Craig Tara Holidays

Right next door to Craig Tara Holidays is Heads of Ayr Farm Park, which is filled with rides, slides and creatures both domestic and exotic. Three miles on, you’ll find the Burns National Heritage Park, where you can visit the cottage built by the Bard of Scotland’s father, and brush up on Burns’ life and loves in the museum; and a few miles further is Culzean Castle, set in a beautiful coastal location with a deer park and smugglers’ caves, and offering activities such as ranger walks and birdwatching. Golf aficionados will relish the opportunity to conquer one of the legendary championship courses in the area - visitors have the pick of Royal Troon, Prestwick or Turnberry, as well as loads of great municipal courses around and about. If traipsing around after a little white ball is not your thing, there’s bound to be something else nearby that will suit you to a tee: take a day trip to enchanting Edinburgh to hit the sights, shops, cafés and restaurants; head for beautiful, beachside Bamburgh Castle or the vibrant fishing harbour of Seahouses, where you can pick up a bird- or seal-watching trip to the Farne Islands; or take a history tour at Alnick Castle and Gardens, where Harry Potter buffs can location-spot and you can get hands on with some archery. It’s also a short ferry hop over to the Isle of Arran, where there’s wonderful walking around the coast or inland, mysterious standing stones, red squirrels, castles, a distillery - and not a single traffic light!