2018-19 EXPLORE perthshire, dundee & Angus visitscotland.com WELCOME TO perthshire, dundee & angus 1 Welcome to… Contents 2 Perthshire, Dundee & Angus at a glance perthshire, 4 Great outdoors 6 Perfect playground dundee & 8 Intriguing history Angus 10 City escapes 12 Local flavours 14 Year of Young People 2018 16 What’s on 18 Travel tips 20 Practical information 24 Places to visit listings 52 Display adverts 37 Leisure activities listings Discovery Point and V&A Dundee 40 Shopping listings 65 Display adverts You never truly leave this place. A visit to Perthshire, Dundee & Angus will 41 Food & drink listings stay with you always – our breathtaking 66 Display adverts scenery, enthralling history and 42 Tours listings inspiring attractions will forge 66 Display adverts memories in your heart and mind that will last you all your days. 43 Family fun listings Transport Here, your time can be filled with walks 67 Display adverts among majestic glens and dramatic peaks, games of golf on championship courses Events & festivals and visits to historic whisky distilleries and 72 Display adverts romantic castles. Give your life a change of gear 44 Accommodation listings by trying an adrenaline fuelled outdoor 72 Display adverts activity – surfing off the spectacular coastline, 74 Dundee street map 1 exhilarating mountain biking or even bungee- 75 Perth street map 2 jumping. Then recharge your batteries with 76 Regional map 3 delicious local food and drink. You can come face to face with the region’s colourful and intriguing past as you walk amid Pictish stones, step on the deck of a ship that explored Antarctica, and hear the stories of the people you meet. Visit us in 2018, where you can join in as we celebrate Scotland’s Year of Young People - it’s the perfect time to explore the range of attractions and activities on offer, and throw yourself into our lively programme of festivals and events. Cover: Kinnoull Hill’s Tower, Perth Credits: ©VisitScotland. Kenny Lam, David McGarvie, Circumnavigation/Dollar Photo Club, Paul Tomkins 18PDA Produced and published by APS Group Scotland (APS) in conjunction with VisitScotland (VS) and Scottish Provincial Press (SPP). Disclaimer APS / VS / SPP have produced and published this guide in good faith to reflect information submitted by the proprietors/managers of the businesses listed who have paid for and approved their entries to be included. 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Quality Assurance awards are correct as at January 2018. 2 perthshire, dundee & angus perthshire, dundee & angus AT A GLANCE Loch Brandy in Glen Clova Welcome to a landscape of tranquil forests, soaring mountain peaks and spectacular coastline that will soothe your mind and make your heart soar. In no time at all you can step from this natural playground into attractive, cosmopolitan cities, and charming towns and villages. Here you can meet and make friends with the welcoming locals, joining them in fantastic events, visiting unusual attractions or kick back to enjoy some sensationally good local food and drink. It’s time to find out what makes Perthshire, Dundee & Angus so very special. Perthshire Blessed with a leafy riverside Blackruthven, is Scotland’s mid- This part of Scotland is known as setting, Perth has the zip and bustle summer three-day festival to ‘Big Tree Country’ for several very of a larger city but is small enough celebrate music and the arts. good (and very large reasons). The to explore easily on foot. You Hermitage in Dunkeld is a peaceful, should stop for a bite to eat in one Auchterarder is an interesting secluded wooded grove where you of the many cafés and tearooms; place, famed and nicknamed the can admire some of Britain’s tallest or spend an evening in one of the ‘Lang Toon’ for its 1.5 mile long trees, including a Douglas fir which tremendous restaurants and bars. high street, which has a good selection of independent shops. stands at around 200 ft. Come in Perth has a bustling arts and autumn and you’ll also see salmon cultural scene, from the Edwardian There’s no better way to get to leaping up the crashing Black Linn Perth Theatre, which has just know our hills and glens than Falls as they return home to spawn. reopened after an extensive on foot. Head to Blairgowrie and Nestled between two sprawling refurbishment, to an array of art put your best foot forward on the public parks, the elegant Georgian galleries, and independent