Holiday Pitlochry; Self catering accommodation in Pitlochry

Why Pitlochy?

Pitlochry is in the Scottish county of Perthshire that boasts a plethora of lochs, rivers, glens and hills creating a beautiful highland backdrop. The town, visited by Queen Victoria in 1842, has retained many stone-built Victorian buildings and the main street has a period cast iron canopy over one side. It is a popular tourist resort and is particularly known as a centre for golfing, walking, hiking, climbing and fishing. Using Pitlochry as a centre you can explore the historic towns of Dunkeld (13 miles), Aberfeldy (14 miles), Kenmore (6 miles), the wilderness that is Rannoch Moor (20 miles), and the home of the Atholl Highlanders, Europe’s only private army, at the castle town of Blair Atholl (7 miles).

There are two whisky distilleries in the town, Eradour (the smallest in Scotland, producing just 12 casks per year) and the Blair Atholl Distillery which is over 200 years old, and both are well worth a visit. Also worth a visit is the salmon ladder at the Loch Tummel power station’s dam where you can view the salmon making their journey upstream from the comfort of an underwater viewing platform. You can even visit the Loch Faskally dam where you can investigate the workings of this local hydro-electric generation scheme.

Pitlochry is also famed for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre that offers a different show each night of the week, its award winning flower displays, the Winter Words Festival, the Enchanted Forest sound and light show, that takes place each October in the Faskally Woods. Of course on the second Saturday of September the Pitlochry Highland Games is a must see for any visitor with the Pipe Band Championship with the Massed Pipe Band parade at the end of the day is the icing on the cake.

Transport

By car

Pitlochry is on the main A9 Scottish trunk road system so it is easy to travel by car to Pitlochry. You will find the roads relatively free of traffic compared to the big towns and cities in the south. Our equivalent of a traffic jam is being stuck behind a caravan or tractor.

Buses

National Buses Coaches travel from Glasgow and Edinburgh in the south to Pitlochry and from Inverness in the north. City Link Local Buses run from Pitlochry to the rest of Highland Perthshire (:) Tel 01796 472290 for information

Trains

Trains stops at Pitlochry station on a regular basis throughout the day. To book or enquire about trains here are some useful telephone numbers. Travel Line Scotland: 0870 6082608

National Rail

Scot Rail 08457 550033 to book your tickets on the phone

Air flights

Three of Scotland's principal airports are within easy driving distance.

Edinburgh Airport

Probably the easiest international airport to get to and from Pitlochry. The thing to beware of is Edinburgh City rush travel in the morning or evening rush to and from the city. There are two routes to Highland Perthshire one is over the Forth Road Bridge and the other is via Stirling. The Forth Road Bridge route is probably the quickest route to Pitlochry so long as there are no road works on the Bridge and the city rush is not on in the evening.

Glasgow Airport

On the south side of Glasgow which means one has to drive on the M8 right through the middle of Glasgow. Again, you may wish to avoid the city traffic at peak times. If the traffic is non existent and the roads are clear driving time will take about 1 hour 45 mins, with heavy traffic add up to another forty minutes.

Inverness Airport

Does not take many international flights, but cheap internal flight operators use Inverness so you may be able to get a better deal by flying to Inverness. The drive time from Inverness to Pitlochry is of the order of 1hour 30 minutes.

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