Local Attractions

The Sky Lodge Hotel is situated in the hills of the Perthshire and close to the banks of the River Tay. With Perth on our doorstep, Dundee and St Andrews less than an hour away, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen within easy reach there are a huge range of attractions for holiday makers and business travellers.  There’s great variety throughout the area, you can travel through picturesque towns and villages as you choose to visit Abbeys, Arts centres, Battle sites, Castles, Distilleries, Woodland and Forests, Galleries, Gardens, Glens, Hills, Historic Houses, Lochs, Mountains, Museums, Nature Reserves, Palaces, Rivers, Waterfalls, Wildlife Parks and more.

We have looked at some of our favourite attractions and most popular with our residents and listed below along with links to their websites and driving times.

We are lucky to be situated in some of the most beautiful countryside in all of Scotland.  The hills of Perthshire are globally renowned for their beauty and have more than 200,000 acres of woodlands, which include more champion trees than anywhere else in the UK, Perthshire is Big Tree Country. Together these create Scotland’s most spectacular trees and woodlands, where there are lots of different experiences to discover and enjoy.

On a day out in Perthshire Big Tree Country, you could see Europe’s oldest tree, waterfalls, lochs, tranquil deciduous and man-made woodlands, and much more. You can also discover the diverse flora and fauna from stunning spring bluebell woods to spectacular autumn colours and from ospreys nesting to salmon leaping.