Aberfeldy is once of Scotland’s best-known holiday tows and offers a complete antidote to modern day stresses and strains. However, Aberfeldy is a fairly new community (in Scottish terms), having been established as recently as the late 18th century.

The town grew up around Wade’s Bridge, the first bridge built across the Upper River Tay in 1733 by the English general who subjugated the Highlands after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s rebellion in 1745. Next to the bridge is the Black Watch Monument, which commemorates the site of the first muster of this famous Scottish regiment in May 1740.

You can watch tasty Scottish delicacies being produced at Breadalbane Bakery and at Dewer's World of Whisky, another tradition is maintained, where a working distillery has been complemented by one of the world’s most modern and high-tech interactive presentations of the story of Scotland’s national drink. You can even try you hand at blending your own whisky!

Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, was entranced by Aberfeldy during a visit in 1787 and penned the famous ‘Birks of Aberfeldy’ in memory of the beautiful area around the Falls of Moness where there are now footpaths and picnic areas. There are also lovely walks through the flowering bulbs of Bolfracks Garden overlooking the Tay a couple of miles west of the town.

As well as walking, Aberfeldy is an excellent base for countless other activities from golf (4 courses nearby) and angling to the more energetic canyoning, white water rafting, abseiling and cliff jumping. Whatever activity you want, you can almost certainly enjoy it around Aberfeldy.

The thriving community was also established as Scotland’s first ‘Fairtrade Town’ in 2002.