The Rob Roy Hotel
The Rob Roy Hotel is situated in Aberfoyle, the gateway to the Trossachs. A friendly smile awaits visitors wishing to stop off for some good food and warm hospitality. Excellent all day breakfast just £5.95, popular cream teas, coffees and snacks. 2 course High Tea, plus tea/coffee only £7.95. Relax in the newly refurbished bar area, open from 11am. Food served all day. Coach parties and families welcome. We look forward to seeing you! Situated on the A81, just before you enter Aberfoyle village. www.robroyhotel.co.uk  Tel: 01877 382245
 

Go Forth-Forest Hills Watersports & Activity Centre offers a fantastic activity programme which is open to everyone. There’s Kayaking, canoeing, sailing, fishing, mountain biking, quad biking, 4X4 safaris, boat hire, archery, clay pigeon shooting and more. Taster sessions for beginners. All activities under the supervision of qualified staff. Open 7 days all year. On the banks of Loch Ard, 4 miles from Aberfoyle, opposite Forest Hills Resort entrance. Tel: 01877 387775
 

Go Ape
Go Ape: Take to the trees at David Marshall Lodge, Aberfoyle, and experience an exhilarating course of rope bridges, Tarzan swings and zip slides up to 120 feet above the forest floor. Ideal for friends and families, you’ll share approximately 3 hours of fun and adventure going ape up in the trees. Book online or call 0845 094 8762. Min age 10yrs. Min height 1.4m. Under 18s must be accompanied by a participating adult. Situated next to the David Marshall Lodge Visitor Centre in Aberfoyle.

The Aberfoyle Historic Trail

It is here at Aberfoyle in the heart of the Trossachs that two rivers meet to form the start of the River Forth, which goes on to flow past Stirling and on to Edinburgh. Aberfoyle started life as a small village with an Inn at its centre and a bridge. In the mid 19th century it was developed by the Duke of Montrose . Today it is a bustling holiday village with much to offer.

1. Toll House for the Duke's Pass. Following the huge success of Sir Walter Scott's book ‘Lady of the Lake’, tourists flocked to the area. In 1829, the Duke of Montrose built a road from Aberfoyle to Loch Katrine to cope with this influx of visitors. Some one hundred and seven years later in 1936 it was closed as a Toll Road, the last toll Road in Scotland. (Both Toll houses are private houses today.)

2. The Covenanters Inn, (Inchrie Castle today) so called after the signing in spring of 1949 of a second covenant pledge with two million signatures to secure Scotland a Parliament for Scottish Affairs. Fourty eight years later the Queen opened the Scottish new Parliament in 1997. It is also said that when the Scottish Stone of Destiny disappeared from Westminster in was hidden here in the 1950s.

3. Forest Walks. There are a number of walks from Aberfoyle, two of which are past the Covenanters Inn. The Yellow way marked trail is 3.7miles (allow 2.5hrs) long and the blue trail is 5.5miles long (allow 3.5hrs). Both walks take you round Loch Spling and are featured in the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park walks leaflet.

4. Kirkton Church was built in 1744, today a listed ruin. Outside the church doors you will see cast iron mort safes. These are special heavy weight metal coffin covers, which were used around 1828 to prevent body snatchers from getting the newly buried bodies to sell for medical examination.

5. The sacred place of fairies. One of Aberfoyle's characters from the past was Rev Robert Kirk, who had a strong belief and connection with the magical world of the fairies. He published a book titled 'The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies' in 1693. It is said the fairies were so annoyed with him for divulging their world to us humans, that when he walked on Doon Hill, the sacred place of fairies, they spirited him away and left behind a changeling, a human form. This was buried in the old churchyard. The large single pine tree sticking out at the summit of Doon Hill is said to contain his imprisoned spirit and that every minister that followed Rev Robert Kirk was standing in for him. It is also allegedly the site of a fort ‘Eperpuill’ belonging to Aedan, Prince of Forth, (570 to 604) from the Scots early Kindom of Dalriada.

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