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| On the doorstep of Glasgow, Scotlands major city, Argyll offers a diverse mix of activities for the discerning holiday maker. For the more strenuous, there are sailing courses run from Tighnabruaich Sailing School - Airy Cottage offer rest bite from your days activities. Game shooting is available on the local Otter Ferry Estate. For those wishing to indulge in something a little less strenuous in Kames, there is the local nine hole golf course; painting courses are available locally too. Further a field in Argyll, you can visit the town of Inverary - one of the first examples of a planned "new" (it dates back to the 1800s) town in the country. Amongst the attractions in Inverary is the Prison, recreating the experience for you and your children of what prison life would have been like in times gone by. A short walk out from Inverary is Inverary Castle, home of the Duke of Argyll and used during the Second World War as a special forces training centre. Beyond Inverary there is the Kilmartin Valley. There are more than 350 ancient monuments within a six-mile radius of the village of Kilmartin, Argyll:- 150 of them are prehistoric. This extraordinary concentration and diversity of monuments distinguishes the Kilmartin valley as an area of outstanding archaeological importance. The sites of interest include:- - Kilmartin Church Yard - where members of the Knights Templar are reputedlyburied. - The ruins of the Bishop of Argylls Castle - The capital of one of Scotlands ancient kingdom Dalriada - Standing Stones Chambered Cairns |