Dewar's Aberfeldy
The Aberfeldy distillery built by John Dewar's sons in 1896, the spiritual home…
Attractions in Scotland.
Castles, ruins, historic houses and museums across Scotland, each marked for whether it earns the entry fee. Heart anything and it keeps for your trip.
Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands · tomwillettphotos
In short
An attraction, on these pages, is somewhere you go to look at, and every one has been visited. Castles like Dunnottar on its cliff south of Stonehaven and Dunvegan on Skye; the brochs and blackhouses of the islands, Dun Beag above Struan and the Gearrannan village on Lewis; St Clement's Church at Rodel on Harris; the Grey Mare's Tail falling into Moffat Dale; whole towns worth the walk, Tobermory's painted front and Old Aberdeen's cobbles. Each entry says what it is, how long it takes and whether it earns the entry fee, and a good many of the best ones are free. Start with the divisions below if you know what you are after, or with a region if you know where you will be. Either way, check the opening times before you drive; the ones worth a detour tend to keep the shortest hours.
Caledonian Sleeper
A' Mhaighdean
Said to be the most remote Munro, 967 metres high in the Fisherfield Forest…
Abbotsford, Home of Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott's romantic house by the Tweed near Melrose, which he built and…
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen's great art gallery on Schoolhill, free to visit, with 700 years of…
Aberdeen Beach
Two miles of golden sand on the edge of Aberdeen, from the harbour to the mouth…
Aberfoyle Old Parish Church
The old kirkyard of Aberfoyle, with its iron mortsafes and the grave of Robert…
Achmelvich
A cove of white sand and turquoise water among the rocks of Assynt, three miles…
Achnabreck Rock Art
Cup and ring marks carved into the rock some 5,000 years ago, among the finest…
Achnahaird Beach
A wide sandy inlet on the Coigach peninsula near Achiltibuie, with tidal flats…
Advocate's Close
A steep, narrow close from the Royal Mile down to Cockburn Street, framing the…
Alloa Tower
The largest surviving keep in Scotland, the Erskines' tower at Alloa, where…
Alloway Auld Kirk
The roofless 16th-century kirk in Alloway where Tam o' Shanter saw the witches…
Allt Kinglass Viaduct
A curved girder viaduct of 1894 on the West Highland Line, carrying the railway…
American Monument
A cliff-top tower at the Mull of Oa, raised in 1920 for the American servicemen…
An Lochan Uaine
The green lochan of the Ryvoan Pass above Glenmore, its water a startling green…
An Teallach
The Forge, a jagged mountain of red sandstone above Little Loch Broom, whose…
Annandale Distillery
A distillery of 1830, silent for most of a century and working again since 2014.
Anstruther
The biggest village of the East Neuk of Fife, once Scotland's busiest fishing…
Aonach Eagach
Glen Coe's northern wall and the narrowest ridge on the British mainland, a…
Arbroath Abbey
The red sandstone ruins of the abbey William the Lion founded in 1178, where…
Arbroath Harbour
The old harbour of Arbroath, full of fishing boats and yachts below painted…
Archerfield Walled Garden
An 18th-century walled garden near Dirleton that once fed Archerfield House…
Ard Neakie Lime Kilns
A near-island in Loch Eriboll, tied to the shore by a curving spit of shingle…
A cove of white sand and turquoise water among the rocks of Assynt, three miles from Lochinver down a winding single-track road, with Hermit's Castle on the headland.From our write-up of Achmelvich