further afield

Visit Perthshire

Perthshire - 'all of Scotland' as it is known. Perth, the fair city - where city meets country.

Great days out take you to the Perthshire Visitor Centre, to idyllic Dunkeld and the Hermitage, where Scotland's tallest tree stands, to Pitlochry with its 'Theatre in the Hills', its distilleries, dam and fish ladder, and its lovely highland shops. A little beyond Pitlochry, Blair Castle awaits and you can shop till you drop at the House of Bruar - 'Scotland's Harrods'. And also worth visiting are Blairgowrie, Crieff, with Scotland's oldest distillery, Glenturret - and a fine visitor centre too.

In Perth itself, outstanding local 'must visits' are the Fair Maid's House in Curfew Row, The City Art gallery and museum, the theatre the Black Watch Museum, The City Mills, The new Perth Concert Hall.....and of course Scone Palace, a stunningly beautiful building where Robert the Bruce and King Charles II were crowned, and whose grounds house the little racecourse. Climb Kinnoull Hill for a stunning view of the Tay Valley.

Visit the Kingdom of Fife

Whatever you want to explore - the country's best-kept beaches, the world home of golf in St Andrews the famous ‘Royal and Ancient’, the delightful East Neuk fishing villages, the historic capital of Dunfermline, it's all in the Kingdom of Fife. Discover a relaxed, refreshing and high-quality environment  less than 30 minutes away.

Fife's towns and villages are steeped in Scotland's history and a visit to the Kingdom is a step back in time. The nation's ancient capital for more than 500 years, Dunfermline stands as testimony to the Kingdom's rich heritage. Once the birthplace of monarchs and the final resting place of Robert the Bruce.

Falkland also displays its royal credentials in its stately Palace, the favourite hunting lodge of a succession of Stewart monarchs while St Andrews, once the ecclesiastic capital of Scotland but now better known as a golfer's paradise, is home to our oldest university.

Kirkcaldy, the commercial centre of the Kingdom and birthplace of economist Adam Smith and architect Robert Adam, also houses a superb collection of Scottish Colourist paintings in its fine Museum and Art Gallery.
Meanwhile, in the picturesque villages of the East Neuk of Fife, whitewashed buildings with red pantiled roofs overlook cobbled winding streets leading to delightful, secluded little fishing harbours, which testify to the strong heritage of sea-fishing that lives on the area.

The past is still very much alive in the Kingdom of Fife.