See and do

Barr is a small village in the South West of Ayrshire, around 8 miles from the town of Girvan.

Beloved Scottish bard Robert Burns learned to dance and debate in this authentically restored house

Dunure Castle is located on the west coast of Scotland, in South Ayrshire, about 5 miles south of Ayr and close to the village of Dunure

The only steam railway in south west Scotland, it's a 'living museum' of industrial steam and diesel trains

13th century bridge stretching across the River Ayr, memorialised in Burns' poem 'The Brigs o' Ayr'

Dunlop is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, 7 miles from Kilmarnock.

Visit Souter Johnnie's Cottage and experience 18th-century life

Straiton is a small village dating back to the 18th century, located 10km south east of Maybole on the Water of Girvan.

The Auld Kirk of Ayr has been a centre of worship in the town of Ayr for over 800 years

A monument commemorating the final resting place of the Russian cruising vessel, the Varyag, which ran aground off the Ayrshire coast

The Boswell Quill is situated in Auchinleck’s historic churchyard and celebrates writer James Boswell, the inventor of modern biography.

Alloway is a picturesque village approximately 2.5 miles from Ayr. It is most well known as the birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet.

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

Not to be confused with The Wallace Monument in Stirling, the Wallace Tower in Ayr predates its Stirling sibling by approximately a decade (1855-7)

The Harbour Arts Centre is situated by the picturesque Irvine Harbourside.