With the Trossachs' heather-clad peaks know as “The
Highlands in Miniature” and Breadalbane being derived from the Gaelic
meaning “High Country”, it is no surprise that this area is
outdoor lover's paradise.
Walking
The ultimate area for a variety of terrain. Choose from
gentle forest trails or challenging mountain peaks.
Cycling
The Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and Loch Lomond &
Trossachs National Park offers an extensive network of
off road tracks including the Highland Lowland Trail,
which runs from Loch Lomond to Loch Tay.
Watersports
Try your hand at canoeing or sailing. Lochearnhead with
its excellent watersports centre is ideal for both novice
and expert.
Indoors
For all the facilities you would expect of a modern leisure
centre visit the McLaren Centre in Callander.
Horseriding
Choose one of the areas equestrian centres at Callander,
Gartmore and Killin.
The Trossachs
and Breadalbane mark the spot where the Highlands and
Lowlands meet. Much of this picturesque area lies within
the boundaries of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National
Park.
The Trossachs
hills mark the dividing ‘Highland Line’ and, though
its peaks may be humbler than those of its namesake, the Trossachs
green uplands still dwarf the Lowland plain to the south.
The gateways to this startling landscape,
rich in mythology and folklore, are the villages of Callander
and Aberfoyle.
Callander
Ben Ime, Ben Vane and Ben Vorlich
To the north of
the town lies the less excitable, more tranquil hamlet of Balquhidder,
where the churchyard containing Rob Roy’s grave can be
found, etched with the stirring epitaph “MacGregor Despite
Them”.
Above Aberfoyle the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park is a haven for
walkers and trekkers, and the splendour of nearby Loch Katrine,
the inspiration for Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake and
Rob Roy, can be enjoyed from the decks of the elegant Steam
Ship Sir Walter Scott.
Breadalbane,
Gaelic for “the high country”, is where the Scottish
Highlands truly begin. This is a place of grand majesty, with
the Crianlarich and Ben Lawers mountain ranges amongst the
highest in Scotland - a wild landscape of deer and eagles.
Yet, Breadalbane is also a wilderness of beauty spots and
welcoming hostelries, a place to relax and enjoy, a place
of lore and legend.
Traditional villages like Killin nestle amid magnificent scenery;
the spectacular Falls of Dochart, Lochearnhead’s stunning
loch-side setting and, nestling in an ancient glacial valley,
the Highland villages of Tyndrum and Crianlarich.
