2025 Blairgowrie Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in April)

The snow road on the Eastern side of the Cairngorms is not only Britain’s highest road but surely one of its most scenic. One of the summer highlights of this classic road trip is stopping off at the Glenshee ski cafe and taking the chair lift to over 1100m to the top of The Cairnwell. Once there you will be greeted with spectacular views across the national park and a circular, moderate hike back down to your start point #mountain #scotland

1. Glenshee Ski Centre Scotland's largest ski resort, with over 40 km of ski runs. It also has the UK's largest cable car system, extending to three valleys and four peaks. Address: Old Military Rd, Ballater AB35 5XU, United Kingdom Tickets: Day pass £34, beginner's area £28, student ticket £29 2. Glencoe Mountain Resort Scotland's first commercial ski area, open 364 days a year. You can go mountain biking and hiking in the summer and skiing in the winter. Not only are there beginner-friendly gentle slopes, but there is also the Flypaper, known as the steepest ski run in the UK. Address: Kingshouse, Glencoe PH49 4HZ Scotland Tickets: Winter weekday day pass £30, weekend/holiday £35 3. Nevis Range The ski resort is particularly high, at 650 m, and can be reached by mountain cable car. The highest point is 1,190 m, making it the highest ski resort in the UK. Tickets: Adult day pass £24.95, student day pass £20.75 Transportation: About a 13-minute drive from Fort William. Take bus 916 from Glasgow, about 4 hours. 4. Cairngorm Ski Resort The easiest ski resort to reach by public transportation in Scotland, with 35 ski runs of different slopes and 10 cable car routes Transportation: Take bus 37 directly from Aviemore. 5. Yad Moss Ski Tow Suitable for experienced advanced players, not recommended for beginners to try. The ski resort has a 600 m cableway. When the snow conditions are good, the ski run can be up to 800 m long. Tickets: Adult season pass £55, day pass £20 Transportation: You need to drive/take a taxi. It's about 10 minutes from Alston.

#luxuryhotels #christmastrip #freehotelstay Dalmunzie Castle is a gorgeous stay!! The castle itself is beautiful and the views are amazing but neither was the highlight. The MASTERCLASS staff was attentive, welcoming, and genuinely seemed to enjoy making sure my husband and I made the best of our honeymoon! Hats off to the chef, even if there were any other options within a half an hour (there's not) we would still chose to eat there as the food was phenomenal. Absolutely recommend. Great location, beautiful surrounding atmosphere, great staff. Most friendly and helpful receptionist and staff ever, lovely and great first impression of hotel. Everything about the hotel was exceptional. It was clean, stylish, roomy with excellent service in where we had dinner. Food was good and great value for money and service was attentive and efficient. Room itself was well equipped and comfortable. I was very pleased with my stay. I

#freehotelstay Brilliant, really good meal in the evening and breakfast in a conservatory in the morning. They give a good service and there is a nice atmosphere during the meal, not a long wait between courses. Maybe the best thing was a nice couple of sofas and small table with armchairs in a separate room while waiting for a table. A safe distance apart from others but close enough to have a conversation. That is often where places fall short as you have to stand and wait at the entrance where people walk past as they arrive and leave.