Balrobin, Pitlochry

Advantages: An Amazing Inn
Disadvantages: A little off the normal tourist track

...Picture a bleak February day in the Highlands. Snow capped mountains, a wind sharp enough to cut granite, and the only signs of life sheep huddling behind stone walls and checking their thermometers. We had driven over from near Dundee, through Blairgowrie and over the mountain to Pitlochry via Strathardle, but as we descended off the moor by pure chance, we spotted the Moulins Inn, about a mile out of the town centre. Lunchtime and frostbite and impulse made us stop. A roaring peat fire, a great welcome from those present and a meal to die for, accompanied by a modest number of pints of Old Redemption - a beer brewed in the micro brewery behind the Inn and unavailable anywhere else. The Moulins made a lasting impression on four very weary travellers and we have returned many times since, in both summer and winter. If you are going... Read review

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Advantages: A good base for touring the area
Disadvantages: I can't think of any

...Pitlochry is an ideal place to either stop overnight on your tour of Scotland or as a base for exploring the surrounding area. Pitlochry itself is a small town with a theatre where there is a summer festival each year. There is a dam with splendid views from the top and a visitor’s centre, which gives an insight into how the whole thing works. There is also a viewing chamber where you can watch salmon make their way up the fish ladder to spawn in Loch Faskally. A fish ladder, for those of you who don’t know, is a series of chambers full of water set side by side with each higher than the preceding one. Each chamber is linked with those either side by a narrow gap in the chamber wall so that the salmon can swim up through each chamber in turn and out at the top, thus climbing up past the dam. To the east of Pitlochry is Queens... Read review

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Advantages: scenic beauty
Disadvantages: many attractions not 'disabled' friendly

...Less than an hour from either Glasgow or Edinburgh, Perth lies at the gateway to the Highlands of Scotland. As you travel up the A9 road from Perth (Inverness lies about 110 miles north) you are transported into a scenic wilderness with snow covered peaks almost all year round. The heather covered ground is home to deer and grouse. There are any number of routes off this main road to tempt your adventurous spirit with lots of small towns offering affordable overnight accommodation. There are a number of well sign posted tourist attractions on route. I enjoyed the Hermitage and Bruar Falls. Pitlochry has a range of hotels and Bed and Breakfast starting at under £20 per person per night. Sign posted from the town centre is the local Distillery and a Dam complete with visitor centre. Further up the A9, Blair Castle can be seen from... Read review

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