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Day 3 — Blair Atholl
A cultural day to your new base in Blair Atholl, with 1 h 41 on the road.
Stage 3 · Blair Atholl · United Kingdom
day 3 1 night 1 h 41 on the road127 kmclimate favourable
Interest of the place — culture 15. Based on: remarkable site in a built site setting.
- programme
- 8 h 30
- road
- 1 h 41
- Strolling along the River Tilt3 h
- Visiting Blair Castle and its Hercules Gardens★★★☆☆ · known in 16 languages — article “Blair Castle”“Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl, though the current chief, the 12th Duke of Atholl, lives in South Africa, where he was born and raised.” — after Wikipedia3 h 30
- Exploring the Atholl Country Life Museum2 h
Bad-weather option — something else that day — Visiting Blair Castle and its Hercules Gardens
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Loch an Eilein
A scenic freshwater loch surrounded by ancient pine forests within the Rothiemurchus Estate.
60 min there · no detour · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 12 May 2005 by Angus — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Falls of Bruar
A series of picturesque waterfalls cascading through a deep, wooded gorge.
45 min there · detour +5 km · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 19 June 2007 by John MacKenzie — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
