Castles in Scotland Worth the Entry Fee

Scotland has hundreds of castles you can wander round for nothing, but the ones with a ticket office are usually the ones with the most to see inside. Furnished rooms, collections built up over centuries, gardens that have been kept for just as long, and in some cases a family who still live there. A good castle will happily fill an afternoon.

We've gathered our favourite castles that charge for entry, from royal fortresses on their crags to family seats still lived in today. Every one of them is worth the ticket.