remained unused for years, until it was rebuilt in the period immediately following the Second World War.
Production was expanded in the seventies and a visitor centre, which continues to attract around 30,000 people each year, was added in 1987. The spicy, fruity whisky produced here is found at the heart of the Bell’s blend, but it also finds its way to the bottle as a 12-year-...
Cruachan Dam Visitor Centre
Experience the cavernous machine hall a kilometre inside the solid rock of Ben Cruachan on a guided tour of the power station. Join expert guides as they lead visitors into the mountain and share the story of the power station – from its initial construction to its current role generating on demand electricity for Scotland.
Dolphin Spirit Inverness
View the dolphins of the Moray firth from our RIB Mischief, travelling at high speed, covering a lot of ground looking for wildlife in the water, on the land and in the sky. We spend two hours on the water doing our best to find the dolphins for you by covering as much water as possible and using our years of experience and local knowledge to head to the most likely spots. This is the trip to book for the best chance of seeing dolphins and other marine life. Alternatively, take the slower cruise on Spirit learning about the local history and folklore around Inverness with comfortable indoor...
Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds
Dunollie Museum, Castle & Grounds is an internationally recognised centre for Scottish culture and heritage and home of the World-Wide Clan MacDougall. Dunollie is located about one mile north of Oban along the coast, in an area known to have been inhabited for at least 8,000 years. Perched on a cliff and surrounded by stunning views across Oban Bay and the Isles is Dunollie’s medieval Castle Ruin. In the oldest part of the Laird’s House below is our 1745 House Museum, home to a significant collection Highland Social History including our temporary photography exhibition 'Hope Behind the...
Eden Court Theatre and Cinema
Hosting everything from opera to film to theatre to live music, Eden Court also has a rich life as a space for performing arts classes (more than 60 run each week), offering lessons for dancers, actors and performers of all ages and abilities. The multi-arts venue was built in the mid 70s, making it the largest scale venue in the region, with additional performance space -- another theatre, two cinema screens, two dance and drama studios and three floors of dressing rooms -- completed during a renovation in 2007. The building also houses the Eden Court Restaurant, which offers a lunch, dinner...