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Explore Highland Perthshire Tourism Newsletter 2019
The Schiehallion Hotel The hotel has seen a few changes over the last couple of seasons.
tion of a new menu from our head chef Anthony and daily specials will be available
Firstly our introduction of a Gin Bar which is proving to be very popular. This keeps getting better with the addition of some really nice gins sourced by the management team and some out of the ordinary additions which just on our blackboards. arrived pre-season. The Schiehallion bar is child friendWe offer lunch and dinner service ly and dog friendly and we look after and show all everyone the same any children will be the popular offered a colouring pack and we have sports treats, water, blankets and towels for events on 4 our doggie visitors. screens. This new The hotel has seen a busy season and season is our addition of USB sockets in all the going to see rooms have proved very popular in this an introduc- day and age of technology.
We have just completed work on having a ramped walkway into the hotel entrance which make us more disabled friendly in the bar and dining area. We continue to work on the rooms to ensure maintenance issues are dealt with and the hotel rooms still look like they had just been renovated. More additions and improvements will be happening through the coming season but nothing that will hinder a stay at one of the friendliest hotels in Aberfeldy.
Cluny House Gardens American wood lilies. Many primulas flower at this time including common species like cowslip and oxlip but there are also rare and unusual Asiatic species happy in Cluny’s humus rich Cluny is an exciting mature wood- soil and dappled shade. land garden situated above the north side of the River Tay close to Late spring and early Aberfeldy. As Cluny is organic, our summer is peak viewing at Cluny ethos is to work with nature thus no with an expanding number of colourinsecticides or weed ful candelakillers are used. There bra primulas, is a strong emphasis on European Himalayan species of Turkscap plants and trees but lilies, magnifalso North American icent Giant and Japanese species. Himalayan The garden is carefully managed to lilies, exotic “cobra” lilies and glorious integrate native wild flowers along with blue Himalayan poppies. a wide variety of fungi, lichens and mosses, all adding to a diverse habitat. Autumn brings its own spectacular highlights with trees and shrubs turnSpring brings forth a large variety of ing into a myriad of hues and colours bulbs including carpets of pink Dog’s in particular the Japanese maples and tooth violets and white, pink or crim- the berries of rowans and spindle son Trilliums commonly known as trees. 9
Red squirrels are throughout but make sure to visit when the garden opens in the morning to have the best views. You might also catch sight of a stoat along with the many species of woodland birds present. Please be aware that there are a large number of steps to negotiate but there is a flatter shortcut and strategically placed seats for visitors to absorb the peace and quiet. We are open every day of the year and if you would like to visit Cluny outside our normal opening times of 10am to 6pm then please phone on 07818 065966. John, Wendy, Fiona, Andrew and Alistair.