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Benmore

An outpost of Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden, Benmore Botanic Garden enjoys a magnificent mountainside setting on the Cowal Peninsula. This enchanting 120-acre garden boasts more than 300 species of rhododendron; Bhutanese and Chilean plantings and a spectacular avenue of Giant Redwoods. Within the Glen Massan Arboretum are some of the tallest trees in Scotland, including a Douglas fir more than 180 feet high (although there’s an even loftier one near Cairndow which exceeds 200 feet). Within the garden there’s also a café, a shop and a gallery that hosts various exhibitions and events. From the top of Benmore Hill there is a magnificent view across the Holy Loch to the Firth of Clyde and the Renfrewshire coast. Puck’s Glen was once part of the Benmore Estate, but is now a delightful walk with great views and picnic areas.

To the north of Benmore is the seven mile long Loch Eck, with the A815 following its eastern shores towards Strachur on Loch Fyne. Near the head of the loch is Tom-a-Chorachasich, a low hill where, legend says, a Viking prince was once slain.