Travel Reference
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buses run from Killin (45 minutes, two to six daily). For Aber-
foyle, get off a Stirling-bound bus at Blair Drummond safari park and cross the road.
via Callander (£15.60, 1¾ hours, two daily).
Loch Katrine
This rugged area, 6 miles north of Aberfoyle and 10 miles west of Callander, is the heart
of the Trossachs. From April to October two
boats
( 01877-376315;
www.lochkatrine.com
;
Trossachs Pier; 1hr cruise adult/child £12/8)
run cruises from Trossachs Pier at the eastern tip of
Loch Katrine. One of these is the fabulous centenarian steamship
Sir Walter Scott
; check
the website to see which boats depart when, as it's worth going on the veteran if you can.
They run various one-hour afternoon sailings, and at 10.30am (and 2pm from June to
August) there's a departure to Stronachlachar at the other end of the loch before returning
(single/return adult £13/15.50, child £8/9.50, two hours return). From Stronachlachar (also
accessible by car via Aberfoyle), you can reach the eastern shore of Loch Lomond at isol-
ated Inversnaid.
Balquhidder Around
North of Callander, you'll skirt past the shores of gorgeous Loch Lubnaig. Not as famous
as some of its cousins, it's still well worth a stop for its sublime views of forested hills. In
the small village of
Balquhidder
(ball-whidder), 9 miles north of Callander off the A84,
there's a churchyard with
Rob Roy's grave
. It's an appropriately beautiful spot in a deep,
winding glen in big-sky country.
miles on, is a luxury hideaway in a fantastically peaceful location overlooking two lochs.
It's a great fusion of country Scotland and contemporary attitudes to design and food. The
rooms are superb and feature quirkily original decor, and the restaurant serves à-la-carte
lunches and five-course dinners (£50) which are high in quality, sustainably sourced, and
deliciously innovative. Enchantment lies in its successful combination of top-class hospit-
ality with a relaxed rural atmosphere; dogs and kids happily romp on the lawns, and no-
one looks askance if you come in flushed and muddy after a day's fishing or walking.
Local buses between Callander and Killin stop at the main road turn-off to Balquhidder,
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