See and do

Situated in Rothesay, the independently run Bute Museum is the perfect place for visitors to learn about the natural and historical heritage of Bute.

This early Christian monastery was abandoned during Viking raids around AD 790, and lies about 2 miles from modern Kingarth.

The McKechnie Institute opened in 1889, thanks to the generosity of local business man Thomas McKechnie

Ascog is a small, mostly residential village on the Isle of Bute, located about 2 km south east of Rothesay.

Irvine Townhouse once housed the North Ayrshire district court and general administration for the council.

The small village of Annbank in South Ayrshire was originally a mining settlement.

Dumfries House is a 1750s Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Erected by the Officers of HMS Shearwater in memory of two midshipmen who were drowned nearby.

The Lagg Distillery and Visitor Centre, is situated in the south end of the Isle of Arran near Kilmory.

Have a free admission atmospheric hands on tour of a Royal Observer Corps decommissioned underground nuclear bunker built during the Cold War.

The Abbey was founded sometime between 1162 and 1188 with monks coming from Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its ruins sit in the centre of the town.

Dunure is a picturesque seaside village, around 5 miles from Ayr on the coast of the forth of Clyde.

This stunning waterfall at the Glenashdale Burn is also known by its gaelic name, Eas a’ Chrannaig.

Carleton Castle is a 15th-century five-storey tower, and a Category B-Listed building.

St Mary’s Chapel was built near Rothesay as the second parish church on the island, after St Blane’s in the south. It can be dated to approximately 1320.