This route is all about the scenery of the breathtakingly beautiful Cairngorms National Park.
The route leaves Dundee, passing through rich arable farmland and follows the River Tay towards Pitlochry. Just before Pitlochry is the Logierait Bridge, there is a size and weight limit of 2.6 m wide x 3.35 m high and 10 tonne on this bridge. It is the only community-owned ex-railway bridge in the country and has a wooden deck and is worth ticking off the list if you are a bridge collector like me. The wooden deck is slippery when wet, take care.
Pitlochry is largely a Victorian town, which developed into a tourist resort because of Queen Victoria visiting the area in 1842 and the arrival of the railway in 1863. It remains a popular tourist resort today. The town has retained many stone Victorian buildings, and the high street has an unusual period cast iron canopy over one side and it is nice place to stretch your legs and have a coffee. The Edradour distillery is just outside of Pitlochry as you leave. Established in 1825, the distillery was traditionally run by three men, but now there are just two. Only eighteen casks are produced each week.

You take the A924 from Pitlochry across vast open moorland with 360° views, through the village of Kirkmichael and onto the Old Military Road A93 that takes you through the heart of the Cairngorms National Park.
The Glenshee Ski Center is a great place to stop for coffee, lunch or even a ride to the top of The Cairnwell (933m) in a chair lift for even more spectacular views.
Leaving the slopes behind, the route travels through Braemar and follows the River Dee to Balmoral Castle. You can visit the castle that is privately owned by HM The Queen who likes to spend her summer there.
Tomintoul is next for a coffee stop and is the home to The Whisky Castle, this has been a whisky shop for over a hundred years, serving local people and travelers taking the A939 through the central Highlands of Scotland. The collection of Scotland’s malt whiskys on offer here is quite outstanding, with every working distillery represented by multiple expressions wherever possible, and at RPs 20 and 21, you can visit two of the distilleries, Tomintoul and Glenlivet.

The route leaves the Cairngorms using the very scenic B9007 as you head towards the Moray Firth where you could visit Fort George, a large 18th century fortress, before checking into your hotel just 15 mins down the road at Inverness.