"The Atholl Palace is one of my favourite places where each year we meet up with good friends and have fun. It's the perfect place to stay in a perfect setting with lovely people looking after us. What more could a person want?"
Activities in and around Pitlochry
Walking
Pitlochry has walks to suit every walker with a choice of pasture or highland, riverside, woodland and open moorland.
Gentle Walks
For gentle strolls by rivers there is the historical Soldiers Leap in Killiecrankie, or Loch Faskally forest walks in Pitlochry. Walks over hills include Craigower Hill, behind the golf course, which rewards an up hill walk of an hour or so with spectacular views, or a walk from Port-Na-craig, by the festival theatre, over a hillside filled with ancient monuments such as a stone circle and burial mounds, to the neighbouring valley of Strathtay.
Hill Walks
For the more serious walker there is Ben-Y-Vrackie (2759ft) with views, on a clear day, up lochs Tummel and Rannoch to the islands off the West Coast and south to Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Local Munros (mountains over 3000ft) include Ben Lawers and Schiehallion (meaning 'the Fairy Mountain' in Gaelic). It is known that, as you walk up Schiehallion on midsummers day, your shadow jumps from side to side. While this may have a rational scientific explanation, many believe it to be evidence of fairies playing with your shadow.
Cycling
About 100 yards from the Atholl Palace entrance is Perthshire's most dynamic bike shop, where you can hire bikes, tandems, tag-along's and any required equipment. Kevin or Malcolm will also be able to give you route maps and suggest a route which suits your abilities.
Theatre
Pitlochry's renowned Festival Theatre has plays, music, talks and workshops running throughout the year. The range of courses they offer grows each year and currently includes writing, painting, photography, and theatre skills. Details of their programme can be seen on their website
Pitlochry Outdoor Activities
Highland perthshire has many organisations offering truly unique and exhilarating experiences, including Quad biking, white water sports, hovercrafts and moutaineering.
We are happy to help you arrange any activity but you may also like to contact the team at Pitlochry Outdoor Activities (Tel: 01796 474 100) who have specialist knowledge of all these activities.
