Pure air, amazing countryside and home to some of the finest whiskey ever, a trip to the Central Highlands and Loch Lomond won’t disappoint. With unique attractions such as the Falkirk Wheel, the spectacular West Highland Line and Balmoral Castle you won’t be short of things to see and do.
The Invercauld Arms Hotel dates back as far as 1645 when it was built as a coaching inn. The hotel remained standing throughout the Jacobite Rebellion.
The Invercauld Arms is ideally located for golfing, fishing, walking and exploring Scottish Highlands. Scotland’s Premier Ski resort of Glenshee is only 9 miles away and the Lecht Ski Resort is 15 miles away making the hotel the ideal base all year round.
Braemar is a small but very picturesque village located in the Scottish Highlands with the Cairngorms National Park nearby.
The hotel is situated on Invercauld Estate, the third largest estate in Scotland
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Braemar, or Braigh Mharr in Gaelic (which finally died out locally as a spoken language about 1900), is not only redolent with Scottish history, but is a land of superlatives. It is the highest and most mountainous parish in the UK, with each of its 182,000 acres being more than 1000ft above sea level (the Post office, in the village centre, is at 1110ft).
The area contains within its borders some 24 Munros, or mountains of over 3,000ft, with three over 4,000ft. It is also the only parish in the country to border with four of the old counties (Banffshire, Inverness-shire, Perthshire and Angus). It has the highest 18-hole golf course in the country, and shares with Perthshire the Cairnwell Pass, at 2,100ft the highest through road in the country, which on the Braemar side passes through the Glenshee Ski Centre.
Those of an energetic disposition can go walking, pony trekking, climbing, mountain biking, hang-gliding, skiing, snow-boarding, golfing, putting or bowling, while field sportsmen are spoiled for choice, having easy access to stalking and shooting, as well as to brown trout and salmon angling - there are a variety of stocked waters within easy reach. Discerning motorists too, recognise that Braemar is an ideal centre for touring, with a mix of major attractions easily within a day's return journey.
Devotees of Highland Games can, in September, accompany Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to the great Braemar Gathering. Reputedly founded in the 11th Century by Malcolm Canmore, used as a front in 1715 by the Earl of Mar to plan the first Jacobite Uprising, and which has been run in its present form since 1832 by Braemar Royal Highland Society, the oldest surviving Friendly Society in Scotland. It also sponsors the village Highland Dancing Class, with weekly evening displays in summer, along with regular Sunday afternoon Pipe Band displays in July and August.
The Invercauld Arms Hotel dates back as far as 1645 when it was built as a coaching inn. The hotel remained standing throughout the Jacobite Rebellion.
The Invercauld Arms is ideally located for golfing, fishing, walking and exploring Scottish Highlands. Scotland’s Premier Ski resort of Glenshee is only 9 miles away and the Lecht Ski Resort is 15 miles away making the hotel the ideal base all year round.
Braemar is a small but very picturesque village located in the Scottish Highlands with the Cairngorms National Park nearby.
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