Within the bounds of the Cairngorm National park, Tirinie (the old Scots word for Trinity) was once a peaceful retreat for Church of Scotland ministers who came to recover their energy and revive their spiritual well-being.

You can well understand why they left refreshed, for today Tirinie still offers the same peace and quiet and sense of uplift. At the same time it is only a few miles from the A9 and about halfway between Edinburgh and Inverness, with excellent road connections in all directions. It is within easy reach of that busy magnet for visitors, Pitlochry, with its very well-known Festival Theatre, sporting opportunities, shops, restaurants, museums and romantic countryside round about.

If you are coming from a distance, you can also arrive by train at Blair Atholl and then hire a car locally. You can hire mountain bikes to ride right across country to Braemar on Royal Deeside.

Blair Castle is the seat of the Dukes of Atholl, the only family in the country entitled to keep their own private army! The castle is open to visitors and the Atholl Highlanders parade at the Atholl Gathering in May. In August the Castle also hosts the Blair Castle International Horse Trials, one of Scotland’s premier equestrian events. For something more everyday, guests should not fail to stock up on bread and other goodies at the village’s superb Watermill bakery. The village also offers golf, pony trekking and a distillery!

Visits to some of the loveliest lochs in Scotland, Tummel, Tay and Rannoch, the latter two of which offer a full range of watersports, are all easily achievable from Tirinie, while lovers of wildlife will find it in profusion here. There are fine walks right from the door and the area is also well known for its fishing opportunities.