See and do

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

Torr a’Chaisteal Dun dates back to the Iron Age, lying about a mile from Sliddery on the Isle of Arran.

The historic King's Cave is one of the several locations in which Robert the Bruce was said to have had his famous encounter with a spider.

The large coastal town of Largs derived its name from An Leargaidh, meaning 'the slopes' in Gaelic.

The village of Turnberry in South Ayrshire is now world famous due to the Turnberry Resort and golf course.

Bute has its fair share of mysterious stones and one of the easiest examples to find on the island is at the Blackpark Plantation.

Kames Castle is located on the shore of Kames Bay near Port Bannatyne.

Trinity Church was designed by Edinburgh architect Frederick Thomas Pilkington in 1863

As is common along the shore of this part of the Clyde, rich red sandstone has been used in the construction of many of the village's buildings.

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

The Giants' Graves are the remains of two Neolithic chambered tombs surrounded by tall trees near Whiting Bay on Arran.

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

Seagate Castle is a castle in North Ayrshire, in the town of Irvine, close to the River Irvine

Kilpatrick is an intriguing site comprising of a complex of ancient structures.

Gourock is a small town in the Inverclyde area which used to function as a seaside resort.