craft Cateran Trail, a 64-mile circular townhouses, cobbled streets shops. waymarked walk through the and medieval spires, the city of The Solas Festival, based just unspoilt scenery of the Perthshire Perth harks back to its long and outside Perth at The Bield at hills and the Angus Glens. prosperous past. VISITSCOTLAND.COM perthshire, dundee & angus AT A GLANCE 3 which holds exhibitions throughout the year. Don’t miss the opening of Highlights Did you the V&A Dundee later this year. Treat yourself to a spot of retail Watch a performance at the know? therapy then dive into the city’s highly esteemed Dundee At Mills Observatory in thriving nightlife at an array of Rep Theatre, home to Dundee, the UK’s first lively bars, pubs and first-class Scotland’s only full-time public observatory, restaurants. acting company, or catch an exhibition at Dundee you can stargaze at Step back in time at the delightful Contemporary Arts. celestial wonders. old fishing village of Broughty Ferry. Stroll along its award-winning Follow the woodland walk beach and see inside the 15th- from the centre of the century Broughty Castle. charming Victorian spa town of Pitlochry to see the Black Angus Spout, one of Perthshire’s What sort of childhood did the most impressive waterfalls. writer of Peter Pan have? You can Go wild in the University of see for yourself in Kirriemuir, where Dundee’s Botanic Garden. JM Barrie, author of the children’s There’s a splendid selection classic, was born and spent his of exotic and native plants, early childhood. trees and shrubs. The Head to the traditional market glasshouses will transport town of Forfar to taste one of the you thousands of miles into region’s delicious delicacies, the the middle of a rainforest Forfar Bridie, a crispy meat pastry. and desert. Loch Brandy in Glen Clova Stand at the very spot where the Here’s an inside tip – just 25 Declaration of Arbroath, one of miles north of Edinburgh Aberfeldy has an enviable location the most important documents in is the little gem of Kinross. on the banks of the River Tay. Enjoy Scottish history and recognised From this town you can dramatic north-westerly views of by UNESCO, was signed at the follow the Loch Leven the Grampian mountains. magnificent red sandstone ruins of Heritage Trail around Arbroath Abbey. Scotland’s largest lowland Fancy a dram? Head to Scotland’s loch. Keep your eyes peeled oldest distillery, Glenturret just Carnoustie is famed for its sublime for wildlife and take the outside Crieff. The Library of championship golf course, boat out to Lochleven Castle Innerpeffray, a short drive away, is which is hosting The 147th Open where Mary Queen of Scots the oldest public-lending library in Championship in July. Here you was imprisoned in 1567. the country. can also try the exhilarating sports of windsurfing, canoeing, sailing Explore the Victorian spa town and yachting in the waters of the Don’t miss... of Pitlochry and visit its famous sweeping, shallow bay. salmon ladder and visitor centre. Kirriemuir Camera While away a pleasant day Obscura, which gives you Dundee exploring the attractive town of a fascinating glimpse Named in 2017 as one of the Montrose and its wide, sandy into another era. From world’s top ten travel destinations beach. Play a round of golf on its hilltop setting you can by The Wall Street Journal, Dundee Montrose Golf Links, the fifth-oldest enjoy striking views of the is buzzing with life, history and cool course in the world. town and the surrounding things to see and do. Step on board Standing boldly in the town of countryside. the legendary RRS Discovery which Brechin you’ll find the beautiful Newton Farm authentic took Captain Scott and Ernest Brechin Cathedral and its adjoining Shackleton to Antarctica. You farm tours with a farming 11th-century round tower, one family and unique alpaca simply have to visit the McManus, of only two such towers on the Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum, experiences and walks at Scottish mainland. Inverarity, Forfar. VISITSCOTLAND.COM 4 perthshire, dundee & angus great outdoors Queen’s View, near Pitlochry Pull on your boots, grab your coat and throw yourself into the wonderful landscapes of Perthshire, Dundee & Angus. Here you can explore some of Scotland’s most stunning scenery, and experience a fantastic range of exciting outdoor activities against a backdrop of rolling hills, towering mountains and dreamy coastline.