Cairngorms National Park
The largest national park in the United Kingdom — arctic plateau, Caledonian pinewood, and the wildlife that lives nowhere else in Britain.
Every major sight in and around Aviemore, from the landmark names to the quieter corners.
Glenmore Forest Park
Loch Morlich's sandy beach, waymarked pinewood trails and the reindeer herd — the Cairngorms' most-used forest, eight kilometres up the ski road.
Highland Wildlife Park
A drive-through reserve and walk-round enclosures at Kincraig — polar bears, wolves, Scottish wildcats and the conservation work behind them.
Rothiemurchus
The Caledonian pinewood on Aviemore's doorstep — a working Highland estate with forest tracks, Loch an Eilein, and a long list of things to do in it.
Cairngorm Mountain Resort
Britain's highest railway, a ski area that cannot be extended, and the easiest way onto the edge of the arctic plateau above Aviemore.
Strathspey Railway
Steam from Platform 3 at Aviemore — ten miles of preserved main line through Boat of Garten to Broomhill, with afternoon tea and dining trains.
Loch an Eilein, Rothiemurchus
A ruined castle on an island in a pine-ringed loch five kilometres from Aviemore, and the flattest good walk in the Cairngorms.