
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
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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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