About Callander

Callander is a small Scottish Town, almost in the centre of Scotland and on the very edge of the highlands. It has been a very popular visitor destination since Victorian times when the railways brought the first tourists to see The Trossachs.
Queen Victoria was a regular visitor to a large house near Loch Venachar and famously presented a gold sovereign to 'Muckle Kate', the landlady of a pub in Brig o' Turk. Muckle Kate is Buried in Callander's old burial ground near the meadows.

Many visitors come to Callander just to see the famous woollen mills at Kilmahog just half a mile north of the town.
The woollen mills are just a small part of the shopping experience in Callander.

We have everything from the Co-op to the local delicatessen, shoe shops to health food stores, in fact just about every kind of shop you would ever want for a self catering holiday.

There are plenty things to see and do in and around Callander, here are a few suggestions:

• Enjoy the nostalgia of the 'Hamilton Toy Museum' in Callander Main Street
• Spend a little while in the Rob Roy Visitor centre then see 'The Rob Roy Experience'
• Visit Rob's grave in the lovely little churchyard at Balquhidder
• Visit Stirling, Glasgow, Perth and Edinburgh - an hour or less by car.
• Have an adventure in the Blair Drummond Safari Park
• Loch Lomond and the Drumkinnon Tower are only 45 minutes by car
• Take a few leisurely strolls on Callander Crags and woods walks, or visit the famous Bracklinn Falls
• Be a little more adventurous and take a walk up Ben Ledi or Ben A'an, both of which offer stupendous views
• Take a 15 minute drive to Loch Katrine - the heart of the Trossachs and hire a bike for the ride up the loch side
• Or sail up the loch to Stronachlachar on the 100 year old steamer 'Sir Walter Scott'

These are all within easy driving distance of Callander.
Just a bit further afield, you can visit Glencoe, infamous for the massacre of the Clan MacDonald, then go on to see Fort William and Ben Nevis - Britain's highest mountain and take a cable car ride up Aonach Mor nearby.
You could then go on the famous steam train from Fort William to Mallaig with the ferry to the isle of Skye beside the railway station.

Another day you could take the 90 minute drive to Oban then have an excursion by ferry and coach round the Isle of Mull and the Island of Iona.

These are just a handful of ideas - there are so many things to do and places to visit from Callander that you just won't want to leave!.

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