PLACES TO EAT 

·       The Cross Keys Kippen

·       The Inn at Kippen

·       Rhubarb Lime deli/café, Kippen

·       Venachar Lochside, Loch Venachar near Callander

·       Lake Hotel Port of Menteith 

·       Nick’s Jam Jar, Bridge of Allan

·       The Woodhouse Farm Shop and Café, Kippen roundabout

·       The Courtyard Café, Fintry (also Katy Rodgers interiors)

THINGS TO DO

In the vicinity:

·       Stirling Castle, Stirling Old Town and the Wallace Monument

·       Trossachs National Park including Loch Katrine, Loch Venacher and Loch Ard.  Loch Katrine has bikes for hire and trips available on the steam ship Maid of the Loch 

·       Inchmahome Priory, Lake of Mentieth (short boat trip to island 

·       Inchcailloch Island, Loch Lomond (boat trip to island and back from Balmaha)

·       Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and David Marshall Lodge, Aberfoyle

·       Doune Castle  

·       Castle Campbell 

·       Whisky distillery tours, Glengoyne, Deanston

·       Hill walking including Ben A’an to the more difficult Benn Ledi and Ben Lommond

·       Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, Comrie.  

·       Blair Drummond Safari Park 

Not far:

·       Edinburgh and Glasgow

·       Glencoe 

·       West Coast including Port Appin and Loch Fyne

·       St Andrews and the coastal villages of the East Neuk of Fife

·       Scone Palace, Glamis Castle, Falkland Palace, Linlithgow Palace, Inveraray Castle