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Vacations in Scotland are amazingly popular today due, probably, to the strength of the $ against the £ making vacations to the United Kingdom very cheap, especially if visiting from from the United States of America. In the article below we examine three charming places to visit in Pitlochry, the Scottish Hydro Electric Visitor Centre, the Killiecrankie Visitor Centre and Blair Castle.

Scottish Hydro Electric Visitor Centre

A power station is an unusual place for a visitor center, but this is precisely where you will find the Scottish Hydro Electric Visitor Center. The hydro center can be found inside the striking Pitlochry Power Station, and includes interactive exhibits which trace the history of hydro power in Scotland, from the 1940's to the present day. The Pitlochry Dam(constructed nineteen forty seven to nineteen fifty one) gives tourists the interesting opportunity to view the incredible salmon ladder through three observation chambers. Once inside the center, you will find audio-visual presentations and interactive explaining in detail this naturally occurring spectacle. The turbine hall of Pitlochry Hydro-Electric Power Station can also be observed from within the Visitor Center.

Blair Castle

Blair Castle, which can be dated back to the 13th century, is the ancestral seat of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl. The construction of Blair Castle started in the year 1269, under the leadership of John I Comyn, the Lord of Badenoch, a nearby neighbor of the Earl of Atholl. The Earl was absent, fighting in the Crusade's, when John I Comyn began to build of the castle on his land. When he returned, the Earl complained angrily to the king of Scotland, Alexander III about his neighbor, and won back his lands. Rather than demolishing the tower than John I Comyn had erected, the Earl decided to amalgamate the tower into his own castle. A Great Hall and a number of vaulted chambers were added to the castle over the centuries, by  various Earls. It was the second Duke of Atholl who, in 1740, decided to redesign the castle as a Georgian Mansion.

Killiecrankie Visitor Centre

During the Jacobite period Killiecrankie, not a great distance from Pitlochry, was filled with the sounds of battle. The government soldiers were defeated by the rebel Jacobite army, under the leadership of Bonnie Dundee. During the bloody battle a soldier evaded capture by leaping across the River Garry, hence the name, Soldier's Leap. The area about the gorge and pass were a favored place of Queen Victoria.

To learn concerning the famous battle one can visit the Killiecrankie Visitor Centre. The center has a collection of otherpresentations and services, which include; guided walks, a natural history of the area and ranger service's, amongst others.

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