the history of the inn

Loch Tummel Inn’s history is a very early 19 th century small country house with coach houses right alongside – now delightfully inter-connected by a superb first floor feature lounge with magnificent panoramic views for a large picture window – so that it is now one imposing little building straddling a significant length of the glorious Queens View road from Pitlochry to Rannoch alongside Loch Tummel.

If the inn lacks a little glamour – or even infamy - in its intrinsic’ history – the surrounding area more than makes up for it. Plenty of evidence of Scotland's turbulent and often violent history is everywhere around. Well preserved in castles, palaces, battlefields and ancient monuments – including Blair Castle, one of Scotland’s favourite visitor attractions – Castle Menzies near Aberfeldy – and Taymouth Castle near Kenmore – now the scene of the development of Scotland’s first six-star hotel. Killiecrankie and the famous Soldier’s Leap are not far away. To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch, is Dalchosnie, where English invaders are said to have fought Robert the Bruce in 1306. Ancient dwellings known as Crannogs near Aberfeldy at the super Crannog Centre. And the last remnants of the old Caledonian Pine Forests. Its all here – and more.