A Roadtrip Through Highland Perthshire
A day by car, from Birnam Oak to St Mary’s Grandtully.
Written by Graeme Johncock
When it comes to spending a day in Highland Perthshire, you’re spoilt for choice! While people are often in a rush to head up the main road towards Inverness, I prefer to take my time and explore some of the scenery and history in this special part of Scotland. You might be surprised at what you find down a few of those side roads!
Pick your dates, and who is coming, and every stop will say whether it is open that day, and what it is like with children, a dog or a wheelchair.
- How
- A day by car
- Distance
- About 62 miles
- Starts
- Birnam Oak
- Ends
- Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
- Good for
- Food and drink, Castles, History
Book before you go
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Accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The day
Birnam Oak
An attraction
On the banks of the River Tay, often overlooked for its larger neighbour Dunkeld, there’s one thing very special about Birnam. A short walk from the main road takes you to the historic Birnam Oak. This gnarled tree is around 600 years old, with a hollow trunk to hide in and sticks holding up the heavy branches. You might recognise the name, since this is one of the last survivors of great Birnam Wood, immortalised in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. While not quite old enough to have met that King of Scots, there’s every chance that Shakespeare saw it as a sapling during his theatre tour of Scotland!
The rest of this day is for members.
8 more stops, what to do at each, and the drive between them. Members read every one of our days, and the magazine.
Dunkeld Cathedral
An attraction
Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
An attraction
Blair Castle
An attraction
The House of Bruar
An attraction
Queen’s View
An attraction
The Scottish Crannog Centre
An attraction
St Mary’s Grandtully
An attraction
Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier
A café
Places to stay near where the day ends, and when each is next free.
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