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Royal Highlands
19 & Cairngorms

You’ll tick off the highlights of Royal Deeside and the central Highlands as
you make this circuit around Cairngorms National Park. Queen Victoria kick-
started the Scottish tourism industry when she purchased Balmoral Castle in
the middle of the 19th century, and her descendants still holiday here. Later,
heed the call of the great outdoors with a visit to an osprey nesting site, and
a funicular ride to a mountain top.

Loch Ness / · Grantown- # \ Cabrach # \
on-Spey
A9
Bridge
# . Carrbridge # \ Broomhill of Brown
# \
F G # \ Foyers # Loch # \ #
# \ # Tomintoul
4
20
# 5
# \ Invermoriston Monadhliath Garten # \
Mountains Blairnamarrow
Aviemore # # \ Coylumbridge Cock # \ # \ Calnabaichin
#
# \
6
Cairngorms
Highland # \ # H National Park Bridge 0 ¸
A939
# 7
Wildlife Park # Kincraig p264 R Cairn Gorm
Kingussie Ben Macdui R (1245m)
Newtonmore # \ # \ (1309m) Gairn
# Cairngorm # 3 # \ #Ballater
#
8
Mountains
Highland
l L
# 2
Spey Folk Museum Braemar # 1 # \ # # Balmoral
Castle
/ · # \ Dalwhinnie R
A86
Pattack Lochnagar
(1155m)
/ · Grampian Mountains # \ Clova
A9
Spittal of
# \ Glenshee
Blair Atholl
Loch Tay # Ben Vrackie
# \ #
9
Ericht Forest R (840m) # \ Cray
Kinloch Park # \ Killiecrankie
Rannoch # \ Kirkmichael
#
Killichonan # \ Loch # \ Tummel # \ Queen's # \ Pitlochry
Rannoch Bridge View
Forfar # \
Bridge of
# \ # Aberfeldy
10
Balgie Fortingall # m K
# \ # \
Loch # H Ben Loch Tay # \ Kenmore # \ Blairgowrie
Lyon Lawers # \ Dunkeld
p268 (1214m) R 0 20 km
40 miles toFG ‚ # e 0 10 miles
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