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Pitlochry
The Victorian Spa town of Pitlochry, the touring Mecca of Perthshire. There are plenty of hotels, restaurants, cafes, gift shops and woollen mills to while away the day.
Since the coming of the railway in 1863 it has been a fashionable holiday or retirement spot and the town retains a Victorian air of dignified repose. Queen Victoria favoured the spot with its longer-than-unusual hours of sunshine and lack of rain. One of the main attractions in the town is the Pitlochry Dam which created Loch Faskally, an acceptable example of a man-made loch. There are nine hydro stations in the Tummel Valley and the Exhibition and Visitor Centre on the west side of the dam shows how hydro electricity works and how it benefits the country and the environment.
Next to the Visitor Centre is a fish ladder with an intriguing observation chamber. Here it is possible to watch the migrating salmon take a rest before tackling the next rung on the ladder. This helps the spawning fish to return to their egg-laying grounds further up the river. Rowing boats are available on Loch Faskally from a pier just beyond the Green Hotel.
